MODEL E-MAILS

1. You are the Secretary of Nehru Nagar Welfare Society, Meerut. You have recently read the following News headlines in one of the leading newspapers. As your colony people are facing severe shortage of water supply, you feel like writing an e-mail to the Editor, a national Daily expressing your problems and giving solutions too. The format of e-mail is given.

No water means no life for me and my family'
Ghazanfar Ali, 61, is a farmer in Chak 95 SB in central Punjab's Sargodha Division. His meagre 14 acres lie in the citrus belt that once was famously wilderness. It was only a hundred years ago that a network of canals brought water and the chance of progress to this area. But of late, the canals are seen to bring more bad news than water Ghazanfar Ali talks to Masud Alam about why water is literally his life.

Answer
Date: 19th July, 2012
From arun@gmail.com
Subject: Value of water for life
To: timesofindia@vsnl.in

Dear Sir,
Kindly publish the following views of mine in the columns of your esteemed daily.

As the secretary of Nehru Nagar Welfare Society, Meerut, I wish to bring to the notice of the concerned authorities the scarcity and value of water. Our colony is really facing the worst scarcity of water due to the severe shortage of water supply. Never does a day go when we have just sufficient water to meet our minimum needs. We have no water to drink, to cook, to wash and to bathe. Thus water is getting scarce and scarce day by day.
The value of water is so much that we can't describe it. Water is life like air and food. Gone are the days when we used to have plenty of water. Water gives us life. It irrigates our fields, that is, helps in growing food. In fact, there is no life without it. Hundreds of years ago, water could convert wilderness into green gold, that is, rich crops. To cite an example, Ghazanfar Ali, 61, had had his wilderness belt converted into green gold in chak 95, SB in central Punjab's Sargodha Division. Now canals are dry and no crop of citrus grows. Poverty, miseries, lack of food etc. stare him into the face. Likewise, the hardships stare us into the face. We are really tense and suffer due to water scarcity.

2. Write an e-mail to your friend giving him some tips telling him/her how to fight global warming. The format for e-mail is given.

Fight Global Warming.
Replace bulbs-with-LED bulbs 
Choose energy efficient appliances.
Cover your pots while cooking.

Use the washing machine/dishwasher only when they are full.
Plant trees.
Use public transport/carpools.
Buy fresh foods instead of frozen ones.
Use paper/cloth bags.

Answer:
Date: 10th July, 2024
From: roshanlal15@gmail.com
Subject: How to fight global Warming
To: rishi@gmail.com

Dear Rajesh, I hope you are fine at your end. You know that due to global warming we have been facing, and may soon face many more problems. Due to it the weather is changing. Rains have become scanty. The weather pattern is actually the mother of many human and non-human problems. However, we can fight this global warming by doing some little bit of normal actions.
Global warming means warming of the earth. We have to take steps which may not contribute to this warming. So we can replace our electric bulbs with LED bulbs. LED bulbs give out less heat. Similarly, we can use energy efficient appliances. While cooking we can cover our pots with clothes so that heat doesn't come out. We can use the washing machine or dish washer only when these are full. We can plant trees wherever possible.
Global warming is also due to smoke emitted by various vehicles. So we must use less number of these vehicles. We should use public transport or carpools. Also we should not waste water. On the other hand we should ensure optimum use of water. We must also buy fresh food instead of frozen ones. We should use paper and bags made of cloth. This way we shall be able to fight global warming.

Regards 

Yours truly,
 Rishi

3. Write an e-mail to your friend describing the farewell party given to your favourite teacher who retired from the school recently. You may take help of the clues given. The format of the e-mail is given.

Mrs Annie-English teacher-served for 30 years-highly qualified-taught using innovative methods understanding and caring-treated everyone equally the occasion both sad and nostalgic-touching farewell speech by the Principal-everybody got emotional-Mrs Anne could barely speak-will be remembered forever

Answer
Date: 20th July, 2024
From ashwani12@gmail.com
Subject: Farewell Party to favourite teacher
To manish23@yahoo.com

My Dear Manish,
I hope everything is fine at your end. In this e-mail I am describing the farewell party that was given to my favourite teacher Ms. Annie. She retired on 20 July, 2024 after serving the school for a long period of 30 years. She was the head of the Dept. of English. She was our favourite teacher because of her methods of teaching and qualities of head and heart. She was highly qualified and was well versed in all the latest techniques of teaching. She taught us using innovative methods. As a human being she was understanding and caring. She treated everyone equally.
The bidding of farewell was, indeed, both sad and nostalgic. Students spoke highly of her. Some students touched some emotional aspects of her life. This made us all highly sentimental. The farewell speech of the Principal was touching when everyone got emotional. The Principal gave her gifts and hoped she would be available to guide the students. The farewell moment was so emotionally charged that Mrs. Annie couldn't utter even a single word. There was pindrop silence. However, she regained control over her and thanked all for immense love given to her I shall personally miss her as she was my favourite teacher.

Regards 

Yours truly,
 Ashwini

4 Write an e-mail to your cousin giving him some tips telling him/her that not everything on the internet is fun or appropriate for kids but, if we follow a few simple rules, the internet can be a fairly safe place. The format for e-mail is given.

(Permission from parents before using the internet.
Never meet people in real-they may not be as they claim.
Ask parents before filling any forms.
Never give out credit card details.
Don't open e-mail from unknown sources.
Never give anyone personal details.
Never post photos online.
Keep your password a secret.)

Answer:
Date 18th July, 2024
From: anil3@gmail.com
Subject: Using Internet
To: rishu23@yahoo.com

Dear Rishu,
I hope everything is alright at your end.
In this e-mail I am giving you some tips about using the Internet. You know Internet is a very important and useful source to increase our knowledge about almost everything. But we kids tend to treat it as fun, and appropriate for us. However, it is not so. If we become careless in using it and start giving out all kinds of our personal information, we are likely to be cheated. So we must be vigilant about its use.

First of all, we must seek the permission of our parents before using the Internet. We must avoid meeting the people in real life with whom we have established some sort of intimacy on Internet. The people who pretend to be nice are not so and never so. We should ask our parents before filling any forms. Also we should never give out our credit cards. We must avoid opening e-mail from unknown sources and never give anyone our personal details. Also we shoud never post our photos online. We must not disclose or tell anyone our password as there are people who are ready to misuse any information that we may provide.

If you heed these hints, using Internet proves fun, interesting and educative.

Regards 

Your truly,
 Ani

5. The sanitary conditions of your locality are in a bad shape. Write an e-mail to the sanitary inspector in 120 words. You may take the help of the hints given below.

(no sweepers
heaps of garbage
drainages blocked
people careless
no use of dustbins
regular visit of officials a dire need
fear of spread of diseases)

Answer:
From: roshanlal@yahoo.com
To: sanitary dept@yahoo.com

Dear Sir,
In this e-mail, I am inviting your kind attention to the insanitary conditions of Lajpat Nagar. I feel greatly concerned at these insanitary conditions. These may cause the spread of several diseases very soon if no step is taken to clean them.

Sanitary conditions of Lajpat Nagar are in a mess. All round heaps of garbage are there. Drains are blocked. Water flows on the streets. No one can walk on the roads without putting one's handkerchief on the nose. Foul smell is coming from the mounds of garbage. People are careless and throw the domestic waste in the open on the streets. These invite the attention of stray cattle, pigs and other animals. People do not make use of their dustbins. As a result, fear of the spread of diseases like cholera and malaria is possible. To contain these the visit of the sanitary department officials is needed. This will check the locality from becoming a kind of vast garbage field.

Yours forever.
Roshanlal

6. You got your right arm fractured while playing in the school during games period. Now it has been plastered for three weeks. Write an e-mail, narrating the incident, to your Class Teacher and informing him/her that you will not be able to appear in II Periodic Test because of that. Also tell him/her that you will submit your leave application along with a medical certificate in a week's time. 

Answer:
Date: 20th July, 2012
From: arun23@gmail.com
Subject: Leave of absence due to illness 
To: pritamsingh13@gmail.com

Dear Sir,

Most respectfully I wish to state that I am Arun, Roll No. 18 of class X. While playing yesterday in the school ground during games period, I got my right arm fractured. First I didn't bother, but very soon I started feeling pain and swelling. I had to be rushed to hospital as I had fractured my right arm. As a result my arm has been plastered for three weeks. Owing to this, I will not be able to appear in the 2nd Periodic Test. I shall submit my leave application along with the medical certificate in a week's time.

I, therefore, request you to kindly grant me sick leave for three weeks. I hope to recover by that time.

Thanking you.

