Chapter 6 - This is Jody's Fawn (यह जोडि का मृगशावक है)

Part 1: Textbook Solutions (Comprehension Check & Exercises)

COMPREHENSION CHECK

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Q. 1. What had happened to Jody's father?

जोडिके पिता के साथ क्या घटित हो गया था?

Ans. Jody's father had been bitten by a rattle snake.

जोडिके पिता को रैटल सर्प द्वारा डस लिया गया था।

Q. 2. How did the doe save Penny's life?

हरिणी ने पेनि का जीवन कैसे बचाया था?

Ans. The doe's heart and liver was used to draw out the poison. In this way the doe saved Penny's life.

हरिणी के हृदय व यकृत का विष खींचने के लिए प्रयोग किया गया था। इस प्रकार से हरिणी ने पेनि का जीवन बचाया।

Q. 3. Why does Jody want to bring the fawn home?

जोडि मृगशावक को घर क्यों लाना चाहता है?

Ans. Jody wants to bring the fawn home because its mother saved Pa and it is ungrateful to leave it to starve.

जोडि मृगशावक को घर लाना चाहता है क्योंकि इसकी माँ ने पा को बचाया था और इसे भूखे मरने देना छोड़ना अकृतज्ञता है।

Q. 4. How does Jody know that the fawn is a male?

जोडि कैसे जानता है कि मृगशावक नर है?

Ans. Jody knows that the fawn is a male because Pa says that a buck-fawn has spots all in a line.

जोडि जानता है कि मृगशावक नर है क्योंकि पा कहते हैं कि एक नर मृगशावक के सभी निशान एक पंक्ति में होते हैं।

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Q. 1. Jody didn't want mill-wheel with him for two reasons. What were they?

जोडि दो कारणों से मिल-व्हील को अपने साथ नहीं चाहता था। वे कौनसे थे?

Ans. Jody didn't want Mill-Wheel with him because he didn't want to show his disappointment if the fawn was dead or couldn't be found. The second reason was that he didn't want to share the joy of meeting with the fawn.

जोडि, मिल-व्हील को अपने साथ नहीं चाहता था क्योंकि वह अपनी निराशा दिखाना नहीं चाहता था यदि मृगशावक मर गया होता या पाया नहीं जाता। दूसरा कारण यह था कि वह मृगशावक से मिलने के आनन्द को बाँटना नहीं चाहता था।

Q. 2. Why was Mill-Wheel afraid to leave Jody alone?

मिल-व्हील को जोडि को अकेले छोड़ने में डर क्यों था?

Ans. Mill-Wheel was afraid to leave Jody alone because he could get lost or bitten by the snake, too.

मिल-व्हील को जोडि को अकेले छोड़ने में डर था क्योंकि वह खो सकता था या सर्प द्वारा काटा भी जा सकता था।

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Q. 1. How did Jody bring the fawn back home?

जोडि मृगशावक को वापिस घर कैसे लाया?

Ans. Jody brought the fawn back home by holding it in his arms.

अपनी गोदी में लेकर (बांहों में भरकर) जोडि मृगशावक को वापिस घर लाया।

Q. 2. Jody was filled with emotion after he found the fawn. Can you find at least three words or phrases which show how he felt?

मृगशावक को ढूँढ लेने पर जोडि भावना से भर गया। क्या आप कम-से-कम तीन शब्द या वाक्यांश ढूँढ सकते हैं जो यह दिखाते हों कि उसने कैसा महसूस किया?

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Ans. Jody was light-headed with joy, wanted to fondle it, to run and romp with it.

जोडि खुशी से कुछ ठीक सोचने में असमर्थ था, वह इसे पुचकारना चाहता था, इसके साथ दौड़ना व उछल-कूद करना चाहता था।

Q. 3. How did the deer drink milk from the gourd?

हरिण ने तूंबे से दूध कैसे पीया?

Ans. At first, the fawn could make nothing of the milk in the gourd. Then, Jody dipped his fingers and as the fawn sucked, he lowered them into the milk. It enjoyed the milk by closing its eye dreamily.

आरम्भ में, मृगशावक तूंबे के दूध का कुछ नहीं कर सका। फिर, जोडि ने अपनी अंगुलियाँ डुबोईं और जैसे ही मृगशावक ने चूसा, उसने उनको दूध के अन्दर तक नीची कर दीं। इसने आँखें बन्द कर मदमस्त हो दूध का आनन्द लिया।

Q. 4. Why didn't the fawn follow Jody up the steps as he had thought it would?

मृगशावक ने जोडि के पीछे-पीछे ऊपर सीढ़ियाँ क्यों नहीं चढ़ीं जैसा कि उसने सोचा था कि यह करेगा?

