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The Bond of Love, , —by Kenneth Anderson, , In this Chapter..., e Chapter Summary , ° Word Meaning — a, , e Chapter Practice |, , Chapter Summary, , The Narrator gets a Bear Cub, , Two years ago, the narrator and his companions were going through the sugarcane fields, near Mysore. Some people were shooting at the wild pigs to get them away from their, fields. Suddenly, a black sloth bear came out of the fields., , The narrator did not want to shoot the bear but one of his companions shot it and it was, killed. When the narrator and his companions came near the dead bear, they saw a sloth, , bear cub which had been ridi ng on its mother’s back. The cub cried seeing its mother's, dead body., , As the narrator went to catch the cub, it ran away in the fields. The narrator followed it, , and caught it. He put the bear cub into a gunny bag and took it to his home in, Bangalore., , Bruno Becomes a Part of Family, , The narrator came back to Bangalore and gifted the be, , happy to recieve amale cub, She immedi, him Bruno, ,, , ar cub to his wife. She was very, ately tied a ribbon around his neck and named, , Bruno easily became a part of the family, Initi, f a Initially, | é ilk fr » but, soon he ate everything including p I pee ene, , orridge made from anything, chocolates, e s, bread,, ete. He also drank tea, coffee, be De nee, , er, buttermilk, ete,, Bruno was also attached with the two Alsatian do, the tenants living in the narrator's bunglow, As, Tunning in the kitchen and sle, , gs of the narrator and all the children of, , / 4 young cub, he spent his time playing,, €ping on the narrator's bed,

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-Mishaps with Bruno, , One day, the narrator had kept poison (Barium Carbonate) in, his library to kill the rats. Bruno entered in the library and ate, some poison. As a result, he suffered from a paralytic attack,, Bruno was weakening, vomiting and breathing heavily. He, was immediately taken to a veterinary doctor,, , Initially, the doctor gave 10 ce of the antidote through an, injection to Bruno, but his condition did not improve. Then, doctor gave another 10 cc injection to Bruno and within half, an hour Bruno became alright. Once, Bruno had also drank a, “gallon engine oil but it did not have any ill-efects on him., , Baba : New Name of Bruno, , Gradually, Bruno grew up and came to be known as Baba. He, became equal to more than two dogs in height. But he was, still playful, sweet and mischievous., , Atthe command of the narrator's wife, Baba had also learnt to, do some:tricks. He could wrestle or box. He could hold a stick, like a gun and a piece of wood like a baby., , Baba Sent to the Mysore Zoo, , Baba had to be kept chained most of the time because of the, small children of the tenants in the house. So, after the advice, ofnarrator’s friends and family, it was decided that Baba, would be sent to the zoo at Mysore. Baba was sent to the, Mysore zoo in a cage. Baba was missed by everyone in the, , The narrator's wife was very upset in absence of Baba. For, the first few days, she had refused to eat anything and wrote, many letters to the curator of the zoo to know about Baba’s, well-being. At the zoo, Baba also felt miserable and refused to, eat., , The Narrator’s Wife Visits Baba, , The narrator controlled his wife from meeting Baba for three, months. Finally, the narrator and his wife went to meet him, in the zoo., , Everyone had told them, that Baba would not recognise the, narrator's wife. But as soon as Baba saw her, he cried with, happiness. The narrator’s wife patted Baba through the bars, and for three hours, she did not leave the cage. She gave him, tea, cakes, lemonade, etc,, , The Narrator’s Wife wants Baba Back, , The narrator's wife requested the zoo’s curator to send Baba, back to his home. The curator told her that Baba was now a, Government property and he could only send Baba if his, senior, the Superintendent in Bangalore agreed., , Then, the narrator's wife met the Superintendent and, requested him to get Baba back. The kind Superintendent, agreed and asked the curator to provide her a cage to carry, Baba back to Bangalore., , Baba has a New Island, , At home, the narrator and his wife got an island constructed, for Baba. The island was 20 feet long and 15 feet wide, It was, surrounded by a dry pit or moat that was 6 feet wide and 7, feet deep. ,, , Inside the island, a wooden box filled with straw was, , placed for Baba to sleep at night. His stick (gun) and his, wooden block (baby) were also placed there. After the, construction of the island, Baba was freed from the cage. The, narrator's wife could spend hours with her pet Baba in his, new home.