After the headmaster narrates to the class how Swami caught the burglar, one of Swami's friends writes a report on the incident to be published in the Malgudi Times. Write the report in about 100 words.
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Explanation:
Swami’s father read the report of a lad’s bravery in a weekly magazine.
Answer: newspaper
2. The boy was rescued by some people who captured the tiger.
Answer: killed
3. Swami seemed convinced of the boy’s bravery.
Answer: unconvinced
4. Swami had always slept beside his mother.
Answer: granny
5. Swami proposed to sleep alone beginning with the same night.
Answer: next month
6. Swami studied in fourth grade.
Answer: second
7. Swami had to sleep alone in the hall.
Answer: office room
B. Answer the following questions briefly in about 30 words.
1. How did Swami react to the news of the village lad’s bravery? How was his reaction different from his father’s reaction?
Answer: Swami was not at all convinced with the news of the village lad’s bravery. He couldn’t imagine that a boy could fight with a tiger and escape from it.
His reaction was totally different from his father’s reaction. He thought that the boy must have been a very strong and grown-up person. On the other hand, his father was impressed with the boy’s bravery. His thinking was that courage is everything, strength and age are not important.
2. What was the challenge given to Swami by his father? How did he receive it?
Answer: Swami’s father challenged him to sleep alone in the office room. At first, he did not take it seriously but later, he had to receive it as a command of his father.
3. Describe Swami’s feelings in the office room at night.
Answer: Swami was frightened and miserable in the office room. He was unable to sleep whole night. He remembered all the stories of devils and ghosts he had heard in his life. Every moment he expected the devils to take him away.