THE EARTHQUAKE-SUPPLEMENTARY READER

THE EARTHQUAKE

I. Answer each of the following in a sentence each.
1) What was the wild imagination of the hare?
The hare imagined i f the earth were to fal l to pieces what would become of him.
2) Which event caused the crash?
A big and ripe bel fruit fel l from the top of the tree on a bush it caused the crash.
3) Name a few animals that joined the race?
The animals that joined the race were hares a deer, an elephant, a tiger, rhinoceros, a buffaloes and a gazel le.
4) Which of the animals that joined the race was sensible one? How do you justify that?
The l ion was sensible. When he heard the complaint he did not come to the quick conclusion. He went to the spot with the hare and detected the fact and came back to the animals and told them that they were not in danger. They could go back to their places and live as they lived before. So the l ion was a sensible animal among al l the animals.
5) What did the lion guess about the cause of the crash?
The l ion thought himself and guessed that a ripe bel fruit fell from above and made the crash.
6) What was the command given by the lion to the animals at the end?
The command given by the l ion to the animals that he would go and find the truth. Till then he said in a commanding tone that they should stay there and they should not move till he came back.
II Write the answers for each of the following in about 50-6O words:
1) It is said the mob cannot think do you agree? If so how does this story illustrate that? If you do not agree with the statement. How do you explain the behaviour of the animals?
It is true that the mob cannot think. We agree with the statement. When something is told by some body the mob cannot think. They just follow what other reacts in the mob. Here in this story when the hare said that the earth is falling to pieces. Without thinking about the hare's statement they also
began to run with the hare. They had neither patience nor the wisdom of testing the statement. They lack rational power as the man and just blindly follow what other animals do. The same thing happened in this story. Al l the animals believed the statement of the hare and ran madly of curse they wore quite afraid of the statement and they wanted 10 save their lives from the earthquake. The same thing applies to mob also.
2) Sum up what the lion did to verify the statement of the hare.
The l ion after comprehending the situation came to know it was false before that he wanted to test the validity of the statement. The l ion asked hare to sit on his back and asked other animals to wait for his arrival . He went to the spot as directed by the hare. He found a ripe bel falling from the top of
the tree on the bush which had made the crash. The l ion under - stood that it was neither earthquake nor any calamity. He came back and told al l the animals what had happened and asked them to return to their respective places.