Question

Pepper the Capuchin Monkey (What message does the narrator convey through this story).​

Answer 1

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Paro Anand is the author of 18 books for children and young adults, including plays, short stories, novellas and novels. She is also published in several anthologies and has written extensively on children’s literature in the country. She headed the National Centre for Children’s Literature, The National Book Trust, India, the apex body for children’s literature in India. As a part of her work here, she set up libraries and Readers’ Clubs in rural India and conducted training programs on the use of literature.

She is a World Record Holder, for helping over 3000 children make the World’s Longest Newspaper (850 meters long) in 11 Indian states in 13 languages. The concept behind the project was to give a voice to those children who do not have a platform and to empower young people to create their own literature.

Paro Anand has been awarded for her contribution to children’s literature by The Russian Centre for Science and Culture. Dr. Kalam, the President of India, honored her for her writings on Republic Day, 2007. She has represented the country at various forums internationally, including in the UK and France.

She is a performance storyteller and has performed her stories in many parts of India, UK, France and Switzerland. She runs a program, Literature in Action on the use of stories in the holistic development of young people. She was part of an Indo-Swedish workshop and has co-authored a book for teenagers with special needs, with a Swedish writer.

Answer 2

The message conveyed in the story by the narrator is not to lie as it may create trouble for you in future.

• When the narrator's sister came to know about the lie that narrator told her friends about the imaginary capuchin monkey as her pet, she made fun of her.
• Later, she used to threaten her to fulfil all of her wishes otherwise she'll let out the truth.
• This conveys that lying is a bad habit and it won't benefit you but create more problems for yourself.