VII. SUMMARY: The pet cat describes himself as two years old, the fattest and the most innocent cat. He lived in luxury. He had a real bedroom at the bottom of a wardrobe. He slept on feather pillows before a fire. He ate meat, lovely red meat. Still, he was not happy as he wanted to live the life of the cats on the rooftops. One day he found the kitchen window to be open and escaped onto a small roof. His paws immersed in the mud for the first time which filled him with happiness. He felt like he was walking over velvet. He loved the smell of the large gutters. He enjoyed the heat of the sun. The cat was left terrified when three outdoor cats approached him and meowed at him frightfully. On seeing him slip on the tiles, they made fun of him and called him fat-scared-cat. They weren’t as fat as he was. However, the pet cat was accepted into the gang. Old tomcat became his very good friend. Page | 4 Everything in the street looked good and beautiful for the cat. He loved drinking from the gutters like the outdoor cats. He felt like his dream come true when he saw a gorgeous cat pass by. He couldn’t resist dashing forward to greet her. But all this came to an end very soon. He was very hungry and had to find food for himself because nobody served food to the outdoor cats. The poor fat cat was not used to hunting food. He had never hunted before. He began to look around, but couldn’t find a thing and feared he might stay hungry. The sight of a man preparing a meal caught his attention. The lovely cutlet kept on the table attracted him. He immediately jumped through the window and was on that table. But he was seen by the man who gave him a good smack (a sharp blow) with a broom. The smack was so hard that the chop dropped from his mouth and he had to run for his life. The fat cat now understood the difficulties in the life of the outdoor cats. The tomcat, his only dear friend in the outside world told him that he would have to hunt in the gutters and in the garbage heaps in order to feed himself and also told him that the food on the table was meant only to be admired from a distance. The cat now had no food to eat, no shelter to protect him from the heavy rainfall. He remembered all the comforts which he enjoyed when he was indoors. He started missing home and understood the worth of all those things now. The next morning, tomcat took him back to his house. The cat was thankful to the tomcat and was happy to be back. He now valued the comfort and knew that it was a paradise as it gave him all happiness and comfort. VIII. ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS: 1. What do you think made the cat admire the outside world? (30-40 words) 2. Compare the life of the indoor cat with that of the outdoor cats. (60-80 words) 3. Describe the life of the pet cat when he escaped from home. (60-80 words) 4. Analyse the cause behind the pet cat’s happiness towards the end of the chapter. (30 -40 words)
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Answer:
CAT’S PARADISE
1. What do you think made the cat admire the outside world?
Answer->The fact was that the cat thought that he was caught up inside his home, without any freedom. He had a real bedroom at the bottom of a wardrobe. He slept on feather pillows before a fire. He ate meat, lovely red meat. Still, he was not happy as he wanted to live the life of the cats on the rooftops.
2. Compare the life of the indoor cat with that of the outdoor cats.
INDOOR CAT OUTDOOR CAT
• Live in comfort and luxury.
• Loved and pampered by it’s his owners.
• Have a comfortable bed to sleep.
• Get fresh food twice a day.
• Fat and innocent not worldly wise.
• Desired to live outside. • Live on streets and rooftops.
• Had to hunt in the garbage for food and times go without food.
• No proper place to live- no shelter to protect themselves for rainfall and other weather changes.
• Content with their lives and worldly wise.
• Thin and starved - lack of food affection.
3. Describe the life of the pet cat when he escaped from home.
Answer->Everything in the street looked good and beautiful for the cat. He loved drinking from the gutters like the outdoor cats. He felt like his dream come true when he saw a gorgeous cat pass by. He couldn’t resist dashing forward to greet her. But all this came to an end very soon. He was very hungry and had to find food for himself because nobody served food to the outdoor cats. The poor fat cat was not used to hunting food. He had never hunted before. He began to look around, but couldn’t find a thing and feared he might stay hungry. The sight of a man preparing a meal caught his attention. The lovely cutlet kept on the table attracted him. He immediately jumped through the window and was on that table. But he was seen by the man who gave him a good smack (a sharp blow) with a broom. The smack was so hard that the chop dropped from his mouth and he had to run for his life.
4. Analyse the cause behind the pet cat’s happiness towards the end of the chapter.
Answer-> The happiness of the pet cat towards the end of the chapter was that the pet cat was back to his home and with his owner who took care of the pet cat. The cat also got a punishment which he did it very happily.
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