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Both Meghna's and Almas' families had washed away in tsunami but they were the only members from their respective families who had survived. Both of them kept floating in the sea for days. Meghna floated in the sea for two days holding on to a wooden door. She was brought to the shore by a wave. Similarly, Almas climbed on to a log of wood and fainted. She woke up in a hospital. Both the girls were traumatised after the incident. While Meghna was seen walking on the seashore in daze, Almas does not talk about the incident to anyone.

(1) Then the family did not stay bark In the house for a moment.

(2) Even though Sanjeev Jumped Into the water to rescue her, they were both swept away.

(3)The family had gone to the Nancowry Island with a view to celebrating Christmas.

(4) The first giant wave swept both of them away.

(5)! was unaware of what was happening

(6) TIlly started to scream at her family so that they could get off the beach.

(7) When I saw my daughter so frightened, I thought something serious must be going on.

1.Although no data is given in the story but it says the number of dead animals was far less compared to human casualties. 

2. Sixty visitors and only two water buffaloes died at the Yala National Park. No other dead bodies of any animals were found. 

3. The people at the Yala National Park had seen three elephants running away from the Patanangala beach about an hour before the tsunami hit. 

4. The dogs of Galle refused to go for their daily run on the beach.

Very few animals were killed in the tsunami. Perhaps they feel the tremor much before humans do. Secondly, the animals have sixth sense. They can guess the coming S disaster and so run away to safer places higher ground. The idea that the animals are gifted with the sixth sense is more believable. They move fast to get over the crisis.

The ‘fast movement’ column has many more words as compared to the other two columns. This is because the story is about tsunami, which is a fast movement of waters. Due to tsunami, all the immediate actions are fast, such as running, climbing and sweeping away of people by water.

The first idea is that the animals have a sixth sense. They know when the earth is going to shake. The second idea is that the animals have a more acute sense of hearing. This helps them to hear or feel the earth’s vibration. In this way they sense the coming disaster much before the human beings. So they run away to safer places. 

This is scientifically proven that anmial can hear the approaching natural disturbances as they can hear sound with low frequency which we can't. This idea is more reasonable.

(i) The earth trembled, but not many people felt the trembling.

(ii) When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of confusion and many animals escaped into the countryside.

(iii) We heard with relief that the lion had been recaptured.

(iv) The zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his rescue was filmed by the TV crew.

(v) There was much excitement in the village when the snake charmer came visiting.

If Tilly's award was to be shared, she should share it with her geography teacher who made her aware of tsunami in the first place. It was this awareness that helped her save so many lives.

(i) Someone stole my bicycle. A 

(ii) The tyres were deflated by the traffic police. P 

(iii) I found it last night in a ditch near my house. A 

(iv) It had been thrown there. P 

(v) My father gave it to the mechanic. A 

(vi) The mechanic repaired it for me. A

Tilly had seen the strange sea behaviour In a video.

Tilly’s family came to Thailand to celebrate Christmas.

Both saw the sea rise and It started to foam and form whirlpools.

Meghna and Almas – both were lucky. Meghna was carried away with her parents and other people. But she alone survived. She was washed ashore by a wave. Almas climbed onto a log of wood. When she opened her eyes, she found herself In a hospital in Kamorta.

She felt very pleased and satisfied.

No, Tilly’s mother was not alarmed by them.

Sixty visitors and two animals.

The dogs In Galle refused to go to the beach for their daily run.

D. All of these three

1. True.

2. False

3. False

4. True

5. True

People say that the elephants ran from the beach an hour before the Tsunami hit the coast.

1. False

2. True

3. True

4. True

5. True

6. False

7. False

8. True

9. True

10. True

11. True

A tsunami is a very large and powerful S wave. It is caused by earthquakes under the S sea. The deadly tsunami hit Thailand, India S Eind the Andaman Islands on 26 December 2004.