Jack is a very smart father who has an inventive mind of creating stories. The basic line was the same but there was a little variation. Each story described a creature named Roger. He had to manage his family as two children, a daughter Jo and her brother Bobby. The world up stairs in the house consists of his children Jo and Jack. The downside world consists of his wife Clase who is doing the work of painting. Jack is caught in an ugly situation between the romantic world of telling tales to the children and in real world of helping his wife down stairs - Jack is a mature and seasoned person. Even then he tries to serve all in every possible way through his skills, he is a master mind in satisfying the ego of his children. In the story Roger Skunk is the creation of Jack Skunk is a poor little black animal that smelled very bad whenever he goes to play. He can narrate story with the pace and tone of the occasion. Other animals call him “Stinky Skunk”. It feels humiliation and Jo is very unhappy. She feels elated when skunk becomes a good smelling creature. She thinks that Mommy should not hit the wizard but Jack tries to justify what he has done, is the sanctified view. So he has higher level of intelligence than his daughter.

In a deep forest there lived Roger Skunk with his mommy. With the magic spell of the Wizard, Roger Skunk became happy by smelling like roses. All the animals accompanied, played and laughed all afternoon. He was in high spirts. In the evening, he turned back to his house. His mommy was terribly upset on finding Roger Skunk smelled like roses. She did not like it and reacted very sharply. She became angry and asked him who made him smell like that. Roger Skunk told everything about his visit to the Wizard's house.

All this did not find favour with mommy. She took a hard decision to keep him back to the Wizard for his original smell. Roger Skunk was displeased and requested her that he wanted to play with other friends. All would run away in case he had bad smell. But his mommy was reluctant for this. She took an umbrella with her and directed herself to the Wizard's house. Without caring for any consequence, she hit him right over the head. The Wizard changed Roger Skunk in his original smell. They returned home and his mommy was satisfied with her action.

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Jack is the person whose style of story-telling expresses his art, wisdom, intelligence and cunningness. Story-telling has become a necessary ritual for him. He is accustomed to tell stories mostly in the evenings and for Saturday naps to his little daughter Jo. He has been telling the stories since she was of two years. All the stories are of his own creation and these revolve round an animal Roger Skunk. He changes them with a slight variation but the basic tale remains the same. Each story describes a small creature named Roger. It can be Roger Fish, Roger Squirrel, Roger Chipmunk or Roger Skunk, etc. Every story has a wise owl and a Wizard with a magic wand.

Jack possesses the art of creating desired effect on the listener, i.e. Jo since he understands the pulse of his daughter. He speaks and acts in such a way so as to keep her interest in-act. He is perfect in the art of imitating the voice of the old Wizard. He can narrate the story with the pace and tone of the occasion. He is always full of creative enthusiasm. Through his facial expressions, he can act like that of his characters that he invents in the story. He keeps the interest of his daughter very lively.

Roger Skunk lived with his Mommy Skunk in a deep forest. There came a foul smell from him. This resulted a great trouble for Roger Skunk. Whenever he went to play with other animals, they would run away because of his bad smell. None would like to play with him so he always remained desolate, alone and troublesome. While playing they would nickname him by calling “Roger Stinky Skunk.” Then he would stand alone and tears would fall from his eyes.

On the tip-top of a very big tree, there lived a wise owl. He decided to see its advice for the solution. He walked very sadly and troubled. He approached to the tree in order to tell the problem. After having a patient hearing and deep meditation, the owl advised him to see the Wizard at his house. Roger Skunk reached there and told his problem. The Wizard agreed to help him with his fee. He asked Roger Skunk what he wanted to smell like. Roger Skunk desired to smell like roses. With the help of his magic wand and spell, the Wizard filled him with the smell of roses. Roger Skunk was deeply happy for having smelt like roses.

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It has become a custom in the house to tell stories for the last two years. Consequently Jack, the father of Jo, is in the habit of telling a story in the evenings and in the Saturdays' nap for Jo. Each time the basic tale remains the same but there are slight variations.

This time Jack tells a story about a baby Skunk. The name of the baby Skunk was Roger Skunk who smelt very badly. Whenever he went to play with other animals, they used to tease him. They did not cooperate and play with him. He would feel racial segregation. They called him ‘Stinky Skunk.’ Roger was deeply hurt. So he felt lonely and desolated. For the solution of his problem he went to see an enormous wise old owl. Roger told his problem to an owl and started crying very hard. The wise owl suggested Roger to meet the Wizard. Roger went to meet the Wizard and told him about his problem. Wizard changed his bad smell into sweet smell of roses. Roger became very happy. He paid him seven pennies for it. He had four pennies in his pocket. The rest of three pennies he got from the end of the lane by magic. When he reached home, his mother found his smell as awful. She took him back to the Wizard. She hit the Wizard hard on his head and asked the Wizard to change his son back. Wizard did so. Mother Skunk loved his son and all other animals became habitual to his bad smell and became his friends.