PUMPA - SMART LEARNING
எங்கள் ஆசிரியர்களுடன் 1-ஆன்-1 ஆலோசனை நேரத்தைப் பெறுங்கள். டாப்பர் ஆவதற்கு நாங்கள் பயிற்சி அளிப்போம்
Book Free Demo “I was studying in the junior class at that time, and was watching the whole drama from the rooftop. I don’t know what came over me suddenly. I grabbed a cane from the hands of one of the teachers and ran down the stairs and into the open. The elephant grunted and menacingly swung a branch of a tree which it held in its trunk. It stamped its feet, kicking up a lot of mud and dust. It looked frightening. But I moved slowly towards it, stick in hand. People were watching the scene hypnotised from nearby housetops. The elephant looked at me red-eyed, ready to rush towards me. It lifted its trunk and trumpeted loudly. At that moment I moved forward and, mustering all my force, whacked its third toenail on the quick. The beast looked stunned for a moment; then it shivered from head to foot — and collapsed.”
Explanation:
At the time of the incident Iswaran was studying in the high school. He was watching the elephant and the destructions caused by the elephant from the rooftop. To his surprise, Iswaran decided that he should do something about the situation. He took a stick from one of the teachers and ran downstairs towards the school ground. At that time, the elephant grunted when it saw a schoolboy coming near it. Then, the elephant pulled a tree and threw it.
The elephant lifted a tree with its trunk
Later, the elephant stamped its foot on the ground, which caused a lot of mud and dust to fly into the air. The elephant seemed to be threatening Iswaran, but Iswaran was not afraid of its behaviour. Slowly, Iswaran moved towards the elephant with the stick in his hand.
The elephant stamped its foot on the mud in anger
Many people had climbed onto the terrace of their houses and were watching the incident. They were standing still and were curious to see what would happen next. Iswaran saw that the elephant had red-coloured eyes. It shows the elephant was in anger, and it was continuously staring at him.
The red-eyed elephant
The elephant again lifted its trunk and made a loud noise. Within a moment, Iswaran moved forward, gathered all his force, and quickly hit the elephant’s third toenail. The elephant stood stunned for a moment, and it was not sure what happened. Then, the elephant shivered from head to foot, and it fell on the ground and became unconscious.
The elephant fell unconscious
Meanings of the difficult words:
| S.No | Words | Meanings |
1 | Rooftop | The outer surface of a building's roof |
2 | Grabbed | Grasp or seize suddenly and roughly |
3 | Cane | A long, thin stick used, to punish someone by hitting them |
4 | Hypnotised | To keep the attention so strongly in someone or something and feel that it was unable to move on from that |
5 | Trumpet | Sound of an elephant |
6 | Mustering | Bringing up the power to hit or attack something or someone |
7 | Whacked | Hit forcefully with a sharp blow |
8 | Stunned | A person or an animal gets shocked and it is temporarily unable to react |
Reference:
National Council of Educational Research and Training (2006). Moments. Iswaran the Storyteller– R.K. Laxman (pp. 12-18). Published at the Publication Division by the Secretary, National Council of Educational Research and Training, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi.
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