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15. TWO FRIENDS, 1., i. What did the mischievous boy want Mani and Abdul to do?, The mischievous boy wanted Mani and Abdul to wrestle., ii. Why did Mani refuse to go to school?, Mani refused to go to school to buy his new shirt., iii. What did Kaoba do to Mani?, Kaoba threw Mani on the ground., iv. What happened to Abdul’s shirt?, The pocket and six inch strip of Abdul’s shirt was torn., v. What did Mani and Abdul do in the lane?, Mani and Abdul exchanged shirts in the lane., vi. What did Mani’s mother do when she saw Mani’s torn shirt?, When Mani’s mother saw Mani’s torn shirt, she only frowned and forgave him., vii. What did Hasan say to Tombi as he picked up Mani in his arms?, As Hasan picked up Mani in his arms, he told Tombi that from that day, her son, would be his son., viii. What did the village headman announce?, The village headman announced that from that day they would call Mani and, Abdul true friends., 2., i. Why are the shirts of Abdul and Mani called identcal?, , Shiba Yum, , Page 1
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The shirts of Abdul and Mani are called identcal because the colour, size and, material of their shirts are identcal. esides, they wear them at the same day., ii. How were Abdul’s family diferent from Mani’s family?, Mani had both parents and three brothers, whereas Abdul had only his father. In, this way, Abdul’s family was diferent from Mani’s family., iii. Why did Kaoba howl?, As Abdul and Kaoba began to wrestle, they grapple with each other. Abdul, tripped Kaoba and sent him sprawling on the ground. So, kaoba howled., iv. Why were Mani and Abdul overcome with fear when they saw Abdul’s torn, shirt?, Mani and Abdul were overcome with fear when they saw Abdul’s torn shirt, because Abdul’s father would skin him alive when he saw his torn shirt as his, father bought it by borrowing money from the moneylender., v. How was Mani sure his punishment would not be very severe?, Mani was sure his punishment would not be very serious because he had mother, who would protect him. He had to take a slap or two from his mother, but that, was a gentle slap from a mother compared to the father’s heavy hand., vi. Why did Hasan’s gentle tone worry the two boys?, Hasan’s gentle tone worried the two boys because they thought he knew the, truth about exchanging shirts and was only pretending to be kind. They thought, that they would be beaten up., vii. How did Tombi react when Hasan said that Mani would from that day be his, son?, When Hasan said that Mani would from that day be his son, Tombi came out of, her house, laughed and said that he couldn’t even look afer one son and asked, how he would tackle with two., Shiba Yum, , Page 2
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3., i. Write how Mani bullied his parents to get a new shirt., It is true that Mani bullied his parents to get a new shirt. When Mani heard that, Abdul was getng a new shirt, he had insisted that he should get one exactly like, Abdul’s or he would not go to school. His mother had tried to reason with him, and tried various ways to avoid it. ut, he did not give up. He refused to go to, school, refused to eat and refused to come home at night. Finally, his mother, gave in and persuaded his father to buy him new clothes., ii. Narrate Mani and Abdul’s encounter with the rowdies when they came out, with their new shirts., When Mani and Abdul came out with their new shirts, the rowdies teased them, for being worn identcal shirts. They asked them to change even their names., They asked them to have a wrestle match to see whether they were also equal in, strength or whether one was tougher than the other. While they were reluctant, to have a wrestle match, Kaoba dragged Mani on the open ground by putng, arms around his neck. Mani asked him to leave him alone. As Kaoba refused to let, go and threw Mani on the ground, the boys shouted in glee that Mani had lost, and Kaoba had won. For this, Abdul lost his temper, tripped him and sent him, sprawling on the ground. Thus, Kaoba began to howl and Abdul’s shirt had been, torn., iii. Write how Mani saved Abdul from his father’s punishment., When Mani and Abdul saw Abdul’s shirt being torn, they were overcome with, fear because no sooner did Abdul’s father see his torn shirt than he would skin, him alive. Mani dragged Abdul to the lane between the two houses. He started, unbutoning his shirt and told Abdul to exchange their shirts. Mani did this, because Mani had mother to save him, but Abdul hadn’t. in this way, Mani saved, Abdul from his father’s punishment., iv. Why did the two boys try to run away when the boys taunted them that they, had exchanged shirts?, Shiba Yum, , Page 3
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The two boys tried to run away when the boys taunted them that they had, exchange shirts because of fearing that the story might reach their father’s ears., They were afraid of their fathers. When Abdul’s father asked them why they were, running away from their friends, they replied it was just as we feared. They, thought that he knew the truth and was only pretending to be kind. In contrast,, Abdul’s father was pleased with their faithfulness., v. How are Mani and Abdul true friends?, Mani and Abdul are indeed true friends. They were same clothes. When Mani, heard that Abdul was wearing a new shirt, he had insisted that he should get one, exactly like Abdul’s. They were reluctant to have wrestle between them. When, the other friend tortured or teased Mani, Abdul fought with the other friend for, Mani. Mani also saved Abdul from his father’s punishment by exchanging torn, shirt with the untorn shirt. Their story spread through the village and reached the, village headman. Hence, he announced that from that day they would call Mani, and Abdul true friends., , ******, , Shiba Yum, , Page 4