Ans. The fawn didn't follow Jody up the steps because it was weak and small. It balked and refused to climb them.

मृगशावक ने जोडि के पीछे-पीछे ऊपर सीढ़ियाँ नहीं चढ़ीं क्योंकि यह कमजोर व छोटा था। इसने अनिच्छा दिखाई व उनको चढ़ने से इन्कार कर दिया।

TEXT BOOK QUESTIONS

Working with the Text :

Q. 1. Why did Penny Baxter allow Jody to go find the fawn and raise it?

पेनि बैक्टर ने जोडि को जाकर मृगशावक को ढूँढ़ने व इसको पालने की अनुमति क्यों दी?

Ans. Penny Baxter allowed Jody to go find the fawn and raise it because its mother saved him at the cost of her life. Moreover, he thought it ungrateful to leave the fawn to starve.

पेनि बैक्टर ने जोडि को जाकर मृगशावक को ढूँढ़ने व इसके पालने की अनुमति दी क्योंकि इसकी माँ ने अपने जीवन की कीमत पर उसे बचाया था। आगे, उसने सोचा कि मृगशावक को भूखा मरते रहने छोड़ देना भी अकृतज्ञता थी।

Q. 2. What did Doc Wilson mean when he said, "Nothing in the world ever comes quite free"?

डॉ. विल्सन का आशय क्या था जब उसने कहा, "विश्व में कुछ भी कभी भी बिल्कुल मुफ्त नहीं आता है?"

Ans. Doc Wilson meant that for every act we have to pay the price in one form or the other. By bringing the fawn they were compensating the death of the doe.

डॉ. विल्सन का आशय था कि प्रत्येक कार्य के लिए हमें कीमत किसी-न-किसी रूप में चुकानी होती है। मृगशावक को लाकर वे हरिणी की मृत्यु की क्षतिपूर्ति कर रहे थे।

Q. 3. How did Jody look after the fawn, after he accepted the responsibility for doing this?

जोडि ने मृगशावक की देखभाल का उत्तरदायित्व स्वीकार करने के बाद ऐसा (उसकी देखभाल) किस प्रकार किया?

Ans. Jody looked after the fawn affectionately. He brought it home in his arms. He brought milk, dipped his fingers and thrust into its mouth and then lowered into the milk. It enjoyed the milk.

जोडि ने मृगशावक की देखभाल प्रेमपूर्वक की। वह इसे अपनी गोद में भरकर अपने घर लाया था। वह दूध लाया, इसमें अपनी अंगुलियाँ डुबोईं और इसके मुख में ठूँस दिया और फिर नीचे करते-करते दूध के अन्दर कर दिया। इसने दूध का आनन्द लिया।

Q. 4. How does Jody's mother react when she hears that he is going to bring the fawn home? Why does she react in this way?

जोडि की माँ कैसी प्रतिक्रिया की जब वह सुनती है कि वह मृगशावक को घर लाने जा रहा है? वह इस तरीके से प्रतिक्रिया क्यों करती है?

Ans. When Jody's mother hears that he is going to bring the fawn home, she reacts surprisingly. She holds the coffee pot in mid air and asks what fawn it is. She reacts in this way because she least expected it. Moreover, she had only Jody's share of milk to feed it and nothing else.

जब जोडि की माँ सुनती है कि वह मृगशावक को घर लाने जा रहा है तो वह आश्चर्य से प्रतिक्रिया करती है। वह कॉफी के बर्तन को बीच हवा में ही थामे रहती है और पूछती है कि यह कौनसा मृगशावक है। वह इस तरीके से व्यवहार करती है क्योंकि उसे इसे करने की आज्ञा नहीं थी। आगे, उसके पास इसे खिलाने के लिए केवल जोडि के हिस्से का दूध ही था और कुछ नहीं था।

Working with Language :

1. Here are some questions in direct speech. Put them into reported speech.

Jody gave himself over to thoughts of the fawn. They passed the abandoned clearing.

He said, "Cut to the north, Mill-wheel. It was up here that Pa got bitten by the snake and killed the doe and saw the fawn."