Regards.
Yours obediently,
Arun

7. Your friend Raman has sought admission in a new school in Kerala because of his father's transfer to that place But you came to know through his e-mail that he misses his previous school, teachers and old friends and doesn't feel adjusted to the new place and people. Write an e-mail advising him to keep patience, be friendly, try to mix with other students and devote time to studies so that he may feel comfortable.

Answer
Date 10 July, 2012
From: suresh@gmail.com
To: raman@yahoo.com

Subject: Adjusting to new Environment

Dear Raman,
I hope everything is good at your end. I learn that you have taken admission in a new school in Kerala due to your father's transfer I agree with Subhash that you may be feeling homesick and may miss your previous school, teachers and old friends. He has also e-mailed me that you still don't feel adjusted to the new place, people and surroundings. I feel sad to know all this.

Dear friend, you'll agree with me that we miss many things in life. Yet we go on with our new activities and new things. Standing still at one place is also not life-giving. Life is another name for change. All things undergo a change, some fast, some slowly. It is always advisable and useful to adjust oneself with new things. So you would do better if you stopped thinking of your past. Instead, you have to keep patience and enjoy your new surroundings. Make new friends, mix with the students and take part in various school activities. I am sure you'll start soon enjoying your new place, new school, new teachers and new students. Secondly, you must believe that whatever happens, it happens for the better. I hope you'll accept my advice and adjust yourself to the new surroundings.

Yours truly,
Suresh

MODEL ARTICLES

 
1. Yogesh/Yogeeta, a student of Class IX of Pragati Public School, Rohtak feels highly disturbed to see that many students and other people in society have taken to smoking. Being aware of the adverse effects of smoking, he/she decides to write an article on the hazards of smoking. Using ideas from the Unit Children' of your Main Course Hook, the visual given below and your own ideas, write an article for a national daily in about 150 words.

Answer
Hazards of Smoking
-by Yogesh/Yogeeta
It is a matter of great concern that a majority of people in our country are addicted to smoking. Smoking is also prevalent among our youth They take a few preliminary puffs of cigarettes or bidis for fun. But these become a habit with them and then it is a road to destruction. When they have matured to smoking they can't leave it howsoever they may try. Nicotine, the poisonous substance in tobacco, makes them their easy victims.
The smokers do not know the hazards of smoking Smoking when it has matured kills hunger. It has carcinogenic elements which cause cancer of the windpipe, lungs and abdomen. A moment's kick in a puff of smoke now gets embedded in one's blood There is always a craving for it and one tends to puff a cigarette again and again. Thus smoking is a permit to self-destruction like drugs.
The govt. is fully seized of the grave concerns for the public health. That's why, it has
banned smoking at all public places. Smoking is harmful for those who smoke and also
for those who are within the effect of smoke exhaled by the smokers. All those who
smoke must give up smoking at once as smoking shortens life-span by many years.

2. Heavy Bags Are Making Children Beasts of Burden". Write an article suggesting how the time table can be changed to reduce this burden.

Answer
Heavy Bags Making Children Beasts of Burden. The above picture rightly describes the school going children as beasts of burden.
They have to carry bags of books and copies almost equal to their weight. This is due to the multiplicity of subjects taught to them. Do they need so many subjects at this tender age? In fact, such a heavy load puts a heavy burden on their mental and physical growths. The result is obvious. Their childhood is gone. In its place come the stress and tension of learning. Can they learn these subjects? If they can what great mental stress they may be undergoing Competitive spirit from the peers, heavy subject matter, loss of playing and sports, tuitioning etc, snatch the sweet children from these beasts of burden. Their growth is stunted and depression, suicidal, tendencies etc, start visiting them. Truly, we are not giving good education to these children but harming them in one way or the other. In developed countries school going children upto a certain age just go to school and learn through playing. So it is the need of the hour and for the sake of these children to change the time-table and drop unnecessary subjects from their learning. Teaching of the subjects should be in consonance with their mental capabilities. We must make them good human beings and not machine tools.
Word Notes Beasts of burden-animals carrying loads and loads, गधे आदि। Multiplicity-a large number, अधिक संख्या में। Peers-equals, एक समान। Stunted-not full, अपूर्ण। Depression-sadness, उदरासी। Suicidal tendencies-inclinations to kill oneself, आत्महत्या की तरफ झुकाब। In consonance-in relation to, के सम्बन्ध में।
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3. Use the visual input to write an article for a national daily sharing your views and suggestions on the issue of "Plight of the old and how to make them feel good" in about 150 words. All they need is kindness.

Are old age homes a solution?

Answer

Old age is that period in human life that is feared by all sensible persons Physically it is that period in which human beings get weak and dependent on their nears and dears. Various diseases come to them and they are not active as they were when young Because of being a kind of physical and financial burden on their children, they start getting neglected. Not only that, they feel discarded from their own blood. This is the stage in their lives which is the most feared. Many a cruel children, especially sons, treats their old parents as a burden and think of sending them to old age homes. The aged think it is better to be dead.
Old age homes are not a solution but in such a situation they bring some ray of hope to them. At least in old age homes, they meet others in similar circumstances. On getting together they get some respite from their man-made problems. But what is needed are a few words of love and affections from their own and a little bit of care. They are never a burden. The younger generation must think that they will too be old one day. And secondly, they are there because of their parents. It is a phase of life that comes sooner or later to all of them.
Word-Notes: Discarded-thrown out, निकालना। Respite: relief , आराम। Generation- a whole period of life, पौड़ी।

4. Nikhil sees the following cartoon on the high level of pollution on Earth. He has to write an article on the topic for the school magazine. Write the article for him in minimum 150 words.

Answer

Pollution on Earth
-by Nikhil
Among all modern problems facing the world today, the problem of environmental pollution is the most glaring. It will not be long when we will have to wear oxygen masks if this pollution increases at the present level. This cartoon beautifully suggests this.
There are many reasons for this pollution. We have cut the forests to meet the demands of ever increasing population and setting up various industries. Burning of petrol and the smoke emitted by the factories pollute the air We breathe in carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. The effluents are let off in rivers by the factories. They cause water pollution. Pressure horns, loud speakers, 'music' from music parlours add to the sound pollution. All this has made human life a real nightmare Human health is in grave danger Respiratory diseases like bronchitis, asthma are on the increase The metropolitan cities have become unsafe for habitation. Children are the most sufferers
It is the need of the hour that something should be done to contain the increasing environmental pollution. It can be checked by planting more trees and implementing various laws to check it. If something is not done soon, the damage to our biosphere will be difficult to repair.

5. Food is wasted in some parts of the world while food crisis prevails in another part of the world. Write an article for a magazine to be published on World Food Day.

Answer
Food and its Importance-World Food Day
One can't measure the importance of food as it keeps human and non-human population going. Like air and water, food is also indispensable for a good life. But if it is being wasted in one part of the world and is sought after in the other, it is really a matter of great concern. We find that food is wasted in an abundant measure at marriages and other such social functions. Bins are full of unused food which could fill up the belly of those human beings who face its shortage. Even in our country millions of people go to sleep on an empty stomach. But in marriages this food is thrown into the bins.
We can't forget countries like Somalia and other African countries who face the crisis of shortage of food due to drought or floods. These people know the value of one mouthful of food. But those having plenty of food don't understand its value. So we must see that food is not wasted at all. We must put only that food which we can easily take and need. On this World Food Day we must take a pledge not to waste it at social functions. Such a pledge would be a real celebration of World Food Day.

6. The rampant clearing of jungles is one of the factors of global warming, low rainfall and disturbance in the natural habitat of animals. Man's greed has made him insensitive towards his environment and he has become his own enemy. Write an article about deforestation and the need to save trees.

Answer
Deforestation
Deforestation means cutting the forests and inviting a threat to human survival. Deforestation sets the chain reaction the end of which is simply doom and destruction of what we see around and what progress we have made. If the forests are not there, there is plenty of carbon dioxide and less of oxygen. The chain reaction is set starting from global warming and the greenhouse effect. This greenhouse effect traps the poisonous gases which should disappear in the sky. But since these form a kind of tomb over us, these cause heat. This heat causes harms to the ecological balance of nature, melting of ice and rising of sea water level. The rainfall is affected and desert-like conditions prevail. Wild animals die and human survival is threatened. Since forests sustain every sort of life on the earth, their disappearance means all man-made problems. That's why, man has become so insensitive towards his environment that he is slowly causing danger to himself. Undoubtedly he has become his own enemy in exploiting natural resources more than they can replenish themselves.
The need of the hour is to plant more and more trees since trees give us everything that forms the basis of our life. Hugging of trees by women in Uttarakhand under Chipko Movement was to save trees from cutting. We need it now more and more to save ourselves from threatening to life.

