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NCERT Solutions for Class 9th: Ch 16 The Bond of Love Beehive English, By Kenneth Anderson, Page No: 119, , Thinking about the Text, Given in the box are some headings. Find the relevant paragraphs in, the text to match the headings., An Orphaned Cub; Bruno’s Food-chart; An Accidental Case, of Poisoning; Playful Baba; Pain of Separation; Joy of, Reunion; A Request to the Zoo; An Island in the courtyard

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Answer, An Orphaned Cub – para 3, Bruno’s Food-chart – para 6, An Accidental Case of Poisoning – para 8, Playful Baba – para 12, Pain of Separation – para 14, Joy of Reunion – para 16, A Request to the Zoo – para 18, An Island in the Courtyard – para 21, II. Answer the following questions., 1.“I got him for her by accident.”, (i) Who says this?, (ii) Who do ‘him’ and ‘her’ refer to?, (iii) What is the incident referred to here?, 2. “He stood on his head in, delight.” (i) Who does ‘he’ refer to?, (ii) Why was he delighted?, 3. “We all missed him greatly:, but in a sense we were relieved.” (i), Who does ‘we all’ stand for?, (ii) Who did they miss?, (iii) Why did they nevertheless feel relieved?, Answer

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1. (i) Narrator said this., (ii) Here, ‘him’ refers to the sloth bear and ‘her’ refers to the, narrator’s wife., (iii) About two years ago the narrator and his companions were passing, through the sugarcane fields near Mysore.Suddenly, they saw a black, sloth bear. One of the narrator’s companions shot it on the spot. As they, saw the fallen animal, they were surprised to see that the black fur on its, back moved. Then they saw that it was a baby bear that had been riding, on its mother’s back. The narrator ran up to it and attempted to capture, it. He finally succeeded in grabbing it and gifted it to his wife. This, incident is referred to in the above statement, 2. (i) 'He’ refers to the bear, Bruno., (ii) Bruno was delighted to see the narrator’s wife after three months of, separation., 3. (i) 'We all’ stands for the narrator, his wife and his son., (ii) They missed Bruno (Baba)., (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., III. 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?, Answer, Bruno ate some poison-barium carbonate He also vomited and breathed, heavily, but was later cured. In another incident, he drank nearly a

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gallon of old engine oil. Fortunately, he remained unaffected.meant for, the rats, which paralysed and weakened him., 2. Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then, did he have to be, sent away?, Answer, Yes, Bruno was a loving and playful pet. Everybody in the family was, attached to it,, especially the narrator’s wife. It had to be sent away to a zoo because, it was getting too big to be kept at home., , 3. How was the problem of what to do with Bruno finally solved?, Answer, Bruno was not happy at the zoo. Seeing its condition and its happiness, at seeing the narrator’s wife, Bruno was allowed to go back to, Bangalore. There, an island was made for the bear, keeping all its needs, in mind., Thinking about Language, I.

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Answer, 2., believe, , receive weird leisure seize reign feign grief pierce, , weight, , Page No: 120, , II. Here are some words with silent letters. Learn their spelling. Your, teacher will dictate these words to you. Write them down and, underline the silent letters., knock wrestle walk, knee, , half, , wrong, , honest daughter, , hours return, , hornet calm, , could sign, , island, , button, , Answer, , Knock Wrestle Walk Wrong, Knee, , Half Honest Daughter

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Hours Return, , Hornet Calm, , Could Sign, , Island, , Button, , IV., 1. The Narrative Present, Notice the incomplete sentences in the following paragraphs. Here the, writer is using incomplete sentences in the narration to make the, incident more dramatic or immediate. Can you rewrite the paragraph, in complete sentences?, (You can begin: The vet and I made a dash back to the car. Bruno was, still floundering…), (i) A dash back to car. Bruno still floundering about on his stumps,, but clearly weakening rapidly; some vomiting, heavy breathing, with, heaving flanks and gaping mouth., Hold him everybody! In goes the hypodermic – Bruno squeals – 10 c.c., of the antidote enters his system without a drop being wasted. Then, minutes later: condition unchanged! Another 10 c.c. injected! Ten, minutes later: breathing less stertorous – Bruno can move his arms and, legs a little although he can not stand yet. Thirty minutes later: Bruno, gets up and has a great feed! He looks at us disdainfully, as much as to, say, ‘What’s barium carbonate to a big black bear like me?’ Bruno is still, eating., (ii) In the paragraphs above from the story the verbs are in the, present tense (eg. hold, goes, etc.). This gives the reader an impression, of immediacy. The present tense is often used when we give a, commentary on a game (cricket, football, etc.), or tell a story as if it is, happening now.

