Question

THE BOY WITH A CATAPULT



Describe Bodh Raj’s insensitive character according to the narrator.

Answer 1

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1. Explanation: Bodh Raj was a odd boy. the narrator was afraid of him. if he pinched anyone's arm, the arm would swell up as if from snakebite. he was utterly callous.He would catch a wasp with his bare fingers, pull out it’s sting, tie a thread round it and fly it like a kite. He would pounce on a butterfly sitting on a flower and crush it between his fingers or else, stick a pin through it and pin it to his notebook. It was said that if a scorpion stung Bodh Raj , the scorpion would fall dead. Bodh Raj’s blood was believed to be so full of venom that even snakebite had no effect on him. He always had catapult. His favourite targets were birds.

Answer 2

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Bodh Raj was the oddest boy in the school. All students in the school were afraid of him because if he pinched anyone's arm, the arm would swell up and looked the like the Snake has bitten him .He was totally insensitive. Bodh Raj's blood was full of venom means if snake bite him it had no effect on him .He always had a catapult in his hand because he liked to hurt birds with the catapult. If Bodh Raj fight with anyone, he would rush towards him like a ox or kick him and bite him. He also had the same behaviour towards birds and animals.He would catch a wasp with his bane fingers and pull its string out. Later he tie a thread around it and fly it like a kite. He would jump on a butterfly which is sitting on a flower and crush it between its fingers or he also stick a pin through it and stick to his notebook .Even that if a Scorpion stung Bodh Raj , the Scorpion would fall dead. He would stand under a tree and used his catapult to hurt Birds .The other way he would climb up and take away the eggs of the birds and destroy.One of his friend's father was given a promotion in his job and he moved to a bungalow. It was on the outskirts of the city. Bodh Raj went to his friend's house. Bodh Raj found it a good hunting ground there. There was a big room called store room.Bodh Raj went inside it .It was a place that is often visited by pigeons .Near the ventilator there was the nest of the myna's chicks. The next time, Bodh Raj came he had a catapult and some stones in his hand. He was an excellent Shooter. Bodh Raj looked very carefully towards Birds .He saw that there was Ganga myna. It is not found commonly in these areas. Bodh Raj raised his cutapult to shoot but the pebble hit the iron sheet on the roof. All the birds were silenced .Now again Bodh Raj flew another pebble.This time it struck a beam. Bodh Raj was angry with himself because he missed his two shots. The third time Both Raj tried, the pebble hit the side of the nest. Fourth time he lifted his catapult again.Suddenly ,a large Shadow came and block the light coming from ventilator. Bodh Raj and narrator was shocked and looking up .There was a large kite.Now the kite sat on the rafter.

Kite looked right and left with his neck. The bird cries filled the air Bodh Raj said that the kite is coming here everyday.Kite slowly moves towards nest.Now the kite flew in a semicircle and came down on a beam .It shows us that firstly Bodh Raj wanted to hurt myna's chicks himself and when kite came to hurt them. Suddenly ,the Bodh Raj started protecting them from kite .Now he became the protector of birds. The narrator was surprised to see Bodh Raj. He took the nest into garage and put them drops of water in the mouth of chicks .The next day ,he had no catapult and no pebbles .He carried a bag of seeds for chicks. This is how his nature that changed.

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