Image courtesy: Google 

Articles are collected from Golden Notes.

OZYMANDIAS: SUMMARY AND QUESTION ANSWERS

Ozymandias Summary 

This is a sonnet (a poem of fourteen lines – the first eight form an octave and the next six form a sestet).

It is about a ruined statue which has become so with the passage of time and here, we can correlate it with Shakespeare’s sonnet ‘Not marble, nor the gilded monuments.

The title ‘Ozymandias’ is the throne name of Egyptian king Ramesses. The poem talks about his foolish desire to immortalize himself by erecting a statue.

The poet meets a person who has been to an ancient place in the deserts, Egypt. He tells the poet about the ruined statue of the great powerful king, Ozymandias. It had been destroyed with the passage of time.

There were only the two legs which stood on a platform and the upper part of the body was nowhere to be seen. The face of the statue lay buried in the sand. He praises the talent of the artist as the minutest expressions and wrinkles had been perfectly copied by him.

The engraving on the platform reflects the pride and arrogance of Ozymandias. As the statue is now destroyed, the engraving is a mockery at the pride and ego of the king.

Today, after the passage of so many centuries, finally there is no trace of the king’s accomplishment in the vast stretch of the desert.

MRS. PACKLETIDE 'S TIGER : SUMMARY AND QUESTION ANSWERS

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Author: Hector Hugh Munro (1870 -1916)
Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger Summary
Mrs. Packletide is jealous of Loona Bimberton’s achievement and in order to show her down, she wants to shoot a tiger. Loona Bimberton had travelled to the jungles in Africa in an aero plane in order to hunt a tiger. Her achievement was the talk of the town and so Mrs. Packletide herself wanted to get a tiger skin and a lot of photographs with the hunt. She felt that by getting the photographs published in the newspapers, she could attract all the attention and show Loona down.
She planned to organize a lunch party in honour of Loona but her actual motive was to display the tiger skin that she procured and show Loona down.
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Mrs. Packletide announced a reward of a thousand rupees to anyone who arranged a suitable tiger – one which was easier to shoot for her. The villagers were eager to earn the reward money and so they made suitable arrangements for her to shoot with ease. They arranged an old, ill tiger and restricted it to the jungle so that it did not run away.
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Children were positioned to guard the jungle area, goats were left in the jungle to act as food for it. A platform was raised from where the tiger could be shot at easily. The village women also scolded their children to not to disturb the tiger from it’s sleep. A goat, as a bait, was tied at the perfect spot.
On the night fixed for the shooting, Mrs. Packletide and her paid companion
Miss. Mebbin sat hidden on the raised platform.The goat’s persistent sound attracted the beast but it rested rather than attacking it. Miss Mebbin suggested that as the tiger was too old, the amount of money paid for it was very huge. Also, that they need not pay for the goat if the tiger did not eat it.
Mrs. Packletide aimed at her prey and fired the gun shot. The tiger lay flat on the ground. The villagers and Mrs. Packetide were joyous and celebrated her achievement of killing the tiger.
It was Miss. Mebbin who noticed that the tiger did not die of the gun shot and that the gun shot had killed the goat. The beast died of heart failure due to the loud sound of gunshot.
Mrs. Packletide did not bother about it as she had got what she wanted – the tiger skin. Even the villagers did not object to it as they wanted the reward money. The newspapers were loaded with Mrs. Packletide’s photographs and Loona Bimberton was shown down upon.
Miss. Mebbin was a greedy woman. When Mrs. Packletide gained a lot of publicity, she threatened to disclose her secret to the world. She assured Mrs. Packletide that Loona would surely believe that the bullet had killed the goat and not the tiger. The tiger died due to heart failure as it was old and ill.
She demanded a price for keeping her secret saying that she wanted to buy a weekend cottage but had no money for it.
Mrs. Packletide was forced to give her six hundred and eighty pounds to buy the cottage. She had to pay the hush money in order to prevent being disgraced.
However, she gave up hunting as the added secondary expenses were too high.
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Mrs Packletide’s Tiger Summary (in Hindi)
श्रीमती पैकलेटाइड को लूना बिम्बर्टन की उपलब्धि से ईर्ष्या होती है और उसे नीचा दिखाने के लिए वह एक बाघ को गोली मारना चाहती है। लूना बिम्बर्टन एक बाघ का शिकार करने के लिए हवाई जहाज से अफ्रीका के जंगलों में गई थीं। उनकी उपलब्धि शहर में चर्चा का विषय थी और इसलिए श्रीमती पैकलेटाइड स्वयं एक बाघ की खाल और शिकार के साथ ढेर सारी तस्वीरें लेना चाहती थीं। उसे लगा कि अखबारों में तस्वीरें छपवाकर वह सबका ध्यान अपनी ओर खींच सकती है और लूना को नीचा दिखा सकती है।
उसने लूना के सम्मान में एक लंच पार्टी आयोजित करने की योजना बनाई थी लेकिन उसका असली मकसद अपने द्वारा खरीदी गई बाघ की खाल को प्रदर्शित करना और लूना को नीचा दिखाना था।
श्रीमती पैकलेटाइड ने एक उपयुक्त बाघ की व्यवस्था करने वाले को एक हजार रुपये का इनाम देने की घोषणा की – ऐसा बाघ जिसे उनके लिए शूट करना आसान हो। ग्रामीण इनाम की रकम कमाने के लिए उत्सुक थे और इसलिए उन्होंने उसके लिए आसानी से शूटिंग करने के लिए उपयुक्त व्यवस्था की। उन्होंने एक बूढ़े, बीमार बाघ की व्यवस्था की और उसे जंगल तक सीमित कर दिया ताकि वह भाग न जाए।
बच्चों को जंगल क्षेत्र की रखवाली के लिए तैनात किया गया था, बकरियों को भोजन के रूप में जंगल में छोड़ दिया गया था। एक ऐसा मंच बनाया गया जहां से बाघ पर आसानी से गोली चलाई जा सके। गाँव की महिलाओं ने अपने बच्चों को भी डांटा कि वे बाघ की नींद में खलल न डालें। एक बकरी, चारे के रूप में, उत्तम स्थान पर बाँधी गई थी।
शूटिंग के लिए तय की गई रात को, श्रीमती पैकलेटाइड और उनके वेतनभोगी साथी मिस मेबिन ऊंचे मंच पर छुपकर बैठी थी। बकरी की लगातार आवाज ने जानवर को आकर्षित किया लेकिन उसने उस पर हमला करने के बजाय आराम किया। मिस मेबिन ने सुझाव दिया कि चूंकि बाघ बहुत बूढ़ा था, इसलिए इसके लिए भुगतान की गई राशि बहुत बड़ी थी। साथ ही, यदि बाघ ने बकरी को नहीं खाया तो उन्हें उसके लिए भुगतान करने की आवश्यकता नहीं है।
श्रीमती पैकलेटाइड ने अपने शिकार पर निशाना साधा और बंदूक से गोली चला दी। बाघ ज़मीन पर सीधा लेट गया। ग्रामीण और श्रीमती पैकेटाइड खुश थे और उन्होंने बाघ को मारने की अपनी उपलब्धि का जश्न मनाया।
यह मिस मेबिन ही थीं जिन्होंने देखा कि बाघ बंदूक की गोली से नहीं मरा था और बंदूक की गोली से बकरी की मौत हुई थी। गोली की तेज आवाज से वह जानवर हृदय गति रुकने से मर गया।
श्रीमती पैकलेटाइड ने इसके बारे में चिंता नहीं की क्योंकि उन्हें वह मिल गया था जो वह चाहती थीं – बाघ की खाल। यहां तक कि गांव वालों ने भी इस पर कोई आपत्ति नहीं जताई क्योंकि उन्हें इनाम की रकम चाहिए थी. अखबार श्रीमती पैकलेटाइड की तस्वीरों से भरे हुए थे और लूना बिम्बर्टन को नीचा दिखाया गया था।
मिस मेबिन एक लालची महिला थी। जब श्रीमती पैकलेटाइड को बहुत प्रचार मिला, तो उन्होंने अपना रहस्य दुनिया के सामने उजागर करने की धमकी दी। उन्होंने श्रीमती पैकलेटाइड को आश्वासन दिया कि लूना निश्चित रूप से विश्वास करेगी कि गोली से बकरी की मौत हुई है, बाघ की नहीं। बाघ की मृत्यु हृदय गति रुकने से हुई क्योंकि वह बूढ़ा और बीमार था।
उसने अपनी बात गुप्त रखने के लिए कीमत की मांग करते हुए कहा कि वह एक सप्ताहांत कॉटेज खरीदना चाहती थी लेकिन उसके पास इसके लिए पैसे नहीं थे।
श्रीमती पैकलेटाइड को कॉटेज खरीदने के लिए छह सौ अस्सी पाउंड देने के लिए मजबूर किया गया था। बदनामी से बचने के लिए उसे गुप्त धनराशि चुकानी पड़ी।
हालाँकि, अतिरिक्त अतिरिक्त खर्चे बहुत अधिक होने के कारण उसने शिकार करना छोड़ दिया।
 
