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The writer Ruskin Bond shares the experiences of how he and his grandfather met with two baby owlets, both of them were fearless of humans, they had funny nature. At the same time he describes the behaviour of mother owl towards her babies. she waited whole night and gurgled for her babies. She thought that the writer is not a good parent for them but she was wrong. And he also tells us the anger behaviour of the mother owl when she attacks on the grandfather and also about the feeling of matureness when it greeted with "whoo whoo sound".

Characters :
Two baby owlets : funny and fearless
writer, grandfather : loving and caring
mother owl : angry

Action : This part of story starts when the writer and his grandfather met with two baby owlets around 1950's in Dehradun.

Phrase : picked it up, settled down, dozed off, etc.

Background :  This part of story was taken from a book named "The book of NATURE" written by Ruskin

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,Topic-Travelling with grandfather's zoo
Theme:This is a humorous but a sarcastic story as it is clear from the name of text and its contents.we generally move in a zoo but here zoo is moving.
The wild creature had turned into the domestic one.No character is scared by the other except the aunt.
Dispositions of characters:
Chips(squirrel)-nimble,active,amicable,loving
Popeye(parrot)-sweet,talkative,
Timothy(tiger)-scaring,well mannered,punctual
Python-selfish,hunger,cumbersome,scaring
Grandfather-Philanthropist,animal loving,calm
Grandmother-very good cook,annoyed
Author-Amicable,animal loving,caring
Aunt Mabel-faint hearted,scared
BACKGROUND:The story is related to the colonial rule & just after the independence  when there were no ban on the wild animals
Phrasal verbs:-get rid off,broke into,shot off,made for,get into
Phrases:-.    .
Grasp of Surprise- very much amazed

Presented me with a Peanut – Hospitable
Scurrying the corridor- exploring

One suspicious eye – very suspicious

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Topic- Travelling With Grandfather's Zoo
Theme:

The story depicts the fantasy towards animals. One can find wild animals turned as pets. Love and Affection towards the animals. He describes the bond between animals and humans. The animals too had gentlemanly qualities. The tone of the story is quite humorous. The way they are handling their pets is very interesting. The excitement of the journey from Dehradun to Lucknow. The story ends in a cheerful tone, no harm to the animals. Bond justifies the title of the story very well.

Background:

After reading the story one can conclude that animals were accepted in the society whole heartedly. Instances in the story marks this fact. The animals had the full liberty to roam anywhere. The passengers on the train didn’t harmed the animals, showing the society in that period was very hospitable. Vintage Taxis depicts that timeline can be of somewhat around 1950.

Characters Sketches-

1.       Timothy (Tiger)-  The pet tiger was very silent, very lazy as mentioned in the context. Didn’t bothered about the rest of the world.

2.       Popeye (Parrot)- very mischievous creature, used to disturb the passengers, very talkative, but very Entertaining.

3.       Chips (Squirrel)-very busy in its own world, qualities of an explorer.  Loved eating peanuts.

4.       Grandfather- very caring, ensured the comfort of family as well as the animals, very humourous.

5.       Grandmother – suspicious, a very good cook, Dominant.

6.       Aunt Mabel- very simple, timid nature, loved by all.

PHRASES-

1.       Shot off in a Cloud of Dust- Very quickly, at the blink of an eye.

2.       Grasp of Surprise- very much amazed

3.       Presented me with a Peanut – Hospitable

4.       Scurrying the corridor- exploring

5.       One suspicious eye – very suspicious

Phrasal Verbs –

Rolling over, broke into, stepped out, tumbled into, getting on, shot off.

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Topic- Travelling With Grandfather's Zoo

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Topic-Travelling With Grandfather's Zoo

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In this short story,the writer delineates his journey from Dehradun to Lucknow with his grandparents and pets.

Characters:-
popeye(parrot):notorious,talkative.
chips(squirrel):active,loves eating,tiny,love to discover the new surrounding.
timothy(tiger):well mannered.
grandfather:animal lover,cares for the comfort of family members.
grandmother:good cook ,loved hygiene.
author:good observer,caring.
aunt mabel:fainthearted,affectionate.
python:inactive,cumbersome,calm.

Background:-
The story is of mid 20th century,in those times the trains were not so crowded and even animals can travel with human beings.

