<span>Gogol chose to end the story the way he did to carry the straightforward and matter-of-fact tone the end of the text. The story of the nose by Gogol is obviously funny but is narrated in an unemotional tone giving doubts on the humor of the story. And to end the story with the same tone he started it, Gogol did just what he did. </span>
The senator tabled the bill and refused to discuss other proposals.
Answer: XYZ Decided to make his followers laugh
People flocked to him to listen
his jokes and return home laughing
The Monk would make fun of himself
to insure that there would not be even a single
gloomy face in the crowd.
His last wish is to be cremated under a tree in
his compound.
(I am not sure about how much am I allowed to change-
the sentence structure, I did my best)