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Explanation of Chapter 2 Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger
Passage – It was Mrs. Packletide’s pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger. Not that the lust to kill had suddenly descended on her, or that she felt that she would leave India safer and more wholesome than she had found it, with one fraction less of wild beast per million of inhabitants.
Word meaning
Descended: Develop suddenly.
Wholesome: “Better than before”, in general
Inhabitants: A person or animal that lives in a particular place.
Explanation of the above passage – The author introduces the main character, Mrs. Packletide. She wanted to shoot a tiger. He discusses the reason for her new interest. She was neither a hunter nor did she feel that by killing one tiger, she would make the huge population of India feel safer.
One fraction less of wild beast per million of inhabitants means one tiger less in ratio to the huge population of the country.
Passage – The compelling motive for her sudden deviation towards the footsteps of Nimrod was the fact that Loona Bimberton had recently been carried eleven miles in an aeroplane by an Algerian aviator, and talked of nothing else; only a personally procured tiger-skin and a heavy harvest of press photographs could successfully counter that sort of thing.
Word meaning
Compelling motive: Aim backed by force and power.
Deviation: An action, behavior, or condition that is different from what is usual or expected.
Nimrod : Biblical character (great grandson of Noah); a mighty hunter
Algerian: A native or inhabitant of Algeria.
Aviator: A pilot.
Procured: To get something by some effort.
Harvest: Collect or obtain for future use.
Explanation of the above passage – The reason to shoot a tiger was her jealousy of Loona Bimberton,due to which she followed the footsteps of Nimrod, a biblical figure known for his hunting skills. Loona Bimberton had travelled to the jungles in Africa in an aero plane, covering a distance of eleven miles, with a pilot from Algeria in order to hunt a tiger. All this was rare and unheard of in those times and so, her achievement was the talk of the town. Mrs. Packletide herself wanted to get a tiger skin and a lot of photographs with the hunt. She felt that by getting the photographs published in the newspapers, she could attract all the attention and show Loona down. She wanted to outshine Loona.
Passage – Mrs. Packletide had already arranged in her mind the lunch she would give at her house in Curzon Street, ostensibly in Loona Bimberton’s honour, with a tiger-skin rug occupying most of the foreground and all of the conversation. She had also already designed in her mind the tiger-claw brooch that she was going to give Loona Bimberton on her next birthday.
Word meaning
Ostensibly: Supposedly
Foreground: The part of a scene or picture that is nearest to and in front of the viewer.
Explanation of the above passage – Mrs. Packletide was a wishful thinker, she planned to organize a lunch party in honour of Loona but her actual motive was to display the tiger skin that she procured and show Loona down.She had also planned to gift her a brooch in the shape of a tiger’s claw. The design of the brooch was intended in such a manner so as to make fun of Loona and to mock at her.
Passage – In a world that is supposed to be chiefly swayed by hunger and by love Mrs. Packletide was an exception; her movements and motives were largely governed by dislike of Loona Bimberton.
Word meaning
Swayed: Influence
Explanation of the above passage – Unlike the world which gets motivated by the want to fulfill their hunger and desire to love, Mrs. Packletide’s actions on the other hand reflected the dislikes off Loona Bimberton. The push factor for her was her jealousy.
Passage – Circumstances proved propitious Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without over-much risk or exertion, and it so happened that a neighbouring village could boast of being the favoured rendezvous of an animal of respectable antecedents, which had been driven by the increasing infirmities of age to abandon game-killing and confine its appetite to the smaller domestic animals.
Word meaning
Propitious: Likely to have or produce good results.
Boast: Possess.
Rendezvous: A place or point where a group meets.
Antecedents: Predecessor.
Infirmities: The state of being weak or ill because of age.
Explanation of the above passage – The circumstances were favourable for Mrs. Packletide. She had announced a reward of a thousand rupees to anyone who arranged a suitable tiger – one which was easier to shoot for her, without putting her life in danger. The neighbouring village was a famous point where a lot of tigers were found. The villagers were eager to earn the reward money and so they made suitable arrangements for her to shoot with ease. They arranged a tiger of good lineage (humour intended). Also, the tiger was old and ill due to old age, hence, it was not as ferocious. It had given up big time hunting and now satisfied its hunger by hunting smaller animals. Such a tiger was easier to shoot at and was not dangerous for Mrs. Packletide.
Passage – The prospect of earning the thousand rupees had stimulated the sporting and commercial instinct of the villagers; children were posted night and day on the outskirts of the local jungle to head the tiger back in the unlikely event of his attempting to roam away to fresh hunting-grounds, and the cheaper kinds of goats were left about with elaborate carelessness to keep him satisfied with his present quarters. The one great anxiety was lest he should die of old age before the date appointed for the memsahib’s shoot. Mothers carrying their babies home through the jungle after the day’s work in the fields hushed their singing lest they might curtail the restful sleep of the venerable herd-robber.
Word meaning
Prospect: Hope or likelihood.
Stimulated: Encourage or arouse interest.
Herd-robber: refers to a tiger that hunts and preys on other animals.
Explanation of the above passage – The reward money lured the villagers. They wanted the shooting expedition to be a success in order to win the reward. They made many efforts in order to make it easier for Mrs. Packletide. The children were asked to guard the outskirts of the jungle, in case the tiger tried to escape (humour intended). Cheap goats were left in the jungle to act as food for it, lest it should die due to starvation before being shot down by Mrs. Packletide (humour intended). A platform was raised from where the tiger could be shot at easily. The village women hushed their children to not to disturb the tiger from it’s sleep. A cheap goat, as a bait, was tied at the spot which had a clear view from the raised platform so that Mrs, Packletide could shoot the tiger when it pounced upon it.
Passage – The great night duly arrived, moonlit and cloudless. A platform had been constructed in a comfortable and conveniently placed tree, and thereon crouched Mrs. Packletide and her paid companion, Miss Mebbin.
Word meaning
Crouched: Adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself.
Explanation of the above passage – The night chosen for the shooting was also a perfect one. The sky was moonlit so that Mrs. Packletide could spot the tiger with ease. Mrs. Packletide had got along a paid companion, Miss. Mebbin who would publicize her achievement back home in London. They sat hidden on the raised platform constructed for their comfort, between the trees.
Passage – A goat, gifted with a particularly persistent bleat, such as even a partially deaf tiger might be reasonably expected to hear on a still night, was tethered at the correct distance.
Word meaning
Persistent: Continuing beyond the usual or expected time.
Bleat: The loud cry of sheep or goat.
tethered: fastened
Explanation of the above passage – The goat tied was so loud that even a partially deaf tiger might hear its sound. (humour intended). The goat bleated so loudly that no one, not even a partially deaf tiger could miss it’s sound. The scene was all set for the tiger to attack it’s prey.
Passage – With an accurately sighted rifle and a thumb- nail pack of patience cards the sportswoman awaited the coming of the quarry.
Word meaning
thumb- nail pack of patience cards : small sized playing cards to play solitaire
Quarry: Prey, victim
Explanation of the above passage – Mrs. Packletide has been referred to as a sportswoman. She had a rifle in one hand to shoot the tiger. In the other hand she had a pack of cards (called ‘patience cards’ as they helped her keep patience, she played cards with Louisa Mebbin while waiting for the tiger to arrive).
Passage – “I suppose we are in some danger?” said Miss Mebbin.
She was not actually nervous about the wild beast, but she had a morbid dread of performing an atom more service than she had been paid for.
“Nonsense,” said Mrs. Packletide; “it’s a very old tiger. It couldn’t spring up here even if it wanted to.”
“If it’s an old tiger I think you ought to get it cheaper. A thousand rupees is a lot of money.”
Word meaning
Morbid: Unpleasant.
Explanation of the above passage – Miss Mebbin enquired if she is in danger. She was not nervous that the beast could attack them, but didn’t want to do even a slightest of extra service for which she was not paid.
She was getting impatient due to the wait time. This shows her greedy and money – minded nature. With the rifle and ammunition Mrs. Packletide was ready to hunt, to Miss Mebbin’s question she replied that the tiger was too old, it won’t be able to jump at this height. Miss Mebbin’s reply again shows her money minded attitude as she said that if the tiger was too old then the amount of money paid for it was very huge. Also, that they need not pay for the goat if the tiger did not eat it.
Passage – Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in general, irrespective of nationality or denomination. Her energetic intervention had saved many a rouble from dissipating itself in tips in some Moscow hotel, and francs and centimes clung to her instinctively under circumstances which would have driven them headlong from less sympathetic hands.
Word meaning
Intervention: To become involved in something in order to have an influence.
Instinctively: Feelings based on instincts.
Explanation of the above passage – Louisa Mebbin had a protective attitude towards money. Just right she was protective about Mrs. Packletide’s money like an old sister is. It was not for her welfare though! But Miss Mebbin herself wanted to extract the maximum amount of money. And she didn’t allow her to just spend her rubbles, francs and centimes (Russian currency) on tips and things she deemed as less important.
which would have driven them headlong from less sympathetic hands.
relates to Mrs Packletide who was wasteful and spendthrift. It was Miss Mebbin’s intervention which saved the money as she stopped her from spending it mindlessly.
Passage – Her speculations as to the market depreciation of tiger remnants were cut short by the appearance on the scene of the animal itself.
Word meaning
Speculations: Ideas or guesses about something that is not known.
Depreciation: Decrease in value.
Explanation of the above passage – While Miss Mebbin was calculating the price of the kind of tiger that was arranged for shooting, her thoughts were cut short by the appearance of the tiger on the scene.

