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Read the following passage. Swami was pained and angry. He did not like the cruelty his father was showing. He cursed the newspaper that had printed the tiger’s story. He wished that the tiger had not spared the boy. The night advanced and the silence in the house deepened. Swami’s heart began to beat faster. He remembered all the stones of devils and ghosts he had heard. He was almost faint with fear. Now answer the following questions. 1) Why was Swami pained and angry? 2) What did he not like? 3) Why did he curse the newspaper? 4) Why did the boy wish that the tiger had not spared the boy? 5) What made Swami almost faint? |
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Answer» 1) Usually he used to sleep beside his grandmother in the verandah. But now he was forced to sleep alone in his father’s office room. This made Swami pained and angry. 2) Swami did not like the cruelty his father shown in making him sleep alone. 3) If the newspaper had not published the story of a brave boy, there would not have been a discussion about his courage and his father would not have asked him to sleep alone. So Swami cursed the newspaper for publishing the story of the brave boy. 4) If the tiger had not spared the boy and killed him, then the story would have been different, there would not have been a discussion, about courage and bravery between Swami and his father. So Swami wished that the tiger had not spared the boy. 5) 1) Swami was alone in the room. 2) The darkness and silence of the room made him frightened. 3) He remembered the stories of devils. 4) All these things made him almost faint with fear |
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