A little world of mud story 3 compound sentences
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Answer:
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Explanation:
What was the narrator’s misunderstanding about the pond?
The narrator had never thought there was much to be found in the rain-water pond behind his house. He had always seen a large quantity of mud and occasionally, a few water-buffaloes.
What does the narrator mean by the diversity of the pond?
By the diversity of the pond, the narrator means the variety of life that existed in the pond. It was so beautifully arranged that each individual gained some benefit from the well-being of the others.
Explain the line, “To the inhabitants of the pond, the pond was the world; and to the inhabitants of the world, the world was but a muddy pond.”
This means the different ways animals and human beings look at the world. The animals in the pond are happy being in the muddy pond. It is their world where they enjoy their life irrespective of the disorder in it. On the other hand, human beings seldom notice the beauty of the world. we look at the world but see only the unpleasant side of it.
What does the narrator mean by ‘pond-world’?
By pond-world, the narrator refers to the diversity of life in the pond which we usually do not see. There are so many unknown and unseen creatures in a pond other than the usual mud and water and the big animals like the buffaloes.
How does the author narrate his experiencing the pond-world?
When Grandfather first showed the narrator the pond-world, he chose a dry place in the shade of an old peepul tree, where the two of them sat for an hour, gazing steadily at the thin green scum on the water. The buffaloes had not arrived for their afternoon dip, and the surface of the pond was undisturbed. For the first ten minutes they saw nothing. It was after a while a small black blob appeared in the middle of the pond. Gradually it rose higher until at last the narrator spotted a frog’s head. The frog had its big eyes staring hard at them as if it did not know if the narrator and his grandfather were its friend or enemy. For a while the frog kept its body out of sight and looked for its enemies such as a heron, who could have been wading about in search of it. When the frog had made sure that the narrator and the grandfather were not herons, it passed this information on to its friends and neighbours, and very soon there were a number of big heads and eyes on the surface of the water. The narrator ends the narration with the endless croaking of the frogs.