NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English (Honeydew) Chapter 6 This is Jody’s Fawn

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Class : 8th
Subject : English-1
Chapter : 6
Chapter Name : This is Jody’s Fawn

Q1 What had happened to Jody’s father?

Answer. Jody's father had been bitten by a rattlesnake.

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Q2 How did the doe save Penny’s life?

Answer. The doe's liver and heart were used to draw out the poison from Penny.

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Q3 Why does Jody want to bring the fawn home?

Answer. Jody wanted to bring the fawn home because he felt that they had killed the doe for
their purpose and the fawn had been orphaned for no fault of its own. He kept thinking about
the hungry and scared fawn. He felt that it was their responsibility to take care of the fawn or
else it would starve to death.

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Q4 How does Jody know that the fawn is a male?

Answer. Jody knew that the fawn was a male because the spots on its tx)dy were all in a "ne.
His father had told him that on the body of a dæ-fawn. the spots are in different directions.

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Q1 Jody didn’t want Mill-wheel with him for two reasons. What were they?

Answer. Jody did not want Min-wheel with him for two reasons. One reason was that if the
fawn was dead or could not found, he did not want him to see his disappointment The second
reason was that if they found the tavm, then the meeting would be so lovey and secret that he
could not endure to

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Q2 Why was Mill-wheel afraid to leave Jody alone?

Answer. Mill-wheel did not want to leave Jody alone as he was afraid that Jody could lose his
way or get bitten by a snake.

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Q1 How did Jody bring the fawn back home?

Answer.Jody did not want to scare the fawn away. That is why he rst stroked its neck slowly,
and then put his arms around it. Then, he picked it up and carried it through the thick bushes.
He tried to shield its face from the sharp vines. He stopped to rest on his way home. On
walking a little, he saw the fawn following him. After this, he would either carry the fawn, or
put it down so that it would follow him by itself. When they reached home, it refused to climb
the stairs. He then picked it up and took it inside the house.

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Q2 Jody was lled with emotion after he found the fawn. Can you nd at least three words or
phrases which show how he felt?

Answer. Jody did not want to scare the fawn away. That is why he rst stroked its neck slowly,
and then put his arms around it. Then, he picked it up and carried it through the thick bushes.
He tried to shield its face trom me sharp vines. He stopped to rest on his way home. On
walking a little, he saw the tawn tollo.ving him. After this, he would either carry the fawn, or
put it down so that it would follow him by itself. When they reached home, it refused to climb
the stairs. He then picked it up and took it inside the house.

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Q3 How did the deer drink milk from the gourd?

Answer. The deer drank the milk from Jody's hands. When Jody gave milk to the fawn in a
gourd, it butted it suddenly, smelling the milk and not knowing what to do with the milk in
the gourd. It was then that Jody dipped his ngers in the milk and pushed them into the fawn's
soft wet mouth so that it would drink the milk.

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Q4 Why didn’t the fawn follow Jody up the steps as he had thought it would?

Answer. The deer is a wild animal. It is used to a lite in the forest. When me fawn reached
Jody's home, it did not follow Jody up the steps because of the strangeness of me house and

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the steps and everything. This is similar to its reaction to the milk in the gourd. It simply did
not know what to do.

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Q1 Why did Penny Baxter allow Jody to go nd the fawn and raise it?

Answer. Penny allowed Jody to nd the fawn and raise it because it seemed ungrateful to him
to leave the tawn to starve. He agreed with Jody that they had killed the doe for their purpose
and the fawn was orphaned for no fault of its own. They could not let the fawn starve. They
felt a towards it.

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Q2 What did Doc Wilson mean when he said, “Nothing in the world ever comesquite free”?

Answer. Penny had killed the doe to save his life. Therefore, in regard for what the doe had
done, its tawn needed to be taken care ot and saved from starvation. This was what Doc
Wilson meant when he said that nothing in the world came for free.

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Q3 How did Jody look after the fawn, after he accepted the responsibility for doing this?

Answer. Atter Jody accepted the tor after the fawn. he cared for it like its oval mother would.
While taking it home. he shielded its face from the sharp vines. He carried in his arms even
though he was tired. On reaching home, he gave the milk that was meant for him. When he
saw that the fawn did not drink the milk in the purd. he fed it with his cnvn hands. Hence. one
can say that Jody carried out his quite well.

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Q4 How does Jody’s mother react when she hears that he is going to bring the fawn home?
Why does she react in this way?