Suddenly Jody was unwilling to have Mill-wheel with him. If the fawn was dead, or could not be found, he could not have his disappointment seen. And if the fawn was there, the meeting would be so lovely and so secret that he could not endure to share it.

He said, "It is not far now, but the scrub is very thick for a horse. I can make it on foot."

"But I'm afraid to leave you, boy. Suppose you got lost or got bitten by the snake, too?"

"I'll take care. It might take me a long time to find the fawn, if he's wandered. Leave me off right here."

Questions :

1. (i) With whom was Jody?

जोडि किसके साथ था?

जोडि, मृगशावक के साथ अपने मिलन को साझा क्यों नहीं करना चाहता था?

2. (i) For whom was the scrub very thick?

किसके लिए झाड़ियाँ बहुत सघन थीं?

(ii) Who is afraid to leave Jody alone?

जोडि को अकेला छोड़ने में किसे डर लग रहा है?

(iii) Write the opposite words from the passage for the following words :

Answers :

1. (i) Jody was with Mill-Wheel.

जोडि, मिल-व्हील के साथ था।

(ii) Jody was searching for the fawn.

जोडि उस मृगशावक की तलाश कर रहा था।

(iii) It was so because the meeting would be so lovely and so secret.

ऐसा इसलिए था क्योंकि मीटिंग बहुत अच्छी होगी और गुप्त होगी।

2. (i) The scrub was very thick for the horse.

घोड़े के लिए झाड़ियाँ बहुत सघन थीं।

2. (i) Where did Jody lay his hand?

जोडि ने अपने हाथ कहाँ रखे?

(ii) Who put his arms around its body?

किसने अपनी बाहें इसके शरीर के चारों ओर डाली?

(iii) Find out the word from the passage which mean 'shaking slightly'.

Answers :

1. (i) Movement directly in front of him startled him.

उसके सामने की हलचल ने उसे चौंकाया।

2. (i) Jody laid his hand on its soft neck.

जोडि ने इसकी कोमल गर्दन पर अपने हाथ रखे।

Passage : 4

He was afraid that it might kick and bleat at sight and smell of its mother. He skirted the clearing and pushed his way into the thicket. It was difficult to fight through with his burden. The fawn's legs caught in the bushes and he could not lift his own with freedom. He tried to shield its face from prickling vines. Its head bobbed with his stride. His heart thumped with the marvel of its acceptance of him. He reached the trail and walked as fast as he could until he came to the intersection with the road home. He stopped to rest and set the fawn down on its dangling legs. It wavered on them. It looked at him and bleated.

Questions :

1. (i) Why was he afraid?

वह डरा हुआ क्यों था?

2. (i) Why did his heart thump?

उसका दिल क्यों धड़का?

(ii) Upto where did he walk fast?

वह कहाँ तक तेज चला?

(iii) Find and the word from the passage which mean 'hanging freely'.

Answers :

1. (i) He was afraid that it might kick and bleat at sight and smell of its mother.

वह डरा हुआ था क्योंकि यह लात मार सकता था और मिमिया सकता था जैसे ही अपनी माँ को देखता या सूंघता।

2. (i) His heart thumped because of its acceptance of him.

उसका दिल धड़का क्योंकि इसने उसको स्वीकार कर लिया था।

Passage : 5

He dipped his fingers in the milk and thrust them into the fawn's soft wet mouth. It sucked greedily. When he withdrew them, it bleated frantically and butted him. He dipped his fingers again and as the fawn sucked, he lowered them slowly into the milk. The fawn blew and sucked and snorted. It stamped its small hoofs impatiently. As long as he held his fingers below the level of the milk, the fawn was content. It closed its eyes dreamily. It was ecstasy to feel its tongue against his hand. Its small tail flicked back and forth. The last of the milk vanished in a swirl of foam and gurgling.

Questions :

1. (i) Where did he thrust his fingers?

उसने अपनी उँगलियाँ कहाँ डालीं?

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2. (i) What was ecstasy?

आनंददायक क्या था?

(ii) Who was content?

कौन सन्तोष में था?

(iii) Find out from the passage the word which mean, 'highest happiness'.

Answers :

1. (i) He thrust his fingers into the fawn's soft wet mouth.

उसने मृगशावक के कोमल गीले मुख में अपनी उंगलियाँ डालीं।

(b) Hoofs

2. (i) To feel its tongue against his hand was ecstasy.

इसकी जीभ को अपने हाथ पर स्पर्श करते हुए महसूस करना आनन्ददायक था।