It was both an exciting and an anxious moment when the lion cub met her first elephant, for poor Elsa had no mother to warn her against these elephants who regard lions as the only enemies of their young and therefore, sometimes kill them. One day, Nuru, who had taken her out for her morning walk came back panting to say that "Elsa was playing with an elephant". We took our rifles and he guided us to the scene. There we saw a great old elephant, his head buried in bush, enjoying his breakfast. Suddenly, Elsa, who had crept up from behind, took a playful swipe at one of his hind legs. A scream of shocked surprise and injured dignity followed this piece of impertinence. Then, the elephant backed from the bush and charged. Elsa hopped nimbly out of his way and quite unimpressed, began to stalk with him. It was a very funny but an alarming sight and we could only hope that we should not need to use our guns. Luckily, after a time, both became bored with the game, the old elephant went back to his meal and Elsa laid down close by and went to sleep. A) Elsa was ____. Select one: a. A lion cub b. A lioness c. A baby elephant d. An adult elephant B) Elsa should have been afraid of the elephant because _____. Select one: a. an elephant can easily trample over a lion. b. elephants regard lions as enemies of their young. c. elephants do not like lions as they are playful. d. an elephant is very playful and could take a swipe at Elsa. C) The author and his friends picked up their rifles and rushed out as _____ Select one: a. they were afraid Elsa would kill the elephant. b. they wanted to kill the elephant. c. they were afraid the elephant would harm Elsa. d. they wanted to hurt the lion. D) the elephant screamed because _____ Select one: a. Elsa had hurt it. b. its dignity was hurt. c. it was angry. d. it was scared. E) the encounter between Elsa and the elephant ended when ___ Select one: a. Elsa was hurt by the elephant and so went away. b. the elephant was scared of the author and his friends c. Elsa was feeling sleepy and she went off to sleep. d. both, elephant and Elsa became bored with the game.
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here are ur answers
- A lion cub
- elephants regard lions as enemies of their young
- they were afraid the elephant would harm elsa
- it was scared
- both elephant and elsa became bored with the game
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Answer:
- a lion cub.
- elephants regard lions as enemies of their young.
- they were afraid the elephant would harm Elsa.
- its dignity was hurt
- both, Elsa and the elephant became bored with the game.
Explanation:
1. Elsa was a lion cub as mentioned at the starting of the excerpt. It is an indirect mention, but the author indicates that the "lion cub" was poor Elsa who did not have a mother.
2. In the same starting it is mentioned that elephants regard lions as enemies of their young and therefore sometimes kill them. Because, lion prides separate the young elephants from their mothers in order to hunt, elephants consider them as enemies and lions are scared of them because they are bigger and difficult to take down.
3. As the rivalry between both elephants and lions has been mentioned above, it is to note that the author and his team were worried that Elsa might get harmed.
4. The elephant had screamed because Elsa had creeped up from behind and took a swipe on its hind legs causing it to get scared and scream. It felt as if its dignity was hurt after getting scared by a lion.
5. After some time of their stalking game with each other both got bored out of it and Elsa fell asleep while the elephant went back to finish its meal.
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