Give a descriptive summary of ch 9 Beehive The bond of love
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Once, Anderson was passing through the fields near Mysore along with his companions when they encountered wild pigs that were being driven away from the fields. Some of the pigs had fallen dead when shot, while others had fled. At this time, a sloth bear appeared unexpectedly and was killed by one of the friends of the narrator. Soon they discovered that a baby bear had been riding on the back of the mother bear that lay dead after being shot. The young cub was shocked to find his mother dead. As he ran away into the fields, the narrator chased and captured him. He presented the young bear to his wife who named him Bruno as it was a male cub.
Initially, the young bear was fed with milk from a bottle but soon he started eating all kinds of food. He would drink almost every kind of liquid – all soft and hard drinks. Soon Bruno developed a friendly bond with the two Alsatian dogs that the family owned as well as with the children of the tenants. He enjoyed complete freedom playing and moving about in every corner of the narrator’s house and even slept in their beds.
One day, Bruno went to the library of the narrator and by chance consumed barium carbonate, a kind of poison that had been kept to kill the rats. The poison soon showed its effect and Bruno suffered an attack of paralysis. However, he managed to reach the narrator’s wife who at once informed her husband. Bruno was immediately taken to a veterinary doctor who administered two antidote injections of 10 c.c. each to the bear. Bruno got well and soon started eating like normal. At another time, he accidentally drank old engine oil. However, it did not have any effect on him.
The narrator’s family took good care of Bruno, so he grew at a fast pace acquiring many times the size he was when he came. He had become mischievous and playful. The narrator’s wife now changed his name to Baba which means a ‘small boy’. He learnt to perform a few tricks as well but still had to be kept chained because of the tenants’ children. Soon the author and his son felt that he should be sent to a zoo because he had become too big to be kept at home. The narrator’s wife, who had got deeply attached to Bruno, was convinced after much effort. The bear was taken to the Mysore zoo after getting a positive response from the curator. After Bruno left, the wife of the narrator fretted and would not eat anything for some time. Meanwhile, reports from the curator and the friends of the narrator who visited the zoo, reported that Bruno too was sad and was not eating anything. After three months, at the insistence of his wife, the narrator took her to the zoo. Bruno at once recognized the narrator’s wife and expressed delight by howling with happiness. After spending three hours feeding and pampering Bruno, the narrator’s wife requested the curator to give Bruno back to her. He, in turn, recommended her to contact the superintendent. Finally, with the Superintendent’s permission, Bruno was brought home. In order to keep him comfortable and safe, an island with a dry pit or moat around it was made especially for him. The author’s wife would spend a lot of tune on the island with Bruno sitting in her lap. This indicated that sloth bears too have affection, memory and individual characteristics.
The author brings home a bear cub.....
Two years ago ,the author and his companions were passing through the sugarcane feild near mysore.
Some people were driving away the wild pigs from their feilds. Suddenly a sloth bear came out of the fields panting due to heat of sun .the author did not want to shoot the bear but one of his companions shot it on the spot . When the author and his companions came near the fallen bear ,they saw a baby bear riding on its mother's back . The bear cub ran around the fallen bear making a pitiful noise . Then he ran again in the sugarcane fields . The author caught the bear cub and put it into the gunny bag and brought it to Banglore . The author presented the bear cub to his wife . She really happy to recieve this male cub whom she named Bruno.
Friendship with the family...........
The author's wife loved bruno and looked after it like her own son. Bruno started drinking milk from the bottle . As bruno grew up he started eat and drinking a lot of things . He ate porridge,vegetables,fruits,nuts,meat,rice,eggs,etc. He also drank milk,coffee, and even beer happily . He soon became friendly with the children and dogs which the author had . He enjoyed running and playing into the kitchen whenever he liked . He also in the author's beds.
A strange mishap........
One day a strange accident befell burno . The author had put down barium carbonate in the library . He had brought to kill rats . Bruno entered the library and took some poisonous matter . As a result he suffered a stroke of paralysis. With great difficulty it dragged itself to author's wife . He was weakening ,vomiting , and breathing heavily . Immediately he was taken to a veterinary surgeon. Bruno was given 10 cc of antidote . His condition remined unchanged . When another 10 cc antidote was injected was given to bruno , he got up . He had a meal . The author and his wife heaved a sigh of relief . At another time bruno drank a gallen of engine oil . But it had no effect on it. Gradually burno grew up and came to be known as baba.
Joyful feats of baba.........
Baba was now fully grown up bear . He equalled more than 2 dogs in height . At times he was playful and in mischievous mood. He could do a few trick . At the command of author's wife baba could " wrestle" or "box" . He would hold a stick like a gun. But baba has to be chained due to the presence of teneants in the house .
Baba at the zoo............
On the advice of some of the author's friends baba was taken to a zoo at Mysore . Since he had become very big , he could not be kept at home . The author's wife became very sad and dejected in absence of baba. She stopped eating. Baba too felt miserable and refused to eat anything . The author's wife wrote many letters to the curator of the zoo . To know the well-being of baba .
The author's wife visits baba............
The author's wife insisted on seeing baba. Finding her adament the author took her to Bruno . His friends had guessed the bear would not recognize her . But the moment baba saw her , he cried with happiness . The author's wife patted him through the bars . She gave him tea ,cakes and ice cream at last she had to leave him.at the time of parting she cried bitterly and baba also cried .
Getting baba back home........
The curator was moved by baba' s attachment with the author's wife . She requested him to send baba back home . The curator expressed his helplessness because burno was now government property . Then she met the superintendent and requested him to send baba back . He not only agreed but also gave a cage for transporting baba to Banglore.
Baba at home...........
At home author and his wife made an island for baba . It was 20 feet long and 15 feet wide . It was surrounded by a moat, 6 feet wide and 7 feet deep . They also placed a wooden box for baba to sleep in . Straw was kept inside it to keep it warm . Here baba felt very happy. The author's wife spent hours sitting in the company of baba...
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