Think About it
1. How does Toto come to grandfather's private zoo?
2. Toto was a pretty monkey." In what sense is Toto pretty?
3. Why does grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how?
Why does the ticket collector insist on calling Toto a dog?
4. How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do
this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?
5. Why does the author say. "Toto was not the sort of pet we
could keep for long"?
Answers
Answer:
These questions are from English NCERT book Moments from chapter second the adventures of Toto.
1Ans) Toto comes to grandfather's private zoo when he buys him from a tonga-driver for a sum of five rupees. The tonga- driver used to keep the little red monkey. He was tied to a feeding-trough. The monkey looked so out of place there that Grandfather bought him and decided to keep him in his private zoo.
2Ans)Toto was a pretty monkey with bright eyes sparkling with mischief, pearly white teeth, quick and wicked fingers and a gracious tail which served as a third hand. His cute smile used to frighten elderly Anglo- Indian ladies.
3Ans)So, grandfather decided to take Toto to Saharanpur to provide some relief to other animals in the zoo. Toto was kept in a canvas bag that was too strong for Toto to bite and he could not get his hands out through the opening in the bag. ... He called Toto a dog and asked grandfather to pay for its travel.
4Ans)Toto cunningly tested the temperature with his hand then gradually stepped into the bath. He stepped first one foot, then the other, until he was into the water up to his neck. He rubbed himself all over with the soap.
5Ans) “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long.” because he was very mischievous. He scratched the plaster of the walls, tore the school blazer and qpnt's dresses. ... And they could not afford the frequent loss of dishes, clothes, curtains and wallpaper.