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56 / Beehive BEFORE YOU READ • Do you like to look at yourself in the mirror? What do you think about at such times? Have you ever seen a dog, a cat or a bird look into a mirror? What do you think it sees? † Now read this humorous story about a doctor, a snake, and a mirror. 1. “HAS a snake ever coiled itself round any part of your body?
70 / Beehive Our family used to arrange boats for carrying idols not to be republished of the Lord from the temple to the marriage site. ©NCERT. conviction: a strong opinion or belief downcast: sad or depressed ... Discuss these questions in class with your teacher and then write down your answers in two or three paragraphs each. 1. “On the whole, the small society of Rameswaram was very rigid in terms of
132 / Beehive I. Answer these questions in one or two words or in short phrases. 1. Name the two temples the author visited in Kathmandu. 2. The writer says, “All this I wash down with Coca Cola.” What does ‘all this’ refer to? 3. What does Vikram Seth compare to the quills of a porcupine? 4. Name five kinds of flutes. II.
III. Discuss these questions in class with your teacher and then write down your answers in two or three paragraphs each. 1. Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much. How did this happen? 2. Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers”. What kind of father
102 / Beehive 8. During the 1992 Everest mission, Santosh Yadav provided special care to a climber who lay dying at the South Col. She was unfortunately unsuccessful in saving him. However, she managed to save another climber, Mohan Singh, who would have met with the same fate had she not shared her oxygen with him. 9.
18 / Beehive specialist. It was then discovered that her hearing was severely impaired as a result of gradual nerve damage. They were advised that she should be fitted with hearing aids and sent to a school for the deaf. “Everything suddenly looked black,” says Evelyn. 3. But Evelyn was not going to give up. She was
114 / Beehive baby bear that had been riding on its mother’s back when the sudden shot had killed her. The little creature ran around its prostrate parent making a pitiful noise. 4. I ran up to it to attempt a capture. It scooted into the sugarcane field. Following it with my companions, I was at last able to grab it by the
9. And then it was George’s turn, and he trod on the butter. I didn’t say anything, but I came over and sat on the edge of the table and watched them. trod on: stepped on George trod on the butter. 86 / Beehive It irritated them more than anything I could have said. I felt that. It made them nervous and excited, and they stepped on things, and put things behind them, and then couldn’t find them when they wanted them; and they packed the pies at the
