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Class 9, , English Beehive, Poem 8, , On Killing a Tree, , , , , , , , , , Word Meaning Hindi Meaning, Jab Sudden 3G, rough blow, , , , , , Consuming | Taking from | 3u3ieT @taT, soil

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Absorbing __| Getting santta Par, , , , , , , , , , Leprous Discolored | <a @et Bret, bark, , Hack Cut roughly | sft te F FIeaT, , Chop To cuttree | HIceT, , Curled Zig-zag east, , , , Unchecked | Unnoticed | feat ait fet, , , , Pulled out |Todigthe | feet, roots, , , , Anchoring | Attaching | HS Au, , , , Snapped out | Chopped ICAL TTT HT, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , out, Entirely Whole aept, Exposed Opened Wore ferar, Sensitive Tender ae, Scorching | Thedrying | qards, and tree, Choking, Withering Fading aRsaT gm!, , , , |. COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS :-, Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow each:, , 1. "It takes much time to kill a tree,, , Not a simple jab of the knife, , Will do it. It has grown Slowly consuming the earth,, Rising out of it, feeding, , Upon its crust, absorbing, , Years of sunlight, air, water,, , And out of its leprous hide, , Sprouting leaves.", , Killing a tree is a tough job. It is not a simple job which can be done by a simple strike of, a knife. The tree has been considered ironically as an enemy of human beings. The tree

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slowly consumes earth. It uses earth resources. It is fed by those resources on earth's, crust. It rises by consuming air, sunlight, and water for years. By consuming Earth's, resources, leaves have grown from its leprous like bark., , , , (CH OS FT ART Uh Hisar HTB) Be HS AIR HA ael F STS UreH AT AUR YER S fea ST, Wea Fl fassen ag s fe Vs Hl SAell Hr GVA Ale AT SI Gar eHL-eAe Gee Hl UT Aa Fl AE, edt & cartel ar Saat HLT Bl Ae Sa HTT Gane yedt A gas oy ts ate Bl Te aS aa, EA, CG, Tell h Aaet S Sara Sl Yea h Gael Hr Soa Heer S Tah His SH Glet S FA Fa HTT, él), , Questions, , (a) What will a simple jab of the knife not do to a tree ?, (0) Where has the tree grown ?, , (c) What did the tree need to grow ?, , (oO) How oes its bark look ?, , Answers, , (a) It will not kill a tree., , (b) It has grown on the earth’s surface., , (c) It needed sunlight, air, water and the earth’s crust., (d) It looks like a leprous hide., , 2. So hack and chop, , But this alone won’t do it., , Not so much pain will do it., , The bleeding bark will heal, , And from close to the ground, , Will rise curled green twigs,, Miniature boughs, , Which if unchecked will expand again, To the former size., , Thus, much effort is needed to kill a tree. It needs to be hacked and chopped. It cannot be, done by so much pain that will be caused to the tree. The bleeding bark of the tree will, heal one day. From ground, the curled green twigs, miniature boughs, that means the, twisted and small branches, will rise again if not cut properly. It needs to be uprooted, , properly., , , , (Se TER, Ua OS HT AR & few aga WA Hel HY HTaLAHaT S| SS SH Het HN Hla HI SAT, G1 Os at fetaen SE RIT, Scoot Se ART At AHA IS HT Get aE El ret UH feat Stew Vt SCAN ehhet

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a, at eS at celta, Bret ara, are Ast BS HK ort way, Sth S at He Set OT He STS, ada 3a Se a sarge At se 81), , Questions, , (a) What alone will not do to the tree ?, , (b) What will happen after the bark bleeds ?, , (c) When will small boughs grow to their former size ?, (d) Give the meaning of ‘miniature’., , Answers, , (a) Hacking and chopping will not kill the tree., (b) It will soon heal., , (c) When they will not be checked., , (d) It is ‘small’., , 3. No,, , The root is to be pulled out —, , Out of the anchoring earth ;, , It is to be roped, tied,, , And pulled out—snapped out Or pulled out entirely,, Out from the earth-cave,, , No, that also means cutting of small branches, will also not be enough. The roots needed, to be pulled off. It is to be tied by ropes and pulled out. It needed to be pulled out from, earth's cave., , (AGT, SHAT Heters Ue Hh F Fe GET MATH HT rca sit Talca sel ST GIST HT sex feteprotey FT, TRF] SS Vea S sea Se Frere S| SS ACH ar THT A STE fetepTotet AY StRXaT ef), , , , , , Questions, , (a) What shall one have to do to kill the tree ?, , (b) How does the earth give protection to the tree ?, (c) How is the earth seen in relation to it ?, , (d) Name the poetic device used in the last line here., , Answers, , (a) One shall have to pull out or snap out the tree from the roots., (b) It anchors the tree and keeps it firmly standing., , (c) It is like a cave to preserve it., , (d) It is ‘metaphor’.

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4. And the strength of the tree exposed, The source, white and wet,, , The most sensitive, hidden, , For years inside the earth., , The strength of the tree needed to be exposed. The strength which is white and wet,, which means, great strength of the trunk, which is hidden beneath earth, which is the, most sensitive part of the tree, holding the tree for years needs to be attacked., , , , (83 At ahd FH Sa Set Ar Sea AT] Git Ter Thy 3H afton sar &, farsa 31 8, Sew Hr ast, area, at edt & att fech act ¢, at fe Us ar aad Udaaelia ERM g, at ast S ts Hl oes Ev sg,, Se BAe aA Ft RNB) °, Questions, , (a) What happens when the tree is pulled out ?, , (b) How does the source of the tree look?, , (c) Where has the source of the tree laid?, , (d) Give the meaning of ‘sensitive’., , Answers, , (a) Its strength is seen., , (b) It looks white and wet., , (c) It has laid inside the earth., (d) It is ‘that is easily affected’., , 5. Then the matter, , Of scorching and choking In sun and air,, Browning, hardening,, , Twisting, withering,, , And then it is done., , After that, when a tree is uprooted, it gets scorched in sunlight, choked, gets more, browned, hardens, gets twisted, gets withered, and then, finally the tree is killed., , (Soe Te Ta VS SUS SM F, at as TTA Hos THe &, GH als Sar, Heelan SRT et se F, WET, @ Ala &, As STAT, BRET oa & SiN ict BIS aR TTT BI), , Questions, , (a) What happens to the tree after it is pulled out ?, , (b) Which color does the tree acquire then and how does it look ?, , (c) What happens to the tree after all these stages ?, , (d) What is ‘it’ in the last line ?, , Answers, (a) It is scorched and choked., (b) It acquires a brown color. It looks hardened.