Passage – As soon as it caught sight of the tethered goat it lay flat on the earth, seemingly less from a desire to take advantage of all available cover than for the purpose of snatching a short rest before commencing the grand attack.
Explanation of the above passage – It seemed that rather than taking advantage of the night time and the dense forest surrounding them, the tiger was taking some rest before making the ‘grand attack’ (humour intended).
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Passage – “I believe it’s ill,” said Louisa Mebbin, loudly in Hindustani, for the benefit of the village headman, who was in ambush in a neighbouring tree.
Explanation of the above passage – Seeing the tiger’s reaction, Louisa spoke up loudly that it seemed that the tiger was ill. She wanted to be heard by the village headman, spoke in their native language of ‘hindustani’.
The headman was busy in another hunting expedition. She was complaining for the poor quality of the tiger arranged for shooting as this could help them save some money.
Passage – “Hush!” said Mrs. Packletide, and at that moment the tiger commenced ambling towards his victim.
“Now, now!” urged Miss Mebbin with some excitement; “if he doesn’t touch the goat we needn’t pay for it.” (The bait was an extra.)
Word meaning
Commenced: To begin.
Ambling: To walk slowly in a free and relaxed way.
Explanation of the above passage – As soon as the tiger started to approach the prey, Miss Mebbin got excited and said “if the goat remained unharmed you need not to pay for it” and asked Mrs. Packletide to go for the aim.
Passage – The rifle flashed out with a loud report, and the great tawny beast sprang to one side and then rolled over in the stillness of death. In a moment a crowd of excited natives had swarmed on to the scene, and their shouting speedily carried the glad news to the village, where a thumping of tom-toms took up the chorus of triumph.
Explanation of the above passage – Mrs. Packletide aimed at her prey and fired the gun shot. The tiger lay flat on the ground. The villagers and Mrs. Packletide were joyous and celebrated her achievement of killing the tiger. Villagers started shouting, dancing and even started playing drums.
Passage – And their triumph and rejoicing found a ready echo in the heart of Mrs. Packletide; already that luncheon-party in Curzon Street seemed immeasurably nearer.
Explanation of the above passage – Everyone was so happy, Mrs. Packletide could foresee the party she was long waiting for.
Passage – It was Louisa Mebbin who drew attention to the fact that the goat was in death-throes from a mortal bullet-wound, while no trace of the rifle’s deadly work could be found on the tiger. Evidently the wrong animal had been hit, and the beast of prey had succumbed to heart-failure, caused by the sudden report of the rifle, accelerated by senile decay.
Word meaning
Senile: Showing a loss of mental ability in old age.
Succumbed: To die.
Explanation of the above passage – It was Miss. Mebbin who noticed that the tiger did not die of the gunshot and that the gunshot had killed the goat. The beast died of heart failure due to the loud sound of gunshot.
Passage – Mrs. Packletide was pardonably annoyed at the discovery; but, at any rate, she was the possessor of a dead tiger, and the villagers, anxious for their thousand rupees, gladly connived at the fiction that she had shot the beast. And Miss Mebbin was a paid companion.
Explanation of the above passage – Mrs. Packletide initially got annoyed to find the truth but did not bother about it as she had got what she wanted – the tiger skin, she was the owner of it. Even the villagers did not object to it as they wanted the reward money.
Passage – Therefore did Mrs. Packletide face the cameras with a light heart, and her pictured fame reached from the pages of the Texas Weekly Snapshot to the illustrated Monday supplement of the Novoe Vremya.
Explanation of the above passage – Miss Packletide was getting photographs clicked with a smile but at the back of her mind, the truth of her expedition was lurking. Stll as long as she had the tiger skin and the photographs published in the newspapers, she could fulfil her aim of outshining Loona.
Passage – As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at an illustrated paper for weeks, and her letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a model of repressed emotions. The luncheon-party she declined; there are limits beyond which repressed emotions become dangerous.
Word meaning
Tiger-claw brooch: A small piece of jewellery in the shape of a tiger’s claw with a pin at the back that is fastened to a woman’s clothes.
Explanation of the above passage – When Mrs. Packletide gained a lot of publicity Loona Bimberton couldn’t see it, she was so depressed and angry. She in-fact declined the invitation for the luncheon-party.
was a model of repressed emotions means that the letter of thanks reflected her jealousy.
there are limits beyond which repressed emotions become dangerous The author wants to say that Loona’s jealousy was about to cross the limit and subsequently, she could go to any extent which would become dangerous.
Passage – “How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened,” said Louisa Mebbin a few days after the ball.
“What do you mean?” asked Mrs. Packletide quickly.
“How you shot the goat and frightened the tiger to death,” said Miss Mebbin, with her disagreeably pleasant laugh.
Explanation of the above passage – Miss Mebbin started showing her true colours. She threatened to disclose her secret to the world and tried to extort money to keep her secret.. She assured Mrs. Packletide that Loona would surely believe that the bullet had killed the goat and not the tiger. The tiger died due to heart failure as it was old and ill.
Passage – “No one would believe it,” said Mrs. Packletide, her face changing colour as rapidly as though it were going through a book of patterns before post-time.
“Loona Bimberton would,” said Miss Mebbin. Mrs. Packletide’s face settled on an unbecoming shade of greenish white.
“You surely wouldn’t give me away?” she asked.
Word meaning
Book of patterns : Book showing the colour patterns of racing, stables, with colours worn by jockeys.
Post-time: The start of horse race and deadline for placing a bet
Explanation of the above passage – Mrs. Packletide couldn’t believe those words coming out of Miss Mebbin’s mouth, she got pale, and hesitatingly said no one would believe her word. Taking advantage of their rivalry Miss Mebbin said Loona Bimbeton would surely believe her.
Passage – “I’ve seen a week-end cottage near Darking that I should rather like to buy,” said Miss Mebbin with seeming irrelevance. “Six hundred and eighty, freehold. Quite a bargain, only I don’t happen to have the money.”
Explanation of the above passage – Louisa Mebbin, being a greedy woman and taking advantage of the situation, demanded a price for keeping this secret. She said she had seen a weekend cottage that she would love to buy but had no money for it. Hence, Mrs Packletide is forced to give her the money (the six hundred and eighty pounds) so that Louis can buy the cottage and keep her image as it is.

