Class 9 English Solutions| Chapter 9: The Bond of Love

 

Chapter 9: The Bond of Love

Class 9 English Beehive — Complete Textbook Solutions (Passage & Exercises Added)

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Summary (Assamese / সাৰাংশ)

'The Bond of Love' গল্পটো মানুহ আৰু বন্য জন্তুৰ মাজত থকা গভীৰ মৰম আৰু আৱেগিক সম্পৰ্কৰ এক সুন্দৰ কাহিনী। ইয়াৰ লেখক কেনেথ এণ্ডাৰছন (Kenneth Anderson)।

লেখকে আকস্মিকভাৱে Vendor এটা অনাথ সৰু ক’লা ভালুকৰ পোৱালি উদ্ধাৰ কৰি নিজৰ পত্নীক উপহাৰ দিছিল। লেখকে তাৰ নাম ৰাখিছিল ‘ব্ৰুনো’ (Bruno)। লেখকৰ পত্নীয়ে ব্ৰুনোক নিজৰ সন্তানৰ দৰে মৰম কৰিছিল। লাহে লাহে ব্ৰুনো ডাঙৰ হৈ আহে আৰু ঘৰৰ কুকুৰ তথা মানুহৰ সৈতে মিলিজুলি থাকিবলৈ শিকে। সি সকলো ধৰণৰ মানুহৰ খাদ্য খাবলৈ লয়। কিন্তু ব্ৰুনো আকাৰত অতি ডাঙৰ হৈ পৰাত সুৰক্ষাৰ স্বাৰ্থত তাক মহীশূৰৰ (Mysore) চিৰিয়াখানালৈ পঠিয়াই দিয়া হয়। ব্ৰুনোৰ বিচ্ছেদত লেখকৰ পত্নী মৰ্মাহত হৈ পৰে। অৱশেষত তিনি মাহ পিছত লেখকৰ পত্নীয়ে চিৰিয়াখানালৈ গৈ ব্ৰুনোক দেখা কৰে আৰু ঘৰলৈ আনি চোতালত তাৰ বাবে এটা বিশেষ দ্বীপ (Island) সাজি দিয়া হয়।

Word Meaning (English → Assamese)

English Word	Assamese Meaning (অৰ্থ)
Sloth Bear	এলেহুৱা ভালুক এবিধ
Orphaned	মাউৰা / নিথৰুৱা
Affectionate	মৰমিয়াল / চেনেহী
Antidote	বিষনাশক ঔষধ
Separation	বিচ্ছেদ / পৃথকীকৰণ
Reunion	পুনৰমিলন

Exact NCERT Textbook Questions & Answers

Thinking about the Text — Part I

Given in the box are some headings. Find the relevant paragraphs in the text to match the headings.

Answer: The headings match the paragraphs of the text as follows:
• An Orphaned Cub — Paragraphs 3, 4, 5
• Bruno’s Food-chart — Paragraph 6
• An Accidental Case of Poisoning — Paragraphs 8, 9
• Playful Baba — Paragraphs 11, 12
• Pain of Separation — Paragraphs 14, 15, 16
• Joy of Reunion — Paragraphs 18, 19, 20
• A Request to the Zoo — Paragraph 21
• An Island in the Courtyard — Paragraphs 22, 23, 24

Thinking about the Text — Part II

1. “I got him for her by accident.”
(i) Who says this?
(ii) Who do ‘him’ and ‘her’ refer to?
(iii) What is the incident referred to here?

Answer:
(i) This is said by the narrator (Kenneth Anderson).
(ii) ‘Him’ refers to the baby sloth bear (Bruno) and ‘her’ refers to the narrator’s wife.
(iii) The incident referred to here is when the narrator and his friends were passing through sugarcane fields near Mysore and accidentally shot a wild sloth bear, after which they captured her small orphaned cub.

2. “He stood on his head in delight.”
(i) Who does ‘he’ refer to?
(ii) Why was he delighted?

Answer:
(i) ‘He’ refers to Bruno (Baba), the pet sloth bear.
(ii) He was delighted because the narrator's wife came to see him at the Mysore zoo after three long months of painful separation.

3. “We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we were relieved.”
(i) Who does ‘we all’ stand for?
(ii) Who did they miss?
(iii) Why did they nevertheless feel relieved?

