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A2. Answer these ques ons.

1. What did the human baby do when it was laid among the cubs?

2. ‘My lord, my lord, it went in here!’ who said this and about whom?

3. Why was Shere Khan not able to snatch the man’s cub from the Wolves’
cave?

4. What are the Mother Wolf’s eyes compared to at the time of her facing
Shere Khan from the cave?

5. What is Mother Wolf’s name?

6. ‘Each dog barks in his own yard.’ What does Shere Khan mean by this?
7. Why did Shere Khan back out from the Wolves’ cave?

8. ‘Shere Khan speaks this much truth.’ What was the truth that Shere Khan
spoke?

9. What are the things Father Wolf taught Mowgli?

10. Why did Mowgli not trust men?

A3. Read both parts of the story of Mowgli and fi nd as many words as possible
to describe these characters:

1. Father Wolf

2. Mother Wolf

3. Tabaqui

4. Shere Khan

B Vocabulary

This Is like That

Read the following sentences from the story:

1. Her eyes, like two green moons in the darkness faced the blazing eyes of
Shere Khan.

2. He would fling himself through the branches boldly like an ape.

In the first sentence, Mother Wolf’s eyes are compared to ‘two green moons’.
In the second sentence, Mowgli is compared to an ape.

A phrase or sentence that compares one thing to another is called a simile.

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