(i) Where did the writer find the baby bear?
(ii) How were the wild pigs being driven away? Why?
(iii) Find the words from the passage which mean similar to the words given below:
(a) for no good reason, (b) at once.
(i) The writer found the baby bear near the sugarcane fields near Mysore.
(ii) The wild pigs were being driven out of the sugarcane fields by shooting at them as they destroyed the sugarcane fields.
(iii) (a) for no good reason — wantonly.
(b) at once — promptly.
(i) What fell down the dead bear’s body ? Why were the shooters surprised?
(ii) How did the baby bear behave after his mother’s death?
(iii) Find two words (from the passage) opposite in meaning of the following words.
(a) release, (b) enemies.
In the story ‘The Bond of Love’ the author’s wife establishes a deep bond of love with a sloth bear. Based on your reading the story, write a paragraph on the topic :‘The Need to Love Animals’.
(a) What does ‘it’ stand for here?
(b) How did she feel at receiving it?
(c) Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following:
(i) properly, (ii) named.
Based on your reading of the story ‘The Bond of Love’, write a paragraph on the topic : ‘Animals Also Feel the Pleasure of Love and the Pain of Separation.’
