TOOMAI OF THE
ELEPHANT, Rudyard Kipling
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WORD MEANING
1. strength – energy, power, capacity
2. remember – recall
3. bundle – group, gather
4. playmates – friends to play with
5. revisit – visiting again
6. forest-affairs – the activities of animals in the jungle
7. wood-folk – people who live in the forests (here in the
poem, animals)
8. lairs – home of animals
9. untainted kiss – the feel of pure, clean air
10. clean caress – the touch of clean water
11. snap – break, short rest
12. picket-stake – a wooden post to which animals are tied
13. masterless – free from a human owner
A. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
1. Where do you think this elephant is? Where
does it wish to go?
The
elephant is in the captivity of human being, and doing all kinds of laborious
work.
It wants
to go back-to-back to the forest to be with its loved ones, playmates and its
own kind.
2. I will remember my
old strength and all my forest-affairs. what do 'old strength' and 'forest
affairs' refer to?
It wants
to remember its old strength, which it had in the forest. Now that it does not
get food properly, it is becoming weaker. Forest affairs refers to animals'
habitual activities in the forest like moving freely, playing with its own like
etc.
3. Out to the winds'
untainted kiss, the waters' clean caress. Explain the meaning of this line.
Untainted
kiss refers to being in the open place continuous flow and touch of the wind
will give it a feel of a gentle kiss. Likewise, as the water touches the
elephant, it can feel its stroke of gentleness.
4. What has the
elephant been doing for its human masters?
The
elephant is selling its back to man and helping his master to earn money.
B.
THINK AND ANSWER
1. In your opinion, how does this elephant
feel about its master?
The
elephant is definitely not happy with its human master. Its master ties it with
rope and chain with the picket-stake and forces it to work to earn his living.
Therefore, it wants to get its own freedom and go back to its old community in
the forest.
2. What does the
elephant feel about its earlier days in the jangle? What would it remember the
most?
It is
missing its earlier days in the jangle, where it can go out with its own kind,
wood-folk and lairs. The days in the jangle reminds it about its lost loved
one, its playmates without anyone as its master.
C.
DISCUSS IN CLASS.
Where do you think animals are happier - in the jungles where
they may or may not get food or in zoos where they are looked after and given
enough food?
Animals
are definitely happier in the jungles. It is home for them. In the jungle they
can be with their own kinds. None of us would like to be in the cage, even
though we are taken care of. Freedom is something that makes any life
meaningful and worthy or living.
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