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It is, therefore, called the narrative present., You will read more about the present tense in Unit 10, 2. Adverbs, Find the adverbs in the passage below. (You’ve read about adverbs in, Unit 1.), We thought that everything was over when suddenly a black sloth bear, came out panting in the hot sun. Now I will not shoot a sloth-bear, wantonly but, unfortunately for the poor beast, one of my companions, did not feel that way about it, and promptly shot the bear on the spot., (i) Complete the following sentences, using a suitable adverb ending in, – ly., (a) Rana does her homework _______________., (b) It rains ___________ in Mumbai in June., (c) He does his work _____________., (d) The dog serves his master _____________., (ii) Choose the most suitable adverbs or adverbial phrases and, complete the following sentences., (a) We should ____________get down from a moving train. (never,, sometimes, often), (b) I was ___________ in need of support after my poor performance., (badly, occasionally, sometimes)., (c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her, ______________. (suddenly, seriously, immediately), 3. Take down the following scrambled version of a story, that your, teacher will dictate to you, with appropriate punctuation marks. Then,, read the scrambled story carefully and try to rewrite it rearranging the, incidents.

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A grasshopper, who was very hungry, saw her and said, “When did you, get the corn? I am dying of hunger.” She wanted to dry them. It was a, cold winter’s day, and an ant was bringing out some grains of corn, from her home. She had gathered the corn in summer. “I was singing, all day,” answered the grasshopper., “If you sang all summer,” said the ant, “you can dance all winter.”, “What were you doing?” asked the ant again., The grasshopper replied, “I was too busy.”, “I collected it in summer,” said the ant. “What were you doing in, summer? Why did you not store some corn?”, Answer, 1.(i) The vet and I made a dash back to the car. Bruno was still, floundering about on his stumps, but clearly he was weakening rapidly., There was some vomiting and heavy breathing. His flanks were heaving, and his mouth was gaping., Everybody was asked to hold him. The hypodermic medicine went into, Bruno, who squealed. 10 c.c. of anecdote entered his system without a, drop being wasted. Even ten minutes later, the condition was, unchanged. Another 10 c.c. was injected into him. Ten minutes later,, his breathing became less stertorous. Bruno could move his arms and, legs a little although he could not stand yet. Thirty minutes later, Bruno, got up and had a great feed. He looked at us disdainfully, as much as to, say, ‘What’s barium carbonate to a big black bear like me?’ Bruno was, still eating., 2.We thought that everything was over when suddenlya black sloth, bear came outpanting in the hot sun. NowI will not shoot a sloth-bear, wantonlybut, unfortunatelyfor the poor beast, one of my companions, did not feel that way about it, and promptlyshot the bear on the spot.

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(i), (a) Rana does her homework timely., (b) It rains heavilyin Mumbai in June., (c) He does his work properly., (d) The dog serves his master faithfully., (ii), (a) We should never get down from a moving train., (b) I was badly in need of support after my poor performance., (c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her immediately., 3. It was a cold winter’s day, and an ant was bringing out some grains of, corn from her home. She had gathered the corn in summer. She, wanted to dry them. A grasshopper, who was very hungry, saw her and, said, “When did you get the corn? I am dying of hunger.” “I collected it, in summer,” said the ant. “What were you doing in summer? Why did, you not store some corn?” The grasshopper replied, “I was too busy.”, “What were you doing?” asked the ant again. “I was singing all day,”, answered the grasshopper. “If you sang all summer,” said the ant, “you, can dance all winter.”