PROSE-1 A HERO - 4 MARKS

1. A report about a boy in the newspaper was an unexpected event in Swami’s life. Justify.

Ans.: The newspaper carried a report about a village lad who had fought bravely against a tiger, while he was returning home by the jungle path. Swami argued that a boy could not fight a tiger; it had to be a strong, grown-up person. His father disagreed saying that courage was more important. Swami was not ready to accept this.          

        His father then challenged him to show his courage by sleeping alone in the office that night. While Swami was sleeping there, he saw a dark figure. Believing it to be the devil, Swami dug his teeth into its leg. It turned out to be a notorious burglar whose loud cry brought others to the scene.

      The burglar was caught and Swami became a hero overnight.

2. What desperate attempts did Swami make to escape from his father?

Ans.: Swami’s father challenged him to seep alone in the office room that night.

    Swami was filled with fear and tried desperately to make his father change his mind. He told his father that he would sleep alone from the first of the next month. But his father did not agree.

    Swami then went to sleep near his granny, pulled the blanket over his face and pretended to be fast asleep. However, his father soon came there and pulled him out of bed.

    Swami tried to appeal to his granny and his mother to save him but his father would have none of it.

    So Swami’s desperate attempts failed.

3. Narrate Swami’s dreadful experience when he was lying under the bench.

Ans.: Swami crept under the bench, shut his eyes light and covered himself with the blanket. Soon he fell asleep.

    He began to have a nightmare that a tiger was chasing him and he could not escape from its claws.

    With a desperate effort he opened his eyes. As he lay in fright he heard a rustling sound. He tried to look out in the darkness and saw something moving.

    He felt that it was the devil that would surely attack him. He crawled from the bench, caught hold of the figure and bit it hard to save himself.