mongoose was very obeclient to their masters but he was killed by own master do you think he deserre death ?write
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Working With the Text (Page 131)
A .Complete the following sentences.
1.The old banyan tree “did not belong” to the grandfather, but only to the
boy, because_____________________________________ .
2.The small gray squirrel became friendly when_____________________________________
3.When the boy started to bring him pieces of cake and biscuit, the squirrel
4.In the spring, the banyan tree_____________________________________________ and
__________________________________________ would come there.
5.The banyan tree served the boy as a____________________________________________ .
6.The young boy spent his afternoons in the tree____________________________________
Ans.
1. the old man was not strong enough to climb it
2.it found that the boy carried no catapult or air/gun in his hand
3.became bold enough to take pieces of food from his hand
4.was full of small red figs, birds of all kinds
5reading room where he had made a rough platform to sit and read books
6.leaning against the tree, reading story books,
B.Answer the following questions.
1.“It was to be a battle of champions.” (8)
(i)What qualities did the two champions have? Pick out words and phrases from the
paragraph above this line in the text and write them down.
Mongoose Cobm
(a)________________ (a) ______________
The Banyan Tree
(b)_______________ (b) ______________
(c)_______________ (r) ______________
Ans. (a) a great fighter (a) skilled and experienced champion fighter
(b) very clever and swift (b) had a broad hood and poisonous teeth
(c) made calculated move (c) swift in speed and attack
(ii)What did the cobra and the mongoose do, to show their readiness for the fight?
Ans. The cobra produced a hissing sound to challenge the mongoose to a fight. It raised three
feet of its body off the ground. It spread its broad hood. The mongoose bushed its tail.