THE MICE THAT SET THEELEPHANT FREE

THE MICE THAT SET THE

ELEPHANTS FREEAuthor : Arthur W. RyderStandard: VIII

Submitted By

Arantxa. K. G English optional

SUMMARY The story tells us the need for considering,

understanding and helping others. It also

reminds one about the value of friendship and

mutual help.

The story revolves around the mice and the elephants.

Once a herd of elephants crushed many mice while going

in search of water. Mice asked for mercy and there

occurred a mutual understanding between them as the

elephant king agreed to go in another way for their

mission. After so many years these elephants were

trapped by the elephant- trappers. Now the mice comes

to their rescue.

ARTHUR W. RYDER

Birth: March 8, 1877

Death: March 21, 1938

•He was a professor of

Sanskrit at the University of

California

•He is best known for

translating a no. of Sanskrit

works into English including

the Panchatantra and the

Bhagavad Gita.

RUINED VILLAGE

destroyed village

SETTLER

A person who settles in an area where there were no or few previous inhabitants

CHINKSSmall holes in a wall or between two things that join together

FESTIVITYCelebration of

something in a joyful

and exuberant

way

RETINUE A group of advisers,

assistants, or others

accompanying an

important person

HERD

A large group of animals

CRUSHCompress forcefully

DISCOURSEConsider yourself as the mice

chief and write a letter to the

elephant king requesting him to

change his path while going in

search of water.

SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS Where did the mice dwell?

They dwelled in the chinks in the floors of houses and temples

in a ruined village.

How did they find happiness?

They found happiness in a variety of festivities.

Who came into the scene?

An elephant king and his retinue came into the scene.

Where were the elephants heading to?

They were going in search of water.

While marching through the mouse community what did the

elephants do?

They killed many mice by stepping on them.

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY

Write a diary entry as a mouse who was injured by the elephants.

THANK YOU