Page 1 : BEEHIVE, LESSON 9, THE BOND OF LOVE, , Question 1. You can do on your own, Question 2:, Answer the following questions., 1.“I got him for her by accident.”, (i) Who says this?, 1. (i) The above lines are spoken by the narrator., (ii) Who do ‘him’ and ‘her’ refer to?, (ii) Here, ‘him’ refers to the sloth bear and ‘her’ refers to the narrator’s wife., (iii) What is the incident referred to here?, (iii) In the above line the author refers to his first encounter with Baba and the subsequent gift, he makes to his wife. Once while in Mysore, the author and his friends encounter a black sloth, bear. She comes out of a sugar cane field trying to escape the bullet shots that were aimed to, evacuate the pigs. Unfortunately, one of the narrator's companions shoots her on the spot. It is, then that they notice a baby bear that was riding on her back. The narrator grabs him and to his, wife's delight, gifts him to her., 2. “He stood on his head in delight.”, (i) Who does ‘he’ refer to?, 2. (i) 'He’ refers to the bear, Bruno., (ii) Why was he delighted?, (ii) Bruno was delighted to see the narrator’s wife after three months of separation., 3. “We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we were relieved.”, (i) Who does ‘we all’ stand for?, 3. (i) 'We all’ stands for the narrator, his wife and his son., (ii) Who did they miss?, (ii) They missed Bruno (Baba)., (iii) Why did they nevertheless feel relieved?

Page 2 : (iii) They felt relieved because Baba was getting too big to be kept at home. That is why they, had sent him off to a zoo., Question 3:, Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each., 1. On two occasions Bruno ate/drank something that should not be eaten /drunk. What, happened to him on these occasions?, 1. Once, Bruno ate some poison meant for the rats, which paralysed and weakened him. He, also vomited and breathed heavily, but was later cured. In another incident, he drank nearly a, gallon of old engine oil. Fortunately, he remained unaffected., 2. Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then, did he have to be sent away?, 2. Yes, Bruno was a loving and playful pet. Everybody in the family was attached to him,, especially the narrator’s wife. However, he had to be sent away to a zoo because he was, getting too big to be kept at home., 3. How was the problem of what to do with Bruno finally solved?, 3. Bruno had grown quite big to be kept at home, due to which the author's family had sent him, to the zoo. However, the problem was ultimately resolved by making an island for the bear,, keeping all his needs in mind.