Answer. When Jody's mother heard that he was going to bring the fawn home. she was a little
and asked Jody what fawn he was talking about. He then told her that it was the fawn whose
mother they had killed to save Penny. She said they had nothing else to teed it and the milk
they gave him could be given to it. She reacted this way because she was rwt present at the site
where Penny had been bitten. where they had killed the doe. She had not seen the fawn and
therefore. was not as concerned as Penny and Jody.

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Q Look at these pairs of sentences.

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Penny said to Jody, “Will you be back before dinner?”
Penny asked Jody if he would be back before dinner.
“How are you feeling, Pa?” asked Jody.
Jody asked his father how he was feeling
Here are some questions in direct speech. Put them into reported speech.
(i)Penny said, “Do you really want it son?”
(ii)Mill-wheel said, “Will he ride back with me?”
(iii)He said to Mill-wheel, “Do you think the fawn is still there?”
(iv)He asked Mill-wheel, “Will you help me nd him?”
(v)He said, “Was it up here that Pa got bitten by the snake?”

Answer. (i) Penny asked his son if he really wanted it.
(ii) Mill-wheel asked if he would ride back with him.
(iii) He asked Mill-wheel if he thought the fawn was still there.
(iv) He asked Mill-wheel if he would help him nd him.
(v) He asked if it was up there that Pa had got bitten by the snake.

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Q Look at these two sentences.
He tumbled backward.
It turned its head.
The rst sentence has an intransitive verb, a verb without an object.The second sentence has a
transitive verb. It has a direct object. We can ask: “What did it turn?” You can answer: “Its
head. It turned its head.”
Say whether the verb in each sentence below transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’
question about the verb, as in the example above. (For some verbs, the object is a person, so
ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
(i)Jody then went to the kitchen.
(ii)The fawn wobbled after him.
(iii)You found him.
(iv)He picked it up.
(v)He dipped his ngers in the milk.
(vi)It bleated frantically and butted him.
(vii)The fawn sucked his ngers.
(viii)He lowered his ngers slowly into the milk.
(ix)It stamped its small hoofs impatiently.
(x)He held his ngers below the level of the milk.
(xi)The fawn followed him.(xii)He walked all day.
(xiii)He stroked its sides.
(xiv)The fawn lifted its nose.
(xv)Its legs hung limply.

Answer. (i) Intransiüve
(ii) Intransitive

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(iii) Transitive
(iv) Transitive
(v) Transitive
(vi) Intransitive, Transitive
(vii) Transitive
(viii) Transitive
(ix) Transitive
(x) Transitive
(xi) Transitive
(xii) Intransitive
(xiii) Transitive
(xiv) Transitive
(xv) Intransitive

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Q3 Here are some words from the lesson. Working in groups, arrange them in the order in
which they would appear in the dictionary. Write down some idioms and phrasal verbs
connected to these words. Use the dictionary for more idioms and phrasal verbs.

Answer. The words would appear in the following sequence:
1. clearing,
2. close
3. draw
4. light
5. make
6. parted
7. pick
8. scrawny
9. sweet
10. wonder

Idioms or phrasal verbs connected to the above words.
Clearing: clearing, campaign
Close: close shave, close up, close quarters
Draw: draw the curtain on/over, draw a blank
Light: in the light of, bring to light
Make: make the most of, makeup
Part: part with, parted comparing
Pick: pick up, pick and choose
Scrawny: the scrawny neck

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Sweet: have a sweet tooth, sweet seventeen, sweet tongued, sweet nothings
Wonder: wonder world, wonder load, nine day’s wonder, wonder about, do wonders.

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Q1 Do you think it is right to kill an animal to save a human life? Give reasons for your answer.

Answer. Most of the animals are our friends. Dogs, horses, elephants, cows are a few such
animals that serve us. But man has been killing cod sh or the whales for oil. Tigers are killed
for their skin and bones. This is not fair. But there is no harm if any of them are killed strictly
to save human life, properly and agriculture. However, killing animals is a crime. It is wrong to
kill wild life for their hide or for pleasure.

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Q2 Imagine you wake up one morning and nd a tiny animal on your doorstep. You want to
keep it as a pet but your parents are not too happy about it. How would you persuade them to
let you keep it? Discuss it in groups and present your arguments to the class.

