In the story ‘The Bond of Love’ the author’s wife establishes a deep bond of love with a sloth bear. Based on your reading the story, write a paragraph on the topic :‘The Need to Love Animals’.

(i) Where did the writer find the baby bear?

(ii) How were the wild pigs being driven away? Why?

(iii) Find the words from the passage which mean similar to the words given below:

(a) for no good reason, (b) at once.

(i) What fell down the dead bear’s body ? Why were the shooters surprised?

(ii) How did the baby bear behave after his mother’s death?

(iii) Find two words (from the passage) opposite in meaning of the following words.

(a) release, (b) enemies.

(a) What does ‘it’ stand for here?

(b) How did she feel at receiving it?

(c) Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following:

(i) properly, (ii) named.

(i) Who was Bruno? What befall him once?

(ii) How did the poison affect Bruno?

(iii) Find words from the passage which mean the same as:

(a) moved forcibly, (b) the doctor of animals.

(a) Who does T refer to in the last line?

(b) What had happened?

(c) Find out the word from the passage which means the opposite of the following:‘nectar.’

(a) Who does ‘She’ refer to?

(b) What does the word ‘Baba’ signify?

(c) Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following:

(i) lovingly.

(ii) hidden.

(i) Why did all of them feel relieved?

(ii) Who was inconsolable? What did she do?

(iii) Find from the passage the antonyms of the given words:

(a) tensed, (b) accepts.   

(a) What were the friends visiting Mysore requested to do?

(b) What did they report?

(c) Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following:

(i) stop.

(ii) worried.

(a) What had friends guessed?

(b) How did she show her affection for Baba?

(c) Find out the word from the passage which means the same as the following : formed an opinion by guessing.

Justify the title of the narrative ‘The Bond of Love’.