James Thurber’s "The Night the Bed Fell" is a masterclass in domestic chaos and gentle, absurdist humor. The story’s lies not in a complex plot, but in its perfect orchestration of a chain reaction of misunderstandings within a single, eccentrically charming household.
Thurber paints his family members with affectionate, exaggerated strokes—the father sleeping in the attic, the cousin fearing he will die in his sleep, the mother prone to alarmism. The simple incident of a collapsing cot becomes the catalyst for a symphony of panic, where everyone’s peculiarities collide in the dark.
It’s a short, perfectly paced anecdote that leaves the reader with a sense of nostalgic warmth, reminding us that every family has its own "night the bed fell," a story that might be baffling to outsiders but is a cornerstone of its own shared history and identity.
Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://bayanbox.ir/view/2335342035464212911/The-Night-the-Bed-Fell-English.pdf


