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: ote extensive, As this text . aaaes eee to talk, read milar stories of poems. Let them, si collect similar poems/stories., Possible answers, , Read and respond, , 1. They settled down in any way they, could; the richest under tents and the, others in the ruined sheds. The, majority of the refugees were, , sheltered under carpets held up at the, four corners by sticks., , 2. The men somehow found work, so, their children had something to eat., They were not racked with hunger., , 3. Mikali couldn't look for work because, , he bore on his back the burden of a, new-born babe., , He was ‘chased away because the, people were unable to bear the, uninterrupted howls of the little babe, which kept them awake at night., , 5. Mikali is compared to a ‘lost soul', , because he wandered about carrying, on his back the deafening burden of, , a new-born babe. He did not get help , or protection from any source. He felt, , he was dying from lack of sleep and _, , weariness., , 6. Everybody listened to the child's how], with irritation. They had so many, , troubles of their own. So they wished, it would die., , 7. No-woman in the camp came forward, to help and protect the child. Really, it is very saddening and shameful that, they should behave like this. —, , 8. Mikali could no longer bear the, behaviour of his fellow refugees. He, heard that there was a nursing mother, , 10., , 11., , 12:, , 135, , in the Anatolian camp and},, she might take pity on the (tha, full of hope he decided to ,., , ¥ So, : 29 th 4”, Anatolian camp. the, , (he wanted to see the 'p, , u, mother.’) —, A lovely dark woman appeared with, an infant asking if the kid was 4 sri, or a boy. He thought that he would, get some help from the woman and, Mikali was happy., , The baby's head had become, , enormous and the body thin. As it, had sucked only its thumb, it was, , swollen. So the women gave vent to, cries of horror., , It was very difficult for Mikali to get, food and shelter. He was turned away, mercilessly wherever he went. Mikali, could do nothing to help the baby, which kept on wailing due to hunger., So he felt immensely alone and lost., , He would have to go sneaking about, the streets, round café terraces,, , filching some half-eaten roll left on a, , . plate, or else, rake about in the, , 14., , 15., , “16., , garbage for what a dog would not, have eaten. Life seemed to him so full, of horrors. So hé sobbed desperately. ”, , Unlike the other refugees the, Chinaman was kind and helped, Mikali in his distress,, , When the Chinamans' wife saw her, husband with Mikali, her face, , reddened and with a smile and utmost, courtesy she welcomed them., , She gave a cry of Pity and then, pressed the baby to her h, ivi, it the breast. nS oe

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Let's revisit, , i, , Mikali had to carry the new born baby, on his back always. He could not go, to work. The pathetic cries of the, baby disturbed the refugees in the, camp. The cries at times kept the, people awake at night. Without, proper food, sleep and shelter, Mikali, wandered about like a lost soul. In, spite of all the miseries he tried his, best to save the infant. His patience,, courage, love and sense of, responsibility are heroic in nature., Mikali did not get any help from the, refugees of the Armenian camp. They, often chased him away from their, quarters. He got the same treatment, from the Anatolians. When the, women saw the baby they chased him, away threatening him., In the Armenian camp, no woman, helped Mikali and the baby on his, back. The piteous cries of the baby, never moved the women. Not even a, , single woman came forward to give, the baby the breast. They pitifully, wished it would die. The women in, the Anatolian camp were no, exception. They chased him away, threatening. The Chinaman's wife, saw the baby in all its skeletonic, horror. She gave a cry of immense, pity, then pressed the baby to her, heart, giving it the breast. The, motherly love in her gave the baby a, new life, thereby revealing the, , - nobility of maternity., , The learners can write their own, answers., , Activity 1, , Brainstorm the ideas and ask the learners, to analyse the characters. Let them come, up with theit own answers based on the, guidelines given in the text., , After writing their piece, they may be, asked to evaluate their writing on the basis, of the checklist below.