Answer:
(i) ‘We all’ stands for the narrator, his son, and their friends.
(ii) They missed the pet bear, Bruno.
(iii) They felt relieved because Bruno had grown too big and heavy to be kept safely at a home with small children and tenants around.

Thinking about the Text — Part III

1. On two occasions Bruno ate/drank something that should not be eaten/drunk. What happened to him on these occasions?

Answer: On the first occasion, Bruno ate Barium Carbonate (rat poison) from the library, which caused him severe paralysis and heavy breathing. He was saved by a timely antidote injection from the vet. On the second occasion, he drank a gallon of old engine oil, but fortunately, it had no bad effect on his system.

2. Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then, did he have to be sent away?

Answer: Yes, Bruno was an extremely loving and playful pet who performed tricks and loved everyone. He had to be sent away because he grew too massive in size, making it a constant safety hazard for the tenants' children, and he had to be kept chained most of the time.

3. How was the problem of what to do with Bruno finally solved?

Answer: The problem was solved by building a custom 20-foot long island for Bruno in the home courtyard. The island was surrounded by a six-foot-deep dry moat, which kept Bruno safe and let the narrator's wife visit him comfortably via a rope swing.

Thinking about Language

I. Spelling Rules (ie / ei)

1. Find these words in the lesson. Complete them with ie or ei.

Answer:
• field    • ingredients    • height    • mischievous
• friends    • eighty-seven    • relieved    • piece

2. Complete them with ei or ie. Check if the popular rule 'i before e except after c' is true.

Answer:
• believe    • receive    • weird    • leisure    • seize
• weight    • reign    • feign    • grief    • fierce

Rule Check: The rule is true for words like 'receive' (ei after c) and 'believe/grief/fierce' (i before e). However, words like weird, height, seize, and leisure are direct exceptions to this popular rule.

II. Words with Silent Letters

Underline the silent letters in the words below.

Answer: (The silent letters are shown in bold and underlined)
• knock    • wrestle    • walk    • wrong
• knee    • half    • honest    • daughter
• hours    • return    • hornet (No silent letter)    • calm
• could    • sign    • island    • button (No silent letter)

IV. 1. The Narrative Present

Rewrite the paragraph in complete sentences.

Answer: The vet and I made a dash back to the car. Bruno was still floundering about on his stumps, but he was clearly weakening rapidly. There was some vomiting and heavy breathing, with heaving flanks and a gaping mouth. The vet shouted, "Hold him, everybody!" In went the hypodermic needle. Bruno squealed as 10 c.c. of the antidote entered his system without a drop being wasted. Ten minutes later, the condition was unchanged. Another 10 c.c. was injected. Ten minutes later, his breathing became less stertorous. Bruno could move his arms and legs a little although he could not stand yet. Thirty minutes later, Bruno got up and had a great feed! He looked at us disdainfully, as much as to say, ‘What’s barium carbonate to a big black bear like me?’ Bruno was still eating.

IV. 2. Adverbs

Find the adverbs in the given passage.

Answer: The adverbs in the passage are:
1. suddenly
2. wantonly
3. unfortunately
4. promptly

(i) Complete the following sentences, using a suitable adverb ending in –ly.

Answer:
(a) Rana does her homework regularly.
(b) It rains heavily in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work honestly.
(d) The dog serves his master faithfully.

(ii) Choose the most suitable adverbs or adverbial phrases and complete the sentences.

Answer:
(a) We should never get down from a moving train.
(b) I was badly in need of support after my poor performance.
(c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her immediately.

IV. 3. Rearranging Scrambled Version of a Story

Rearrange the incidents of the story with correct punctuation.

Answer: The correctly rearranged story is:

It was a cold winter’s day, and an ant was bringing out some grains of corn from her home. She had gathered the corn in summer. She wanted to dry them. A grasshopper, who was very hungry, saw her and said, “When did you get the corn? I am dying of hunger.”

“I collected it in summer,” said the ant. “What were you doing in summer? Why did you not store some corn?”

The grasshopper replied, “I was too busy.”

“What were you doing?” asked the ant again.

“I was singing all day,” answered the grasshopper.

“If you sang all summer,” said the ant, “you can dance all winter.”