NOTES PREPARED BY
W.M BHAT
TEACHER SCHOOL
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
Lesson No. 19
MOTI GUJ – MUTINEER
(Rudyard Joseph Kipling)
About the author:-
Rudyard Joseph Kipling (1865-1936) was an English Writer and Nobel laureate, who wrote novels, poems and short stories, mostly set in India and Burma (now known as Myanmar) during the time of British rule. Kipling was born in Bombay, India and at an age of 6 was sent to be educated in England. He received the 1907 Nobel Prize in literature, the first English author to be so honored. Kipling died on January 18, 1936, in London.
THINKING ABOUT THE TEXT
Q.1 Why did Muti Guj love his master even though he would beat him sometimes.
Ans. Moti Guj knew that after the beating, Deesa would embrace him. He would give him a lot of grass to eat and some liquor too. Therefore, Muti Guj had also developed a great intimacy with Deesa.
Q.2 How long was Deesa to be away and how did he tell Moti Guj about this?
Ans. Deesa was to stay away for ten days. Deesa conveyed this to Muti Guj verbally as well as he also hit the elephant ten times on his nails.
Q.3 What were the lies Deesa told his employer? Why did he tell such dread full stories?
Ans. First, Deesa said that his mother had died. Then he said that his wives were dying of plague. He fabricated these dreadful stories to get leave from work.
Q.4 How did Deesa look after Moti Guj?
Ans. Deesa looked after Muti Guj very well. Once in a weak Deesa used to take him to the river and rub his body with coir swab and a brick. Deesa used to examine Muti Guj’s feet, eyes, and ears in case of sores.
Q.5 How did Moti Guj bid Deesa good bye?
Ans. Muti Guj bids good bye to Deesa by swinging him in the air.
Q.6 Why did Moti Guj become a mutineer?
Ans. Deesa was to stay away for ten days only. But when Deesa did not return on the eleventh day, Muti Guj refused to obey Chihun’s order. He refused to wrench out stumps and hence became mutineer.
Q.7 How did Moti Guj react to Dessa’s return?
Ans. When Deesa returned, Muti Guj was very happy. He fell into Deesa’s arms. The man and the beast wept and slobbered over each other.
Q.8 Why was chihun angry with Moti Guj? How did Moti Guj react to his remarks?
Ans. Modi Guj felt unhappy and lonely without Deesa. Moti Guj refused to work and became a mutineer but Chihun stopped feeding him and called him a wild beast.Moti Guj lifted Chihun’s child with his trunk. Immediately after that Chihun served food and liquor to Moti Guj and got his child released.
LANGUAGE WORK
Identify five more verbs which remains unchanged in the conjugation:
(i) Read (ii) Cut (iii) Cost (iv) Hit (v) Hurt (vi) Let (vii) quit (viii) Set (ix) Shut (x) split
Form degrees of comparison of the following adjectives
Little. Less Least
Few. Fewer. Fewest
Hot Hotter Hottest
Big Bigger, Biggest
Thin Thinner,. Thinnest
Fat Fatter Fattest
Cold Colder. Coldest
Great. Greater Greatest
Bright Brighter, Brightest
Light Lighter Lightest
Lovely Lovelier Loveliest
GRAMMAR:
Tenses / Verbs used:
(i) Deesa was a foolish drunkard. (Past simple)
(ii) He had made much money through the strength of his elephant. (Past perfect)
(iii) I am going away. (Present continuous)
(iv) You will work and obey the orders of Chihun. (Future simple)
Conditional clause / sentence:
Conditional clause (sentence) is a clause expressing factual implications, or hypothetical situations and their consequences. It is called conditional as the validity of the main clause is conditional on some certain circumstances.
Conditional clause is always a dependent clause.
Example are:
i. If it rains heavily, I will stay at home.
ii. If I had a pen, I would give that to you.
Example from text is: If you won’t work, you shan’t eat.
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