HOW TO TELL WILD ANIMALS/ Carolyn Wells

                             POEM 4/ HOW TO TELL WILD ANIMALS/ Carolyn Wells 

                                                                     SUMMARY 

It is a humorous poem. The poet suggests some dangerous ways of identifying wild animals. The suggested ways create humour. He says if you ever visit the jungles in the east and you happen to encounter a lion, a tiger or a leopard, you’ll be able to identify them by the way they attack upon you. The idea of ‘Identifying while dying’ makes you laugh. He also tells you to identify a bear from its friendly, hard bear-hug, a hyena from its laugh and a crocodile from its weeping while swallowing its victim. If you see nothing on the tree, then there is a chameleon as it has the quality to change its colour according to its surroundings. 

Q1. Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow:

   The Crocodile you always may 

   Tell from the Hyena thus: 

   Hyenas come with merry smiles; 

   But if they weep they’re Crocodiles. 

(a) Name the poet. 

(b) What is the similarity between a hyena and a crocodile? 

(c) Which word in the stanza means jolly? 

(d) Name the poem. 

Ans : 

(a) Carolyn Wells. 

(b) Both are cunning. 

(c) merry  

(d) How to tell Wild Animals. 

Q2. Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow: 

Or if some time when roaming round, 

A noble wild beast greets you, 

With black stripes on a yellow ground, 

Just notice if he eats you.

 This simple rule may help you learn 

The Bengal Tiger to discern. 

(a) Why does the poet call him a noble animal? 

(b) How is Bengal Tiger different from the other animals?

(c) Pick out the word from the stanza that means the same as animal. 

(d) Name the poem. 

Ans :

 (a) He does not roar loudly  

 (b) It is very quiet 

 (c) beast  

 (d) How to tell an Animal 

Q3. Name the different animals and birds found in the jungles of the east. [Board Term-I, 2016-17,]  

Ans. The different animals are Bengal Tiger, Asian Lion, Leopard, Bear, Crocodile, Hyena, Chameleon and Lizard. There is no mention of any bird in the poem. 

Q4. What features of a bear are described in the poem?  

Ans. The bear hugs tightly when he sees him. It clasps its prey tightly with both its forepaws and brings him to death. It again holds it tightly finally killing him.  

Q5. How can you differentiate between a tiger and a leopard?  

Ans. A tiger has black stripes on its yellow coloured coat, but a leopard has spots on its body. A tiger kills its prey to satisfy its hunger, whereas a leopard can even kill for pleasure. 

          Note: Also Revise Question-Answers Given in the English Notebook. 

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