Summary & Question-answers of The Chapter:2-Bringing Up Kari with the concerned video

Bringing Up Kari Summary In English

Karl was an elephant. He was five months old when he came to the author. Karl lived in a pavilion. It was under a thatched roof which rested on thick tree stumps. Karl bumped against the poles as he moved about the enclosure. Yet the poles didn’t give way. It was so because these poles were made of thick tree stumps. Kari enjoyed his morning bath in the river much. He would lie in the water for a long time. On coming out he would squeal with pleasure. After the bath, the author would leave him on the edge of the jungle. He would himself go into the forest to get some twigs for the elephant’s dinner. It took a long time. First, the author would sharpen his hatchet which took half an hour. Then the author had to climb trees to get the most delicate and tender twigs. Doing all this naturally took a long time.

Karl and the author were good friends. But Kari once pushed him into the stream. It was to save the life of a boy. He saw a boy lying on the bottom of the river. He dived and pulled the body of the drowning boy to the surface. However, the author was not a swimmer. So he could not come ashore. The current began to drag him down. Karl saw it. He came fast into the water. The author caught his trunk. He pulled both the author and the boy ashore. Like a baby Kari had to be told when he was naughty. He developed a taste for bananas. He began to steal them. Large plates of fruit were kept on a table in the dining room, Kari would put his trunk through the window to the bananas. In one attempt he would take them all. He would, then, quietly go to his pavilion. There he ate the bananas at peace without being seen. At last, the author caught him stealing. When he was scolded, he understood  Kari was like a baby and did not steal again. Again, like babies he was a quick learner. Kari learnt “Mali’ after three lessons but it took him three weeks to learn ‘Dhat’. ‘Dhat was the command to sit while ‘Mali’ was the command to walk. These commands were taught to him just as one teaches a child.

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
The enclosure in which Kari lived had a thatched roof that lay on thick tree stumps. Examine the illustration of Kari’s pavilion on page 8 and say why it was built that way.
Answer.
The enclosure was so built as to make it suitable for Kari. Kari bumped against the poles as he moved about. Since these poles were thick tree stumps, they did not give way.

Question 2.
Did Kari enjoy his morning bath in the river ? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer.
Kari enjoyed his morning bath. It was clear from the fact that he lay in the water for a long time. On coming out, he would squeal with pleasure.

Question 3.
Finding good twigs for Kari took a long time. Why?
Answer.
Finding good twigs for Kari took a long time. First the author would sharpen his hatchet which would take half an hour. It was necessary because the elephant would not touch mutilated twigs. Then the author had to climb all kinds of trees. He did it to get the most delicate and tender twigs. All this naturally took a long time.

Question 4.
Why did Kari push his friend into the stream ? (Imp.)
Answer.
Kari pushed his friend into the stream to save the life of a boy. The author fell into the stream and he saw a boy lying on the bottom. He dived and pulled the boy to the surface. But the author was not a swimmer. The current of the water began to drag him down. Kari saw it. He came fast into the water. He caught the author by his trunk. Then Kari pulled both of them ashore.

Question 5.
Kari was like a baby. What are the main points of comparison ?
Answer.
Kari was like a baby. Like a baby, he was to be scolded when he was naughty. Again like a baby he learnt very quickly. He sometimes did mischief like a baby. But he quietly accepted punishment when he was wrong.

Question 6.
Kari helped himself to all the bananas in the house without anyone noticing it. How did he do it ?
Answer.
Bananas were kept on a large plate on a table in the dining room. The table was close to window. Kari put his trunk through the window on the fruit plate. He took all the bananas in one attempt. Nobody knew about it. But one day the author found him doing so.

Question 7.
Kari learnt the commands to sit and to walk. What were the instructions for each command ?
(Imp.)
Answer.
The command to sit was to say ‘Dhať and pull Kari by the ear. The command to walk was to say ‘Mali’ and pull his trunk forward.

Question 8.
What is “the master call” ? Why is it the most important signal for an elephant to learn ?
(V. Imp.)
Answer.
To teach the master call to an elephant is the most difficult thing. Yet it is the most important signal for an elephant to learn. The master call is a strange hissing howling sound. It seems as if a snake and a tiger were fighting.
A trained elephant can be given the master call in its ears in a forest. The elephant knows that his master has lost his way. He therefore starts uprooting trees. Thus, he creates a path through the forest to the master’s house.