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1. liking the new nuisance. 

2. painting exhibition to be held the next week. 

3. dropped one wizened eyelid in another solemn wink as he sank his beak into a plump guava. 

4. it rained papayas and bananas. 

5. ask him to find out what they should do. 

6. predicted the reply to be ridiculously simple. 

7. I have never heard Zigzag snore. 

8. not accustomed to being kept waiting and was already making his way to the clinic where he perched himself on the nurse’s reception table. 

9. realised what an absolute treasure he was!

Dr. Krishnan hastened to explain. 

Mrs. Krishnan was horrified on hearing about Zigzag.

Dr.Krishnan sighed and spoke to Zigzag Zigzag didn’t bother to reply.

Somu sent an e-mail to Dr.Krishnan about Zigzag. 

Dr.Krishnan predicted it as ridiculously simple.

Visu comforted everyone. 

Arvind and Maya excited to listen to the bird’s talk.

Mrs. Krishnan spoke irritably. 

Dr. Krishnan was hurrying to his clinic.

This story is about a multilingual weird bird, named Zigzag. Dr. Krishnan’s clinic usually sounded noisy because of the shouting and crying of children. His friend Dr. Somu requested him to shelter Zigzag, his pet as he was about to leave for Alaska.

When Zigzag was brought to his house, it did not speak to anyone. It could sing and talk in 21 different languages. But it did not speak any word to them. Instead, he transferred the fruits and nuts given to him to a Chandelier and to the blades of the ceiling fan. It perched on a curtain rod and went off to sleep. When the fan was switched on, all the fruits and nuts fell down. 

The papaya slice splattered on the painting of Mrs. Krishnan and spoiled it. Mrs. Krishnan was irritated and persuaded Dr. Krishnan to send the bird away to Visu s house. So Dr. Krishnan took the bird to his clinic. There it commanded everyone in an orderly way. He brought peace, calmness and a disciplined atmosphere in the clinic. The painting which had been spoilt by Zigzag was sold out for ₹ 5,000. It was bought because the new technique in painting was liked by the buyer. Thus Mr. Krishnan’s family invited Zigzag to stay with them for another week.

When Zigzag was taken into the clinic, he was asked to wait in the car by Dr. Krishnan. He warned him not to sleep and snore. But Zigzag was not accustomed to being kept waiting. So he made his way to the reception and perched himself on the nurse’s reception table.

Krishnan had hardly walked through the swinging half-door that separated his clinic from the waiting room when he heard a voice. The voice was from Zigzag. It was clear and commanding. There was pin-drop silence in the room as everyone waited, open-mouthed, for Zigzag s next sentence. Dr. Krishnan was amazed. Zigzags bored and grumpy expressions were gone. Instead, the bird ‘ looked happy and alert as it went about the job. 

It had been trained for this job with the doctors. Thus Dr. Krishnan’s clinic, which was usually a noisy sea of tears and outbursts, was transformed into a calm, orderly place. He efficiently soothed the patients and naughty ones

Zigzag did not communicate with the Krishnan’s although everyone tried several times and in several languages to speak to him, he only slept and snored.

Arvind confessed that for the first time in his life, he was actually looking forward to go to school. The school was as calm as a monastery compared to their house.

Zigzag transferred all the walnuts and the fruits to the Chandelier and on the blades of the ceiling fan. Then it perched on the curtain rod, went off to sleep.

Boomerang sliced through all the TV aerials in the neighborhood. It caused permanent damage to several cars in the parking lot. It also knocked out their watchman cold with the force thrown by Arvind.

Somu had a giant green and gold fighting beetle and an African snake.

When Visu, the old cook of Dr. Somu brought Zigzag to Dr. Krishnan’s house, all were surprised to see such a strange and a weird bird. It was a foot and a half tall. It was a multilingual talkingsinging bird. It could talk and sing in twenty-one languages.

When it refused to say a word, Arvind brought some juicy fruits and nuts for the bird. It did not eat them, but transferred one ‘ by one to the chandelier and on to the blades of the ceiling fan. Then it perched on a curtain rod, it sank his beak into a plumpy guava and then went off to sleep. Then he began to snore. The snore became louder and very louder.

His snoring pounded their eardrums till their heads ached. When the fan was switched on by their maid, the painting of Mrs. Krishnan got spoilt by streaks of orange pulp spreading on it. His snoring troubled all the neighbours and they were complaining about it.

Correct answer is (c) Australia

e, d, b, a, c 

e. Dr. Ashok’s clinic usually sounded like an ancient Chinese torture chamber. 

d. Due to the commotion Somu mistook Ashok’s commitment to keep zigzag. 

b. Mrs. Ashok was busy getting ready for the painting exhibition. 

a. Their nine-year-old daughter Maya was excited about Zigzag’s arrival. 

c. Zigzag is an unusual bird that speaks in 21 different languages.

Correct answer is (a) Rainforest

Correct answer is (b) room heater

Correct answer is (d) Marina