Reluctant Elephant unseen Passage class-9th
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The Reluctant Elephant "Where is Kesavan?" yelled the head priest as the time to take the idols around the praharas was nearing. There was no sign of the bedecked pachyderm at the tower gate. The mahout came running to say that the animal was off-colour. It had refused to come to the pond for the ritual bath or to take the food offered. It would also not allow cloth to be thrown over it. The mahout told the priest that he could not understand hi ward's petulance. He could not get the elephant ready for the day's procession. The mahout returned to the elephant shed and found Kesavan still sulking. What a contrast to the normal routine! Everyday, it would be up on its feet with a mere prod from his mahout. It would then walk to the pond and allow the mahout to wash and scrub it. Back at the shed, it would eat sugarcane and jaggery. Then it would allow the mahout to apply vibhuti on its forehead. Then it would kneel and allow the cloth to be thrown over it. Once ready, it would walk to temple gopuram and wait with mahout till the priests came. People visiting the temple would offer it bananas. Some, who wanted to be blessed would offer it coins as it touched their heads lightly with its trunk. When it was time for the procession, it would kneel so that the idol could be placed on the mount. Then it would walk around the compound led by the temple musicians.Today, Kesavan was in no mood to follow this daily regimen. The mahout, unhappy at the failure of the morning's procession, went home for breakfast. There he found Gopu, his son, still playing. He asked his wife why Gopu had not gone to school. She explained that the child has just returned from a holiday and needed a little break before resuming his routine. Gopu was a good student and his mother was confident that he would res time his schedule on his own.Suddenly, the mahout understood why Kesavan had been so recalcitrant that morning. It had just returned from a month-long camp at Mudumalai, where it had a great time amidst vast open spaces unfettered by thronging humans. Kesavan, like Gopu, probably needed a period of adjustment before it resumed its normal schedule.
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What were the two things kesavan
refused to do?
Ans- the two things Kesavan refused to do was not eat and wear cloth.
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Why did the head priest yell at the mahout? What explanation was offered by the mahout?