Passage – Louisa Mebbin’s pretty week-end cottage, christened by her “Les Fauves,” and gay in summer-time with its garden borders of tiger-lilies, is the wonder and admiration of her friends.
Word meaning
Les Fauves: French for ‘The Wild Animals’
Explanation of the above passage – She named it “Les Fauves” which is a French word meaning ‘For the wild beasts’ and planted Tiger lilies in the garden as a note of thanks to the tiger due to which she had got it.
Passage – “It is a marvel how Louisa manages to do it,” is the general verdict.
Mrs. Packletide indulges in no more big-game shooting.
“The incidental expenses are so heavy,” she confides to inquiring friends.
Word meaning
Incidental : secondary.
Explanation of the above passage – Louis Mebbin’s weekend cottage is a wonder and an admiration among her friends.
Meanwhile, Mrs Packletide has given up hunting ; confiding to her friends who keep asking her why, that the added expenses that comes with it is too much.
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Questions Answers:
Q1. Why did Mrs. Packletide wish to kill a tiger?
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What was the motive behind Mrs. Packletide’s decision to shoot a tiger?
A1. Mrs. Packletide wished to kill a tiger as she was jealous of the accomplishment made by Loona Bimberton. She wanted to outshine Loona by procuring a tiger skin and getting photographs of herself with the haul published in all the leading newspapers.
Q2. What made her decide to give a party in Loona Bimberton’s honour? What did she intend to give Loona on her birthday?
A2. Mrs. Packletide was jealous of Loona Bimberton and wanted to show her down. She had decided to host a party supposedly in Loona’s honour but actually she wanted to diminish her success by having an edge over her. As she wanted to shoot a tiger, she decided to gift her a brooch in the shape of the tiger’s claw as a birthday gift.
Q3. How was the tiger shooting arranged? What kind of a tiger was chosen for the purpose?
A3. The villagers spotted an old, infirm tiger for shooting. A goat was tied at the perfect distance as bait for it. A platform was also constructed from where Mrs. Packletide could easily shoot the tiger.
The tiger chosen was of a good lineage but it was weak and old. Due to old age and illness it had given up hunting bigger animals and restricted itself to hunting smaller domestic animals to satisfy hunger.
Q4. In what way did the villagers help Mrs. Packletide shoot the tiger?
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What preparations did the villagers make to arrange for a suitable tiger for Mrs. Packletide and earn a thousand rupees?
A4. The villagers were lured by the reward money of a thousand rupees. They were interested in helping Mrs. Packletide achieve success in her hunting expedition. So, they left no stone unturned. They arranged an old and weak tiger which was easier to shoot. They made sure that the tiger was restricted to the particular jungle area where they were to arrange the shooting. So, they placed cheap goats in the jungle area for the tiger to eat, also, children were deployed at the outskirts of the jungle in order to prevent it from escaping. The village women also hushed their babies from making noise so as not to disturb the tiger from its sleep. They tied a goat as bait at the perfect distance so that the tiger could be shot easily when it approached it. Also, a platform was constructed from where Mrs. Packletide could easily shoot at the tiger.
Q5. Who was Miss Mebbin? Was she really devoted to Mrs. Packletide? How did she behave during the tiger shooting?
A5. Miss Mebbin was a paid companion of Mrs. Packletide. She charged money from her to accompany her on her trips. She was a greedy and money minded woman. Still, she behaved like an elder sister to Mrs. Packletide and prevented her from carelessly wasting money. She would stop Mrs. Packletide from wasting money on tips, in restaurants. During the tiger shooting she commented that as the tiger was old and weak, it should have been cheaper. Also, they would not pay for the goat which was bait if the tiger did not eat it.
Q6. What comment did Miss Mebbin make after Mrs Packletide had fired the shot? Why did Miss Mebbin make this comment? How did Mrs Packletide react to this comment?
A6. Miss Mebbin discovered that Mrs. Packletide had missed the shot. She had shot the goat which had a gunshot wound. The goat had a painful death due to it. On the other hand, the tiger died silently and had no wound on its body because it died of a heart attack which was caused due to the sudden loud sound of the gun fire.
Miss Mebbin was greedy for money and so she reminded Mrs. Packletide that this fact of her shooting expedition would turn her fame into a mockery.
Mrs. Packletide was angry at Louisa Mebbin as her plans of outshining Loona Bimberton would get defeated.
Q7. How did the villagers react to the tiger’s death?
A7. The villagers were overjoyed and celebrated when they saw the tiger lying dead. They were happy as the success of Mrs. Packletide’s shooting expedition assured them of earning the reward money. They danced to the beats of the drum and were happy to have earned the reward money.
Q8. Do you think Mrs. Packletide was able to achieve her heart’s desire? Give reasons for your answer.
A8. I think Mrs. Packletide’s heart’s desire was partially fulfilled. She had successfully procured a tiger skin and got her photographs published in the newspaper. This came to an end when Louisa Mebbin started blackmailing her. She had to pay a big amount to bribe Louisa from giving away her secret. This made her rather disturbed than being happy.
Q9. How did Miss Mebbin manage to get her week-end cottage? Why did she plant so many tiger lilies in her garden?
A9. Miss. Mebbin managed to get the week-end cottage by threatening Mrs. Packletide to disclose the truth of her hunting expedition to everyone including Loona.
She planted tiger lilies in the cottage as a thanks giving tribute to the tiger because of which she had managed to get it.
Q10. Do you think the tiger shooting organized by the villagers was a serious affair? Give reasons for your answer.
A10. The tiger shooting was a serious affair for the villagers because they were eager to earn the reward money. They helped Mrs. Packletide by arranging a tiger of ‘respectable antecedents’, got a goat as a bait to lure the tiger.
They even posted children at the outskirts of the jungle day and night to prevent the tiger from escaping. A platform was constructed by them from where she could aim at the tiger easily.
Q11. Do you think the writer is trying to make fun of the main characters in the story i.e. Mrs. Packletide, Miss Mebbin and Loona Bimberton? Pick out instances from the story that point to this fact.
A11. The author is humorous in description of the women.
1) Loona’s refusal to attend the lunch party shows her jealousy.
2) Mrs. Packletide’s planning and meticulous execution of the shooting followed by her failure is satirical.
3) Miss. Mebbin’s elder sister attitude is also a satire on the otherwise greedy woman.
Q12. A person who is vain is full of self importance and can only think of himself/herself and can go to great lengths to prove his/her superiority. Do you think Mrs Packletide is vain? Give reasons in support of your answer.
A12. Mrs. Packletide is vain as she is only concerned with the jealousy towards Loona. She goes to such an extent as to kill a tiger, put goats as a bait for it, spend money, hire a companion and is not bothered about the losses she is suffering in order to put all this together.
Q13. There are many amusing lines in the story. Here are a few of them. Rewrite each one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
1) Mrs. Packletide had already arranged in her mind the lunch she would give at her house in Curzon Street, ostensibly in Loona Bimberton’s honour, with a tiger-skin rug occupying most of the foreground and all of the conversation.
1) Mrs. Packletide had planned a lunch in honour of Loona Bimberton’s success in tiger hunting.
2) Mothers carrying their babies home through the jungle after the day’s work in the fields hushed their singing lest they might curtail the restful sleep of the venerable herd-robber.
2) The mothers, on their way through the jungle asked the children to keep quiet so as not to disturb the sleep of the tiger.
3) Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in general, irrespective of nationality or denomination.
3) Louisa was cautious towards monetary expenditure irrespective of the country they were in.
4) Evidently the wrong animal had been hit, and the beast of prey had succumbed to heart-failure, caused by the sudden report of the rifle, accelerated by senile decay.
4) The gun shot had hit the wrong animal and the intended prey was a victim of heart failure due to the sudden sound of gun shot as it suffered ill health due to old age.
5) As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at an illustrated paper for weeks, and her letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a model of repressed emotions.
5) Loona Bimberton was jealous and so did not look at the photographs of Mrs. Packletide published in the newspaper, her letter of thanks for the gift of the tiger – claw brooch also hinted at it.
Q14. What was Mrs. Packletide’s plan to show Loona Binberton down?
A14. Mrs. Packletide had planned to herself shoot a tiger and procure it’s skin. She would then arrange a lunch in Loona’s honour and place the tiger skin as a rug. This would attract the guests’ attention towards her and humiliate Loona. She would further show her down by gifting her a brooch in the shape of a tiger’s claw on her birthday.
Q15. Why is Mrs. Packletide compared to Nimrod?
A15. Nimrod, the great grandson of Noah was a character in the Bible. He is known to be a mighty hunter. Mrs. Packletide’s desire to hunt a tiger was so intense that she is appropriately compared to him.
Q16. Why was the tiger called “herd – robber” and “venerable”?
A16. The tiger was called “venerable” as it was old and so commanded respect. It had earned the reputation of a “herd – robber” as it hunted many animals to satisfy hunger.
Q17. What was the cause of the tiger’s death?
A17. The tiger died due to heart attack. As it was old and infirm, the sudden loud sound of gun fire gave it a heart attack and it died.
Q18. How did Louisa Mebbin discover that the tiger had not been shot?
A18. Louisa Mebbin found the goat writhing in pain. On a close look, she found a gunshot wound on it’s body. There was no such wound on the tiger’s body and also, it died peacefully. This led her to conclude that the goat had been shot instead of the tiger and that the tiger had died due to a heart attack.
Q19. Why did Loona avoid looking at the newspapers for weeks? How did she react to Mrs. Packletide’s gift of tiger – claw brooch and invitation to luncheon – party?
A19. Loona Bimberton was shocked to know of Mrs. Packletide’s achievement. As she was jealous of her achievement, she did not look at the newspaper which was full of her photographs and achievement. She sent Mrs. Packletide a letter of thanks for the brooch which also reflected her jealousy. She was so furious and jealous that she refused to attend the lunch party.
Q20. What is the message conveyed in this story?
A20. The author conveys the message in the story that the people who outsmart others can also be outsmarted. A person’s actions can often backfire on him and he can also be outsmarted.
Q21. What kind of tiger did Mrs. Packletide want to kill? Why?
A21. Mrs. Packletide wanted such a tiger which could be killed easily without endangering her life. She did not want much risk or exertion in shooting the tiger. An old, weak and infirm tiger was the perfect one for her shooting.

