Presentation by Rohit Kumar

TGT-EnglishJNV Morena

Before we proceed… Have you seen a mongoose? You have read in Lesson 9 that a mongoose can fight with and kill a snake. Look at the pictures and read the lines given along with them.

The fight of the cobra and the mongoose is a classic drama often seen in India, and the outcome is largely the same. The mongoose is not immune to the venomous bite, but is faster and quicker in motion than the snake. The cobra assumes a posture of defence and attempts to reach the animal by a sweeping strike, but the quick-moving mongoose jumps out of reach and comes at the snake from another direction, before the snake can get into striking position again. This constant movement tires and discourages the snake, and the mongoose is finally able to leap in close and bury its teeth in the snake’s neck, usually severing the joints of its vertebrae

You must have seen a banyan tree. This is a story about what the author saw, as a young boy, when he was sitting in an old banyan tree in his grandfather’s house.

The Banyan Tree

Ruskin BondClass-VI(English)

About the authorRuskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author of British descent.In 1992, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his short story collection, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Literature. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour, near Mussoorie.Ruskin Bond was born on 19 May 1934 in a military hospital in Kasauli, to Edith Clerke and Aubrey Bond. His siblings were Ellen and William. Ruskin's father was with the Royal Air Force. When Bond was four years old, his mother separated from his father and married a Punjabi-Hindu, Mr.Hari, who himself had been married once.

The author was living with his grandparent's house in Dehra dun.

There was a big banyan tree in the yard.

There are many squirrels, snails and butterflies lived on the tree.

The boy was fond of reading books. In his banyan tree library he collected the books like : Treasure Island, Huckleberry Finn and The Story of Dr Dolittle . He made a friendship with a squirrel and started to give it pieces of cake and biscuits.

The tree was full of birds during the fig season. The birds were parrots, myna, nightingles and crow.

The present story we study about the fight of a cobra and a mongoose.Both are very strong opponents.The cobra raised its body three feet off the ground.There were three onlookers of the fight – the author, a myna and a wild crow. There was a story fight between cobra and mongoose.They both attacked at each other in order to kill.They both made three attempts to kill each other.In the third attempt crow was bitten by the snake and it fell dead.

Still myna was sitting on the cactus

plants and watching the fight.

After fighting for a long time, the

cobra became tired and weak.

The mongoose caught the cobra by its

mouth and put it into the bushes.

The myna flew down and looked into

the bushes. But it did not find and it

flew away.

Finally the fight was won by the

mongoose.