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wolf sprang out of the trees bordering the road, and with great strides came
When Alexis and Peter were but half a mile from home a great gaunt:
leaping after the sledge. "Drive on fast,"shouted Alexis, seizing his guncane
of the sledge. Alexis pulled the trigger. There was a click but no report the
powder was damp, Dropping the useless gun Alexis fumbled for his knife,
for the wolf was almost upon him. But it was too late to draw the knife
With a fierce snarling howl the wolf sprang into the air and hurled himself
upon Alexis. As the great gaunt body shot through the air, Alexis flung his
thick sheepskin up over his head, and catching the wolf in its clinging folds 10
hugged the astonished beast to his breast with his mighty arms. The wolf
struggled and bit into the sheepskin. The frightened horses sped onward
like the wind. “Drive on, drive like fury!" roared Alexis, tightening the grip
of his iron arms about the heaving, twisting body of the wolf. Swaying and
rocking from side to side the sledge burst into the village with the horses 15
smothered with foam and Peter shouting and cracking his whip, while
Alexis, not tiring from his efforts, roared, “A wolf! Help! A wolf! Help!
Stop the horses!"
Give the meanings of the following:
(a) (i) report (ii) clinging (iii) smothered.
(b) Answer the following questions : (i) How far were Alexis and Peter from the
village? (ii) What did they see ? (iii) What surprised the wolf ? (iv) Why did
Alexis want Peter to drive fast? (v) Describe what the villagers saw. (vi) How
did the horses run ?
(c) Describe the fight between Alexis and the wolf within 60 words.
Answers
Answer: a)
i) Report - An account given of a particular matter.
ii) Clinging - holding on tightly.
iii) smothered - killing by covering the nose or mouth so that they suffocate.
b)
I) Alexis and Peter were half a mile from the village.
ii) They saw a wolf sprang out the trees, bordering the road.
iii) The wolf was surprised when Alexis flung thick sheepskin up over his head and caught him in it's clinging fold 10.
iv) Alexis wanted Peter to drive fast because the wolf sprang out the trees bordering the road.
v) The villagers saw that a sled brusted the village with the horses 15 smothered with foam and Peter was shouting and cracking his whip, while Alexis, not tiring from his efforts, roared, "A Wolf! Help! A wolf! Help!
Vi) The horses ran like the wind.
C) The fight between Alexis and the wolf was very ferocious. Alexis pulled the trigger, although there was a click sound but no report the powder. So, Alexis dropped the useless gun and fumbled for his knife, for the wolf who was almost upon him.
But it was too late to draw the knife, with a fierce snarling howl the wolf sprang into the air and hurled himself upon Alexis. As the great gaunt body shot through the air, Alexis flung his thick sheepskin up over his head, and catching the wolf in his clinging folds 10 hugged the astonished beast to his breast with his mighty arms. The wolf struggled and bit into his sheepskin.
Explanation:
ANSWER = i) Report - An account given of a particular matter.
ii) Clinging - holding on tightly.
iii) smothered - killing by covering the nose or mouth so that they suffocate.
B] I) Alexis and Peter were half a mile from the village.
ii) They saw a wolf sprang out the trees, bordering the road.
iii) The wolf was surprised when Alexis flung thick sheepskin up over his head and caught him in it's clinging fold 10.
iv) Alexis wanted Peter to drive fast because the wolf sprang out the trees bordering the road.
v) The villagers saw that a sled brusted the village with the horses 15 smothered with foam and Peter was shouting and cracking his whip, while Alexis, not tiring from his efforts, roared, "A Wolf! Help! A wolf! Help!
Vi) The horses ran like the wind.
C) The fight between Alexis and the wolf was very ferocious. Alexis pulled the trigger, although there was a click sound but no report the powder. So, Alexis dropped the useless gun and fumbled for his knife, for the wolf who was almost upon him. But it was too late to draw the knife, with a fierce snarling howl the wolf sprang into the air and hurled himself upon Alexis. As the great gaunt body shot through the air, Alexis flung his thick sheepskin up over his head, and catching the wolf in his clinging folds 10 hugged the astonished beast to his breast with his mighty arms. The wolf struggled and bit into his sheepskin.