Q22. Mrs. Packletide was not afraid that the secret of her tiger kill will be exposed. Why?
A22. Mrs. Packletide was not afraid that the secret of her tiger kill will be exposed because she was in possession of a tiger skin.
Q23. “Six hundred and eighty, freehold. Quite a bargain.” Who makes this statement? In what context?
A23. This statement is made by Louisa Mebbin. She is talking about the price of a week – end cottage. She wants Mrs. packletide to pay the price of the cottage as she does not have the money. She calls it “quite a bargain” as she feels that the amount is very less in comparison to the secret which she has to keep.
Q24. How was the name of Miss Mebbin’s cottage ironical?
A24. Miss Mebbin named her cottage “Les Fauves”. It is a French word which means the wild animals. The irony in the name is from the fact that although a tiger is supposed to be wild, the particular tiger due to which she got the cottage was not so. It was weak and disabled due to old age and had given up hunting big animals.
Q25. Read the extract and answer the questions which follow:
Mrs. Packletide had already arranged in her mind the lunch she would give at her house in Curzon Street.
a) In whose honour did Mrs. Packletide wish to host the lunch at her house? What prompted her to plan this move?
b) What trait of Mrs. Packletide’s character does the idea of hosting the lunch bring out?
c) What do you understand by the expression “arranged in her mind”?
A25. a) Mrs. Packletide wished to host the lunch in honour of Loona Bimberton. Her desire to outshine Loona by achieving a greater target and show her down was her motive behind it.
b) This idea of hers shows that she can go to any extent and spend unlimited money in jealousy and rivalry.
c) The expression “arranged in her mind” means that she had already planned out the details of the lunch party mentally.
Q26. Answer the following question in 80 – 100 words:
‘In a world that is supposed to be chiefly swayed by hunger and by love Mrs. Packletide was an exception; her movements and motives were largely governed by dislike of Loona Bimberton.’
On the basis of the above extract describe the kind of relationship that Mrs. Packletide shares with Mrs. Loona Bimberton. What values govern it? How do these values harm both the ladies? What values do you think would have saved both of them from such an ugly situation?
A26. Mrs. Packletide and Loona Bimberton hated each other. They were in competition with each other. The prime aim of Mrs. Packletide’s life was to outshine Loona and show her down. She was willing to go to any extent and spent as much money in order to humiliate Loona. Mrs. Packletide is jealous of Loona’s achievement and in order to be more successful than her, she makes a wasteful expenditure of money. Loona is also jealous when she comes to know that Mrs. Packletide has achieved more than her. She refuses the invitation to the luncheon – party hosted in her honour.
I think that if they would have been introspective and realized the outcome of their acts, they could have prevented fooling themselves in future. They were being fleeced by others just to guard their secrets which would help them outshine each other.
Q27. Briefly bring out the similarities in the characters of Mrs. Packletide and Loona Bimberton.
A27. The women are full of jealousy and rivalry. They have such great ambitions to outshine each other that they are willing to go to any extent to achieve it. All their acts are driven by this jealousy.
Q28. Who gains the most out of the vanity match between the two rival ladies in “Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger” and how?
A28. In the story “Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger” it is Louisa Mebbin who gains the most. Firstly, as she is a paid companion of Mrs. Packletide, she earns by accompanying her on her trips. Secondly, as she knows Mrs. Packletide’s secret of the tiger’s death, she extorts money for guarding it. This shows that Louisa is not driven by jealousy and rivalry. As she has no weakness and secrets, she is able to blackmail and extort money from Mrs. Packletide. In this way, Louisa Mebbin makes the most of the rivalry between the two women.
Q29. What important message is given out by the author in the story?
A29. The author talks about the negative aspects of human behaviour like greed and jealousy. The people are driven by jealousy, rivalry, greed and fear and waste time and money in meaning less pursuits. He displays human greed and lust for money through the character of Louisa Mebbin. He highlights the fact of human exploitation of beasts. People like Mrs. Packletide and Loona Bimberton indulge in trophy hunting. They do not realize the harshness of their acts which they merely commit in order to outshine each other.
The story conveys the message that we should not involve ourselves in jealousy or hatred. We must resist greed and money should be spent wisely.
Q. Choose extracts from the story that illustrate the character of the people in it.
1. Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without over-much risk or exertion
Ans. vain
2. Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras with a light heart, and her pictured fame reached from the pages of the Texas Weekly Snapshot to the illustrated Monday supplement of the Novoe Vremya.
Ans. Jealous
3. “If it’s an old tiger I think you ought to get it cheaper. A thousand rupees is a lot of money.“
Ans. Manuplative.
4. Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in general, irrespective
of nationality or denomination
Ans. Shrewd
5. “How amused every one would be if they knew what really happened,” said Louisa Mebbin a few days after the ball.
Ans. Shrewd
6. Louisa Mebbin’s pretty week-end cottage, christened by her “Les Fauves,“ and gay in summer-time with its garden borders of tiger-lilies, is the wonder and admiration of her friends
Ans. Materialistic
7. As for Loona Bimberton, she refused to look at an illustrated paper for weeks, and her letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a model of repressed emotions
Ans. Jealous
8. there are limits beyond which repressed emotions become dangerous.
Ans. Spiteful
Q. An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines normally-contradictory terms. The most common form involves an adjective-noun combination of two words. The story has a number of oxymorons. Identify them.
Ans. The Oxymoron in the chapter are:
Deviation towards
Elaborate carelessness
Venerable herd – robber
Beast of prey
Pardonably annoyed
There are limits beyond which
Disagreeably pleasant laugh
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Mrs Packletide’s Tiger FAQs
Q1. Who was Mrs. Packletide?
Ans. Mrs Packletide was a high-society woman in England. She was jealous and competitive in nature. She makes the decision to go hunting in an effort to undermine Loona Bimberton’s successes.
Q2. Out of the three women in the story ‘Mrs Packletide’s Tiger’ who do you think got the most benefit?
Ans. Out of Mrs Packletide, Loona Bimberton and Miss Mebbin, I think that Miss Mebbin got the most benefit. She got a cottage worth six hundred and eighty pounds as a bribe for zipping her mouth.
Q3. What gift had Mrs Packletide decided for Loona Bimberton?
Ans. Mrs Packletide had planned to gift Loona a brooch in the shape of a tiger’s claw. She would organize a lunch party in Loona’s honour and gift her the brooch.
Q4. Name the important characters in Mrs Packletide’s Tiger.
Ans. The important characters in the story, Mrs Packletide’s Tiger are Mrs Packletide, Loona Bimberton and Miss Mebbin.
(a) Why did Mrs. Packletide want to kill a tiger?
Answer:
Mrs. Packletide wanted to kill a tiger for pleasure and to compete with her friend Loona Bimberton who had procured a tiger-skin and gained great popularity.
(b) What does it tell you about her?
Answer:
She wanted to shoot a tiger as she was jealous of her friend and wanted to gain popularity.
(c) What is the tone of the storywriter?
Answer:
The tone of the story writer is humorous.
(d) Do you think she was successful in her mission?
Answer:
Yes she was successful in her mission.

(e) What do you think the story is all about?
Answer:
The story is about hunting a tiger for pleasure and popularity.

