In this story, Ausable shows great ‘presence of mind’, or the ability to think quickly and act calmly and wisely in a situation of danger and surprise. Give examples from your own experience, or narrate a story, which shows someone’s presence of mind.

Just like Ausable showed great ‘presence of mind’ or the ability to think quickly and act calmly and wisely in a situation of danger and surprise, we all must stick to our senses and wits and behave in a composed yet clever manner in times of crisis. I too remember having behaved in such a way some months back. While playing in the park one day, one of my friends fell from the swing and was hit hard on his head. He fainted and his head started bleeding. We were five friends playing in the park and there was nobody around us. Everybody was scared and started crying. I sent one of them to that boy’s place to call his parents and rushed to fetch my bag which had a water bottle in it. I sprinkled some water on my friend’s face after which he regained consciousness. By this time, his parents came and they thanked me for acting wisely in such a situation and took him to the doctor timely. My parents were also very impressed with me.

In this story, Ausable shows great ‘presence of mind’, or the ability to think quickly and act calmly and wisely in a situation of danger and surprise. Give examples from your own experience, or narrate a story, which shows someone’s presence of mind.

Answer: This story refers to the play ‘If I were you’. Gerrard was held hostage by a criminal. However, Gerrard treated the criminal as a guest and trapped him with his confidence. He managed to convince the criminal to run away as the police is behind him. He told him to run through the exit door, which was actually a cupboard door. The criminal exited through the door and was trapped in the cupboard