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ticket-collector | pullao |
secretly | Ruskin Bond's |
tonga-driver | restore |
Saharanpur | three rupees |
humorous | lunch |
large cage | upset |
boiling | mischievous |
admired | disturb |
story "The Adventures of Toto" depicts the challenges of keeping a monkey as a pet in a manner. In this story, the narrator's grandfather bought a monkey intending to raise it as a pet. He got it from a for five rupees.
Toto was initially put in the narrator's bedroom by his grandfather, but when they returned to the room after some time, they found it a complete mess. Toto had spoiled the room. Despite this, the narrator's grandfather did not scold or criticise Toto; instead, he Toto's effort.
Toto's grandfather placed Toto in a along with his other pets, but it didn't work because Toto had not let the animals sleep through the night. Grandfather took Toto with him on his trip to the next day. It was due to two reasons.
The narrator's grandfather didn't want his wife to know about Toto's presence at home because she dislikes him collecting pets. Another reason was that it would the animals if he puts it again onto the big cage. So, he took Toto along with him during his travel. Despite this, the found Toto because of Toto's behaviour and charged three rupees for the ticket. Grandfather's efforts in carrying Toto during his travel failed, so he was about it.
Toto's mischievous activities did not stop with these. It bit the ears of Nana, the narrator's family donkey when kept along with it in a stable. Once, it got into a kettle, thinking to a have bath and managed to escape from it only after grandmother's help. Whenever one of the narrator's aunts approach Toto, it tore her dresses. It spoiled their one day by consuming a large dish of and breaking the dish once it finished the food.
Finally, the narrator's family realised they couldn't keep Toto at home since it kept spoiling things. They couldn't afford to them because they didn't come from a wealthy family, and so they decided to resell Toto. Finally, the narrator's grandfather sold Toto to the same tonga-driver for .
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