Summary _ Part4
The grandfather was happy to hear that the mongoose had won the fight . He had encouraged the mongoose to live in the garden to keep the snakes away. He fed it regularly with scraps from the kitchen. He knew that a wild mongoose was more useful. He often saw the mongoose going round the garden. He knew that his grandmother would forgive it for stealing eggs from poultry house as it kept snakes away from the house.
The banyan tree was also the setting for a strange affair between a grey squirrel and a white rat. The white rat was bought from the market by grandfather. One day the boy discovered three white baby squirrels in a nest in the banyan tree. Grandfather told the boy that the white rat must be the father.
Glossary
straw - dry grass
glinting - shining
crammed – completely filled, stuffed
offspring-young ones
scrap- pieces of food left over after use.
tame - domesticate .
Scaffolding Questions:
15. What prevented Grandfather from taming the mongoose?
The grandfather knew that a wild mongoose was better than
a domesticated one .
16. Why would grandmother forgive the mongoose for stealing the eggs?
The grandmother would forgive the mongoose for stealing the eggs
because it kept snakes away from the house.
17. Who was the new friend of the squirrel? How did they enjoy their friendship?
The white rat was the new friend of the squirrel. They would go off
together on little excursions among the branches.
18. How did the boy come to know that the squirrel was building a nest?
One day the boy found some straw and grass falling out from his pockets.
Then he came to know that the squirrel was building a nest.
19. What was the wonder, that nature had kept for them in the nest?
Three white baby squirrels for the grey squirrel.
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