Phrases:-
nipped two fingers,tweaked a ticket inspectors ear-mischievous
emerged from the pocket-tiny
dashed out of our compartment,scurrying the corridor,tugged at the large basket,gasp of surprise,snuggle  into the tiffin basket.

Phrasal Verbs:-
shot off,look into,let in,stepped out, picked it up,settled down,stepped out

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THEME:the text 'travelling with grandfather's zoo' .in thestory various animals use to travel with them in train.

background:This incident happened early in 1950`s or in between 1950`s and 1960`s .

disposition of characters:
Popeye  : mischievous.
Timothy : obedient
Chips  :childish,affectionate.
Grand mother:caring
Python : food lover,glutton.
author:kind and caring

phrasal verb:let in, broke into, took into, shot off, looking forward, tumbled into, tied down ,picked up, fake up.

words and phrases:fainted away - fearful
lover of good food -foody
presented me with a peanut -caring
had an entire berth -cumbersome
no difficulty in making friends -friendly
scurrying the corridor ,nipped two fingers ,tweaked a ticket inspectors ear - naughty
emerged from the pocket -tiny.

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Name: - Nilav Jyoti Das
Roll no: - 1601036, CSE

Theme: - This story is about a tiger cub which was discovered by writer’s grandfather. Grandfather brought him up as his own child and named him Timothy. Timothy was accompanied by Toto- the monkey and a mongrel puppy. Timothy was very friendly he used to play with the writer whenever he came. But as time kept running on and timothy grew he became less friendly. When he started stalking Mahmoud- the cook with villainous intent grandfather decided to transfer him to Lucknow zoo. One day grandfather went zoo to meet Timothy. So grandfather went to timothy’s cage and played with him the whole but at last he came to know that the tiger he was playing with was not timothy. He died two months ago. After hearing that grandfather said good bye to that tiger and briskly left out of zoo.

The theme of this story reveals moral character, kind heartedness and friendly nature of the grandfather. Despite being a tiger cub, he brought that tiger cub and treated him as his son.

Disposition of characters: -
1. Timothy- The Tiger cub- Playfull, ,miscevios, friendly, obedient
2. The Writer- Animal lover, playful, joyfull
3. Writer’s Grandfather- Animal lover, Caring, kind hearted
4. Toto- The monkey-Friendly, Naughty, miscevious
5. A Mongrel Puppy-Friendly, Angry , playfull
6. Mahmoud –The cook- Responsible
7. Writer’s Grandmother-Curious, afraid
8. The Zoo Keeper-Obedient, Careful, Responsible
Background-   The story must have been during the times of 1950’s and 1960’s since during the time the writer was a kid. This story is mainly based upon the changing behaviour of a tiger with the cycle of time.
Words and phrases: -
Grandfather picked him up and brought him home, brought the mongrel puppy home from road describes how much he loved animals;
Pull the young tiger by the tail describes how miscevious Toto- the monkey was;
“One day we are going to see Timothy sitting on Mahmoud’s bed with no sign of him except his clothes” describes how curious she was about other members of the house and also how afraid she was of Timothy;
Grandfather stroked timothy’s forehead, trickled his ear describes how much he love Timothy;
Grandfather shooed the leopard away shows how curious he was when it comes to Timothy;
Keeper pushed grandfather’s way through the crowd describes that the keeper was responsible;
Phrasal Verbs: -
Strolling down, broken up, brought up, rolling over, keeping up, getting on, now and then

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Theme           – The humorous short story ”Travelling with Grandfathers zoo” , written by Ruskin Bond , describes about animals living with the writers family . In the story a squirrel, teen tiger, a parrot and unknowingly a baby python travels with them in a train. When the writer and his grandfather find the baby python traveling with them, they try to keep secret but later it is revealed. They somehow manage in the train and also when they reach their destination, the aunt too finds out about the python and faints. The story ends in humorous way by telling the aunt that she must have imagined a python.

Background     – This incident must have been happened in colonial time, since the writer is from British family , and the grandfather is forest officer and is allowed to travel with animals.

