Short 10 line summary of the adventures of toto class 9
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The Adventures of Toto by Ruskin Bond is an amusing story highlighting
the antics of a mischievous monkey.
The narrator’s grandfather bought Toto, a little red monkey from a tonga driver to add to his collection of animals in his private zoo.
Toto was an attractive monkey with sparkling eyes. He would take special delight in scaring elderly Anglo-Indian ladies. Since grandmother was always averse to grandfather’s collection of animals, he decided to keep the news about Toto hidden from her until she was in better mood.
Toto was temporarily kept in a closet that opened into the
narrator’s bedroom. After a few hours of keeping Toto in the closet, when the narrator and the grandfather came to see Toto, they were in for a shock. Toto had torn the wallpaper; the peg with which Toto had been bound, had been wrenched off the wall. The narrator’s school blazer had been torn into pieces.
The grandfather was quite happy at the monkey’s adventures. After this it was decided that Toto would be transferred to the cage where other animals such as a tortoise, a pair of rabbits, a tame squirrel and, narrator’s pet goat lived amiably. But Toto would create trouble for all of them.
The grandfather had to go to Saharanpur to collect his
pension. He decided to take Toto along in a big canvas bag. Since there was no opening in the bag to allow his hands or face to come out, he would often jump inside the bag, making the bag look like as if there was a spirit in it.
As soon as the train reached Saharanpur, Toto scared the ticket-collector by popping his head out of the bag and grinning at him. The ticket-collector was annoyed at the discovery and asserted that the grandfather would have to pay for Toto’s fare. The ticket-collector assumed Toto to be a dog and would not listen to the grandfather’s argument that it was not a dog.
Once the grandmother accepted Toto, he was shifted to stable where, Nana, the family donkey lived. Toto could not get along with Nana as well.
Toto loved to take bath in hot water in winter in the same manner as the narrator would do. He would first check the hotness of water before jumping into the hot water bowl.
Adventures of toto:
The narrator’s forefather was veritably fond of creatures. He'd a nice collection of creatures similar as a tortoise, a domestic squirrel, a brace of rabbits and a scapegoat. But he did n’t have a monkey. So, one day, he bought a baby monkey from a tonga- motorist and named it Toto. Toto’s appearance not only gratified him but also amended his private zoo.
Toto was an seductive monkey with foamy eyes and plum white teeth. He'd take special delight in spooking senior Anglo- Indian ladies. His tail added to his good look, and also served as a third hand. Since Grandmother didn't have any interest in creatures, she no way ate forefather with a new raspberry or beast in the house.
So when Grandfather had to go to Saharanpur to collect his pension, he carried Toto with him in a big black oil tackle- bag. Since there was no opening in the bag to allow his hands or face to come out, he'd frequently jump inside the bag, making the bag roll about on the bottom of the Dehradun road platform.
On reaching Saharanpur Toto was caught by the ticket- collector who classified him as a canine so that Grandfather had to pay for his( Toto’s) chow.
Toto was eventually accepted by the Grandmother. He was also shifted to the stable, where Nana, the family jackass lived. But Toto continued teasing her as a result of which they could noway comefriends.Toto loved to take bath in hot water in downtime. One day, he nearly succeeded in boiling himself alive by jumping in a large kitchen kettle that had been left on the fire to boil for tea. It was Grandmother who came to his deliverance and saved him.Toto continued his capers by tearing clothes to shreds, breaking plated and other implements. Everyone in the family got fed up with his mischievous conditioning. Indeed forefather began to suppose seriously about him. And eventually he took a hard decision to get relieve of the monkey. He set up the tonga- motorist and vended Toto back to him for only three rupees.
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