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1. Character sketch of the boy in the story “Adventures in a Banyan Tree”., THE BOY, , The boy is the main character in the story “Adventures in a Banyan Tree”. He is a, school student. He is living with his loving and caring grandparents. His grandfather is a, sixty five year old man. The boy is very interested to play in the lap of nature. There is an, old banyan tree near his grandfather's garden. He made a platform up the tree. He likes to, read books from there. He reads many novels. He watched the fight between a cobra and, a mongoose one afternoon. At the end of the fight the mongoose killed the snake. He has, friendship with grey squirrels and white rats. The boy and the grandfather became very, happy with the company of nature. The boy is very innocent..
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MOL UE Lae EY peUUR ee eae, 4 The boy is thrilled to see the fight between the mongoose and the cobra .What would be his, thoughts?, , Oh what a thrilling sight. I have never seen such a fight before. Both are intelligent, fighters. The two opponents know each other’s moves very well. I thought the mongoose shall also, die..It was such a fatal attack. How cunningly the mongoose faced the cobra. If it had been struck by, the cobra it could never have escaped .Poor crow..why did he come in between? I like the myna’s wise, decision to stay back. Pity that the crow died. Anyway grandfather will be happy to see the snake, dead. He always says that it is good to keep mongoose in the garden. When I go to school my friends, will be surprised to hear the story of the fight. An unforgettable experience.
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5 Prepare a speech on the importance of conservation of Nature., Respected teachers and my dear friends,, , A warm good morning to all. It is my pleasure to stand here in front of you on this special day. I, am not an expert in public speaking. Still I try to share my views about our Nature., , Can we imagine a life without Nature? Definitely not. We live,breathe,and die in Nature. It is like, our mother who keeps us alive by giving her love and care. But it is a pity that we never return it. How, mercilessly we destroy it. It is our home,not a place to visit. If Nature doesn’t exist ,we will be no, more. Unscientific construction ,plastic pollution and global warming all are increasing day by day. It, is high time that we should unite to find a way to protect it., , We should never forget that what we enjoy now is not our own. We have inherited it from our, ancestors and it is our duty to protect it for the future generation. Air , water ,vegetation forests all, need to be kept and handed over to them. Wise use of natural resources and reducising the use of, plastics can help us a lot in achieving our aim. It is a common plea., , Let us take a pledge to keep our life in harmony with Nature. We shall make it our heaven., Let me conclude my speech, Thank you, , 6’And amonost the wonl were the three habv sauirrels - all af them white!’ The hav couldn’t stan
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VII. A., Grandfather, Boy, Grandfather, Boy, , Grandfather, Boy, Grandfather, Boy, Grandfather, Boy, Grandfather, , Boy, , Why do you look so excited?, , Grandad, I have seen something very exciting., What have you seen?, , I have seen a mongoose and a cobra fighting, with each other in the garden., , Where were you then?, , I was in the banyan tree., , I think you were not frightened, were you?, No, I wasn't frightened., , Who did win the battle?, , The mongoose won the battle., , The mongoose is a useful animal., , You had better don't disturb it., , Yes. I won't disturb it anymore.
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ES, Write the summary of the story ‘The Adventures in a Banyan Tree’., , ‘The Adventures in a Banyan Tree’ is a beautiful short story. It is written by Ruskin Bond, an Indian, author of British origin. In this story we see a single banyan tree creating much beauty and harmony. The, author tells that we should preserve nature to make this world a beautiful place., , When the author was a boy, he used to enjoy his vacations at his grandfather's house in Dehradun. It, was at the foot of the Himalayas. There was an old, magnificent banyan tree in the garden. He used to spend, most of his leisure time in that tree. His Grandfather was very old. So he could not climb the tree. Thus the, tree became the boy's domain., , In the tree the boy be-friended a young grey squirrel. He didn't harm it. So it became friendly with, him. It used to take food from his hands. In the spring when the banyan tree was full of fruits, it was the, noisiest place. Birds of all kinds would flock into it. Half way up the tree the boy had built a platform for, sitting. There he used to read books and watch the surroundings., , On a sunny afternoon he was sitting in the tree. He witnessed a deadly fight between a small, mongoose and a huge cobra. Both of them were clever and skilful fighters. They were aggressive too., Besides the boy, a myna and a crow were also witnessing the fight. They interfered in the fight. The crow