Disposition       – Squirrel (Friendly, restless,a glutton , helpful)

Tiger (calm, non attentive )

Python (sleek body, glutton)
Parrot (Talkative, patient)
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Phrasal Verbs    - let in, broke into, took into, shot off, looking forward, tumbled into, tied down ,picked up, fake up,

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1601054
Topic - Owl

Theme – The writer is describing about the nature of owls as they are not really afraid of humans and it is not a night bird only, but it prefers to fly in night because it attacked by some other birds in day time. The writer is also describing about the size of the owls as they are not much bigger, also a mature owl is not bigger as a thrush. The writer is also picking the immotional nature of the owls as the mother of those owlets waited whole night and gurgled for it’s babies and also it had left  a tail of the mose in the mosquito net because it was not expecting the writer as good parent. And also telling us the anger behaviour of the mother owl when it attacks on the grandfather and also about the feeling of matureness when it greeted  with “whoo whoo sound”.

Characters - In this section, Ruskin bond is describing about the behaviour of two owlets and their mother who had been separated from each other  .

Actions – This part is starts with  a winter morning of Dehradun of 1950’s and 60’s, when the writer and his grandfather find an owlet by the verandah steps.

Background – This part is taken from the book named, “The book of NATURE”, written by Ruskin Bond. In this book the writer is describing many of the animals and birds behaviour which he experienced in 1930’s and 40’s in Dehradun.

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Phrases- (Picked it up, Settled down, pick up, ducked out,)

Phrases which are describing about the behaviour of the owls – ( attacked by, swooped down)

Onamotopoeic – (gurgled  and crooned, whoo- whoo)

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Roll no:1601055
THEME:
This text "Travelling with grandfathers zoo " is a sub topic from             "BOOK OF NATURE " written by Ruskin bond .He explains the travelling with his grand father and grand mother along with the animals from dehradun to lucknow
CHARACTER DISPOSITION:
Popeye            : This is a parrot which is very  mischievous which is grand mother pet
Timothy          : This is a tiger, grand fathers pet , is very good and obedient
Chips              :This squirrel  which is pet of writer  is very childish and  affectionate.                       Aunt Mabel    : she is afraid of reptiles
Grand father  : He is very kind and brave.
Grand mother:She is very caring
Writer              : He is  animal lover
Python : It loves eating food and  does'nt harm others
BACK GROUND:
This incident happened early in 1950`s or in between 1950`s and 1960`s  as writer mentioned about the car when they reached their destination the writer narrated about a car which was launched in 1950`s.
TERMS and PHRASES:
The guard admitted that he could not have asked for a better passenger ,no stealing from vendors,no breaking of railway property,no shouting at coolies  _These phrases describe how obediently tiger behaved during the journey.
He had nipped two fingers and tweaked a ticket inspectors ear _These phrases describe how mischievous  Popeye is.
emerged from my pocket ,scurring along the corridor describe`s how childish the squirrel is.
Dashed out of our compartment this tells us how grand father reacted when he  heared  the cries of people
bunched together out side the washroom door.
Taxi shot off in a cloud of dust .this tells us that how speed the taxi moved .
PHRASAL VERBS: let in,broke into,look into,got to,shot off,looking forward,got onto,tumbled into,tied down,kept for,picked up,get into,made for, stepped out,set out.

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THEME :The text "travelling with grand father's zoo" describes the journey of the authur  from dehradun to lucknow

DISPOSITIONS:popeye(parrot) :notorious,good observer.
chips(squirrel):very active,friendly,caring,tiny,loves eating.
python:very calm,not harming.
tiger:disciplined,cumbersome.
authur:very kind and caring to animals.
grand father :pet loving,caring,loves luxury.
grand mother: good care taker.
aunt mabel:afraid of snakes,cares relatives ,foody.
passengers:friendly,afraid of snakes.

BACKGROUND:late 1950's or early 60's when trains were not crowded.

WORDS AND PHRASES: behaved perfectly throughout,no stealing from vendors,no shouting at coolies,no breaking of railway property,no splitting on the platform,---disciplined
had an entire berth -cumbersome
no difficulty in making friends -friendly
scurrying the corridor ,nipped two fingers ,tweaked a ticket inspectors ear - naughty
emerged from the pocket -tiny
intent on investigating other compartments,suspicious eye on quievering basket - good observer
fainted away - fearful
lover of good food -foody
presented me with a peanut -caring
bunche together outside -afraid of snake

PHRASAL VERBS:let in,broke into,look into,got to,shot off,looking forward,got onto,tumbled into,tied down,kept for,picked up,get into,made for, stepped out,set out

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Theme :Owls in the family

The theme of this extract is basically about owls. Ruskin here shows his interconnections with some spotted baby owls . The owlets fall into