Question 3.
Answer the following questions in your own words :
(a) Why did Mrs. Packletide wish to kill a tiger?
Answer:
Mrs. Packletide wished to kill a tiger because her friend had procured a tiger-skin so she was jealous and wanted popularity for herself.
(b) What made her decide to give a party in Loona Bimberton’s honour? What did she intend to give Loona on her birthday?
Answer:
She decided to give a party in Loona Bimberton’s honour for she wanted to show her a tiger skin rug and feel proud. She intended to give a tiger-claw brooch to Loona on her birthday.
(c) How was the tiger shooting arranged ? What kind of a tiger was chosen for the purpose?
Answer:
Mrs. Packletide offered a thousand rupees to the villagers to help to shoot a tiger. A platform was constructed in a comfortable and convenient place in a tree where Mrs. Packletide sat with her rifle and her paid companion Miss Mebbin. An old and feeble tiger was chosen for the purpose.
(d) In what way did the villagers help Mrs. Packletide shoot the tiger?
Answer:
The villagers arranged for an old tiger, children were told to head the tiger back in the local jungle, cheaper kind of goats were-left to keep him satisfied. Mothers were made to keep their babies quiet so as not to disturb the animal.

(e) Who was Miss Mebbin ? Was she really devoted to Mrs. Packletide ? How did she behave during the tiger shooting?
Answer:
Miss Mebbin was Mrs. Packletide’s paid companion. No she was not really devoted to Mrs. Packletide. She made fun of the shooting and said that it would be useless to pay for the tiger if he didn’t touch the goat.

(f) Mrs. Packletide was a good shot. Discuss.
Answer:
Mrs. Packletide shot at the tiger. The tawny beast sprang to one side and rolled over dead. Miss Mebbin drew attention that the goat had been killed by the bullet, while there was no trace of a bullet wound on the tiger’s body. The wrong animal had been killed and the tiger died due to heart failure caused by the sudden sound of the rifle.
(g) What comment did Miss Mebbin make after Mrs. Packletide had fired the shot ? Why did Miss Mebbin make this comment ? How did Mrs. Packletide react to this comment?
Answer:
Miss Mebbin said “How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened”. She made this comment to make fun of Mrs. Packletides shooting. Mrs. Packletide said that no one will believe it. As soon as the tiger died, the villagers came shouting excitedly for they were happy to get their money.
(h) How did the villagers react to the tiger’s death?
Answer:
The villagers shouted happily. How the tiger was killed did not matter to them. They were only excited to get ? 1000.
(i) Do you think Mrs. Packletide was able to achieve her heart’s desire ? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Yes, Mrs. Packletide was able to achieve her hearts desire. She got popularity. Her pictured fame reached from the pages of Texas Weekly Snapshot to the illustrated Monday supplement of the Novoe Vremya.
(j) How did Miss Mebbin manage to get her week-end cottage 1 Why did she plant so many tiger lilies in her garden?
Answer:
Miss Mebbin tried to blackmail Mrs. Packletide by not letting out the secret if she would get a week-end cottage instead. She planted many tiger-lilies in her garden to remind Mrs. Packletide about the big game shooting.

(k) “The incidental expenses are so heavy”, she confides to inquiring friends. Who is the speaker ? What is she referring to here?
Answer:
The speaker is Mrs. Packletide. She is referring to the game of hunting.
Question 4.
Discuss the following questions in detail and write the answers in your notebooks :
(a) Do you think the tiger shooting organized by the villagers was a serious affair ? Give f reasons for your answer.
Answer:
The tiger shooting organised by the villagers was a serious affair because Mrs. Packletide had offered a thousand rupees for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without taking much risk. A neighbouring village was chosen for the game killing. The idea of earning a thousand rupees had egged on the villagers. They had posted their children at the borders of the local jungle to head the tiger back to the village so that it may not go to some fresh hunting grounds.
Mrs. Packletide was compelled to do this as the idea of her friend Loona Bimberton boasting of her personally procuring a tiger-skin and popularity of the press photographs could not be digested. Mrs. Packletides movements and motives were largely governed by the dislike of ‘ Loona Bimberton.
Cheaper kind of goats were left about in a great number to keep the tiger satisfied. All precautions were taken so as not to drive the tiger away. A platform was constructed in a conveniently placed tree. Mis. Packletide even paid her companion Miss Mebbin to accompany her to the shoot. For the villagers it seemed to be a serious affair for as soon as the rifle flashed and the beast rolled over dead, a crowd of excited natives came to the place shouting happily and carried the news to the village. They were anxious for their thousand rupees. Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras with a light and a happy heart.
(b) Do you think the writer is trying to make fun of the main characters in the story i.e. Mrs. Packletide, Miss Mebbin and Loona Bimberton ? Pick out instances from the story that point to this fact.
Answer:
This story is full of humour. The writer has tried to make fun of the society through the characters of the three women in the story. The competitive and jealous nature of Mrs. Packletide motivated her to game killing because her friend Loona Bimberton had procured a tiger-skin and procured press photographs. Mrs. Packletide had even offered a thousand rupees for this game without taking any risk and faced the cameras happily showing that she had killed that beast but the fact was the tiger had died of heart failure due to the loud sound of the rifle. ‘

Miss Mebbin was hired by Mrs. Packletide to accompany her to the game, she had a protective attitude towards money and was greedy. She even made fun of Mrs. Packletide by saying “If it is an old tiger you ought to get it cheaper”. Louisa Mebbin had blackmailed Mrs. Packletide into buying her a pretty cottage for not letting out the secret that the wrong animal had been killed. The writer makes fun of Mebbin that she had named her cottage as “Les Fauves”.
Loona Bimberton has been presented as a shrewd person with a spiteful nature. She had boasted about the tiger-skin but had refused to look at the illustrated paper for weeks for it contained the pictures of Mrs. Packletide with her hunted tiger. Her emotions seemed to be repressed as she wrote the letter of thanks for the gift of a tiger claw-brooch. The writer has tried to make fun of three women who tried in their own way to get popularity.
(c) A person who is vain is full of self importance and can only think of himself / herself and can go to great lengths to prove his / her superiority. Do you think Mrs. Packletide is vain ? Give reasons in support of your answer.
Answer:
Mrs. Packletide is a vain. It was not because of her pleasure that she should shoot a tiger nor the lust came upon her. But her friend Loona Bimberton boasted about getting a tiger skin and facing the cameras had made Mrs. Packletide envious of her friend. The urge to face the camera herself forced her to offer a thousand rupees for the chance of shooting a tiger without much effort. She was competitive in nature which made her arrange for the shoot. She had already arranged a lunch in honour of Loona Bimberton and even planned to give her a tiger claw-brooch. She wanted to show her superiority by herself shooting a tiger so that she should also face the camera. She tried to go to any lengths to prove this. She arranged for a paid companion to accompany her for the shooting. All possible efforts were made to make it a success. Even though the wrong animal was killed she faced the camera boldly with the dead tiger to prove her courage.
(d) Sometimes writers highlight certain negative aspects in society or human beings by making fun of it. This is called satire. In your groups discuss whether you would classify this story as a satire. Give reasons to support your answer.
Answer:
The writer has used satire in the story. He has made fun of the characters in the story to bring out the satire. Mrs. Packletide is a shrewd and competitive person, she becomes jealous of her friend when she comes to know that Loona Bimberton has got a tiger-skin and faced the press and procured photographs. She too out of her pride arranges to shoot a tiger. She goes to the length of offering money to the villagers. An old tiger is lured by cheaper goats.

The writer uses satire to make fun of the society that would do anything in order to become famous as portrayed by Mrs. Packletide. The other side of the greedy society is reflected by Miss Mebbin. She is a greedy lady who blackmails Mrs. Packletide to buy her a cottage so that she would not give away the secret of the wrong animal being killed. The villagers represent another group of the society who are also greedy for money. For them money mattered more than the animal that was shot, whether it was the goat or a tiger.
(e) How does the writer create humour in this story ?
Answer:
The story is full of humour. Mrs. Packletide arranges for the shooting. The funniest part is that a weak tiger is arranged and cheaper goats are left to lure him. Mrs. Packletide is not a good shooter but a platform is constructed in a tree and she sits there with a rifle a thumb- nail pack of patience cards. The funniest part is as soon as the tiger caught sight of the goat it lay flat on the earth, seemingly less from a desire to take advantage of and attack its prey.
The rifle is shot with a loud bang and the great beast springs to one side and then rolls over dead. Miss Mebbin makes fun of Mrs. Packletide by bringing out the fact that the wrong animal had been killed. The bullet had hit the goat but the tiger had a heart failure because of the loud noise of the rifle. The villagers shouted happily for they were only anxious for their thousand rupees and gladly connived at the fiction that she had shot the tiger. Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras happily and her pictured fame reached the pages of Texas Weekly Snapshot.
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