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• “He stood on his head in delight.” (i) Who does ‘he’ refer to? (ii) Why was he delighted?
• 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
• Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then, did he have to be sent away?
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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?”