Chapter-1 ((The Bond With Wild))
{{Answer the following questions......}}
1.Bruno's coming into the narrator's family began with a tragedy. Explain.
2. In what way was Bruno's diet remarkable?
3. Can we say that Bruno's barium carbonate poisoning happened due to the narrator's own carelessness? Why/why not?
4. The changing of Bruno's name to Baba reflects the deep attachment which the narrator'swife felt towards the bear. Explain.
5. What necessitated the decision that Baba should be sent to a zoo?
6. Do you think the family's decision of getting Baba back home from the zoo was wise?
Why/why not?
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Explanation:
1. Who was Bruno and how was it caught?
Bruno was a sloth bear. Once the author and his friends were passing through the
sugarcane fields near Mysore. Bruno’s mother was shot by one of the author’s
friends. The author saved Bruno from the sugarcane field and put it in a gunny
bag.
2. How did Bruno get paralyzed? How did he get cured?
The author kept barium carbonate in his library to kill mice. Bruno ate some of
this poisonous chemical and was paralyzed. The author called a veterinary doctor
who gave it two injections of an antidote. Bruno could stand on his legs again
after 30 minutes.
3. How drew Bruno more and more closer to the author’s family?
Bruno got a lot of love in the family of the author. It slowly got attached to the
two Alsatian dogs and to all the children of the tenants. It used to play and also
entered the kitchen. It also sleep in their beds.
4. Why did the author and his family decide to send Bruno away?
After few months Bruno grew very huge in size. He was getting too big to be kept
at home. Moreover it was dangerous for children of the tenants. So it was
decided that he should be sent away to the zoo.
5. How became of the narrator’s wife and Bruno when Bruno was gone?
When Bruno was gone, the narrator’s wife was pathetic. She could not eat in the
bear’s absence. In the zoo, Bruno was on a hunger strike. He fretted and grew
slim and pathetic.
6. Why did the author finally decide to get Bruno back home?
When Bruno was gone, the narrator’s wife was inconsolable. She could not eat. She was all the time crying and fretting. She sent letters to the curator of the zoo
asking about Bruno and asked her friends who visited Mysore to meet Bruno in
the zoo. When she heard that Bruno didn’t eat anything, she decided to go to
Mysore. When she reached the zoo, Bruno was excited. He stood on his head and
danced. She fed him and stayed close by. As the narrator had feared, his wife now
wanted Bruno back so he got special permissions and got Bruno back home.
7. Why was the narrator asked to get special permissions from the
superintendent of the Bangalore zoo to release Bruno?
When Bruno was donated to the Mysore zoo, he had already become a
government property. As the Mysore zoo was under the Bangalore zoo,
the curator of the Mysore zoo advised the narrator to get a special permission
from the superintendent of the zoo in Bangalore.
8. If Bruno was really a loving pet, why was it sent to the zoo?
There was no doubt that Bruno was a loving pet but he had become too big to be
kept in the household. He had to be chained for children’s safety. Being a wild
animal, it needed big space which was not available in the author’s household.
They thought that it would be better taken care of by trained personnel at a zoo.
So they decided to send it away to the zoo.
9. We love animal doesn’t mean they don’t love us. Discuss this in the light
of the story.
Bruno’s is a story of emotional bonding between a woman and a bear. The
author’s wife had a pet bear called Bruno. She loved him more than anything. She
put a colored ribbon around his neck. She cooked a variety of dishes for him. On
his turn, he performed many playful tricks which amused the lady. They enjoyed
each other’s company. When Bruno grew big, see that he would cause danger for
the children in the house, the author decided to send him to a zoo. His departure
was very painful for the author’s wife. Finally she asked her husband to visit
Bruno in the zoo. Returning, the animal and the lady felt relieved and life began to
flow as usual. Love is mutual.
Answer:
can we say that Bruno's barium carbonate poisoning happened due to the narrator own carelessness?Why/why not