Answer. The young ones of cats, dogs and some birds attract us as does a human child. When I
was a child, I wanted to adopt a kitten or a puppy as pet. I found a good breed puppy at my
doorstep one day. But it created a commotion in the house. My mother got irritated at the veiy
presence of pets in the house. They bite and bark, enter the kitchen or sit on our beds and
make things dirty. But I assured her that I would look after my puppy and train it. The loyal
dog would act as security guard and a playmate. My parents nally relented and let me have
the poor puppy as a pet.

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Q1 Imagine you have a new pet that keeps you busy. Write a paragraph describing your pet,
the things it does, and the way it makes you feel. Here are some words and phrases that you
could use.
frisky, smart, disobedient, loyal, happy, enthusiastic, companion, sharing, friend, rolls in mud,
dirties the bed, naughty, lively, playful, eats up food, hides the newspaper, drinks up milk,
runs away when called, oats on the water as if dead

Answer. I have taken a kitten as my pet. It is female with silky fur and skin. She keeps me busy.
My mother does not take interest in my pet. She curses the little one for doing mischief, for
moving about in the house, for making the bed and oor dirty. The kitten enters the kitchen
and drinks up milk. She is naughty and disobedient also. She is most unlike a dog which is
loyal, obedient and strong. Still I like my pet because it is lively, playful and frisky.

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Q2 Human life is dependent on nature (that’s why we call her Mother Nature). We take

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everything from nature to live our lives. Do we give back anything to nature?
(i) Write down some examples of the natural resources that we use.
(ii) Write a paragraph expressing your point of view regarding our relationship with nature.

Answer. (i) Man and nature are complementary to each other. Man for ages has been using
forests, minerals and chemicals for his survival. Earth and nature are our lifelines. They help
us directly or indirectly. Take for example the paper we print, our books and newspapers. They
are products of trees. We get fruits, owers and fodder from nature. We get water and air free
from nature. It is unfortunate that we are over using the limited resources and are also
polluting them.
Nature is our Mother. We must not use up anything to the extent that it is not restored
naturally. By cutting down trees or killing whales we are, in a way, depriving our children of
their share. Let us give back to nature for the bene ts we get from it.
(ii) Some of the natural resources that we use are water, coal, mineral oil, etc.
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Q3 In This is Jody’s Fawn, Jody’s father uses a ‘home remedy’ for a snake bite. What should a
person now do if he or she is bitten by a snake? Are all snakes poisonous? With the help of
your teacher and others, nd out answers to such questions. Then write a short paragraph on
— What to do if a snake chooses to bite you.

Answer. Snakes are the most dreaded of wild creatures. This is why we use sticks to kill them.
There are many poisonous snakes. Green snakes or water snakes are not poisonous. Still we
cannot be sure of it. So we don’t take a chance. We call in a snake charmer to draw the cobra
out of the house. A snake-bite can kill the victim in a few minutes. But the victim can be saved
if he gets the rst aid in the form of blood-letting and anti-venom serum. The cure for snake
bite is prepared front the snake’s poison.
In case I am bitten by a poisonous snake, the rst thing I would do is to put a band tightly over
the bitten part. Then I shall use a blade or knife to make a small cut on the bitten part, and
press the poisonous blood out. Then I shall go to hospital for medical help. I shall not go to
sleep until I feel better and safe.
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Q1 Taking words that come at the end of lines, write ve pairs of rhyming words. Read each
pair aloud
For example, pond – beyond

Answer. Kangaroo — too; hop — stop; back — quack; pond — beyond; duck — luck.

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Q2 Complete the dialogue. Duck :
Dear Kangaroo! Why don’t you
____________________________
Kangaroo : With pleasure, my dear Duck,

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though _____________________
Duck : That won’t be a problem.I will
____________________________

Answer. Duck: Dear Kangaroo, why don’t you plan a world tour with-with me.
Kangaroo: With pleasure, my dear Duck though I am afraid your webbed feet would trouble
me.
Duck: That won’t, be a problem. I will cover them with woollen socks.

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Q3 The Kangaroo does not want to catch ‘rheumatism’. Spot this word in stanza 3 and say why
it is spelt differently. Why is it in two parts? Why does the second part begin with a capital
letter?

Answer. roo — Matiz = rheumatism
The word ‘roo’ rhymes with the Kangaroo.
The other word ‘Matiz’ refers subtly to rheumatism. The word ‘rheumatism’ has been split in
two parts for the sake of rhyme and a disease.

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Q3 Do you nd the poem humorous? Read aloud lines that make you laugh.

Answer. Yes, the poem is humorous. Take for example:
“But quite at the end of my tail.”
“And every day a cigar I’ll smoke”.

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