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HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP
objectives To enable the students to their personal experiences.
To enable them to develop expression skills. To enable the learners to develop a taste for wide reading. To enable them to develop knowledge of vocabulary. To enable them to use new words and phrases in their own daily life. To enable them to differentiate between tame animals and wild ones. To enable them to think of an alternative ending to the story. new words
The camel said “Humph” to anyone who spoke to him.
Trot=running on two legs The horse asked the camel to trot. Djinn=a spirit The Djinn was the master of all the deserts. Fetch =to go and bring The dog was assigned the task of fetching and carrying things. Plough =till The ox was assigned the task of ploughing the fields. Make up = compensate The man asked the three animals to work double -time to make up the camel’s work. key points
The world was new. Animals had begun to work for man. The Camel refused to work. He lived in the middle of the Howling Desert He said “Humph” to anyone who spoke to him The Horse went to the Camel on Monday morning. He asked him to trot like as he did. “Humph” said the Camel to the Horse. The Horse told the man about it. In the same way the Dog and the Ox came and went away. They too got the same reply.
The Man called the Horse, the Dog and the Ox. They were asked to work double time in order to make up the Camel’s work. The three of them got very angry. They complained to the Djinn against the Camel. The Camel did not work. The Djinn, master of all Deserts assured them that he would set the camel right. The Djinn found the Camel looking at his reflection in the pond water in the Desert. The Djinn asked him to work but the Camel said “humph” only. The Djinn puffed up the Camel’s beautiful back which turned to be very ugly. It was his own hump which the Camel had brought upon him by not working. The Djinn ordered the Camel to work. He refused to work. His hump was a big hurdle. The Djinn told the Camel about the purpose of the hump. The Camel would always be able to work for three days without eating. He could live on his hump. The Djinn asked the Camel to behave properly. The Camel went away to join the three animals. The Camel always has a hump from that day. He has not caught up with his three days. He had missed them at the beginning of the world. He has not yet learnt to behave. summary
In the beginning the world was new. Animals had begun to work for man. However, the Camel refused to work. He lived in the middle of a Howling Desert. He refused to come near him. He said “Humph” when anyone spoke to him.
On Monday morning the Horse went to the Camel. He asked him to trot as he did. “Humph” said the Camel and the Horse went away and told the man about it. In the same way Dog came and went away because the Camel replied in the same way. The Ox asked the Camel to plough. He was also sent back with a “Humph”. The man called the Horse, the Dog and the Ox. He asked them to work double time in order to make up the Camel’s work. This made all the three animals very angry. They came to the Djinn and complained about the Camel. They told the Djinn that he did not work and said only “Humph”. The Djinn assured them that he would set the Camel right. The Djinn found the Camel looking his reflection in water in the Desert. The Djinn asked him to work but the Camel said “Humph” only. But as soon as he said this he saw something strange. He saw his beautiful back was puffing up and turned to be very ugly. The Djinn told the Camel that it was his own hump which he himself had brought upon him by not working. The Djinn ordered him to work but he refused him to work by saying that his hump was a big hurdle. The Djinn told the Camel about the purpose of the hump. The Camel had not done work for three days. He would always be able to work for three days without eating. He could live on his hump. The Djinn asked the Camel to behave properly. Then the Camel went away to join the three animals. From that day onwards the Camel always has a hump. But he had not caught up with his three days. He had missed them at the beginning of the world. He has not yet learnt to behave. |
short questions
- What did Man ask the three animals to do at the end of the day?
Ans: Man told them to work double time to make up work. The Camel didn’t work. He told them that he was leaving the Camel alone. - How did the animals react to man about working double time? What did they do? Ans: The animals got very angry. They held a Panchayat in the Desert for solving the problem. - What did the Camel do when he came before the Panchayat? Ans: The Camel came chewing cud. He laughed at them. He said “Humph” and went away. -How did the Horse complain against the Camel without naming him? Ans: The Horse told the Djinn about Camel’s long neck and long legs. He also told that such an animal didn’t work. The Djinn understood it. - Where did the Djinn find the Camel? What was he doing? Ans: The Djinn found the Camel near a pool of water. The Camel was looking at his own reflection in it. textual questions answers
.Q1. What tasks, do you think, were assigned to the dog and the ox?
Ans. The dog was assigned the task of fetching and carrying things .The ox was given the task of ploughing fields. Q.2. Why did the camel live in the middle of the desert? Ans. Camel lived in the middle of the desert because he did not want to work. Q.3. what made the dog, the horse and the ox very angry? Ans. The dog,the horse and the ox were very angry because man asked them to work double-time. It was to compensate for the camel who did not work. Q.4.How did the Djinn know the horse was complaining against the camel? Ans. The Djinn was the master of all the deserts. He knew about all desert animals.When the horse spoke of long legs, the Djinn knew he was talking of the camel. Q.5.The camel was looking at his own reflection in the pool. What does it suggest to you about the camel? Ans. It suggests that the camel loved his own image. He considered himself charming. Q.6. the camel said “Humph” repeatedly .How did it affect him? Ans. The “Humph” ultimately became his ‘Hump’. Q.7. What according to the Djinn, was the use of the “Hump”? Ans. According to the Djinn,the hump had a purpose. It was full of food material. With its help,the camel could survive without food for three days. Q.8. “------he has never yet learnt to behave”. In the light of this, what is the writer’s opinion about the camel? Ans. In the opinion of the writer, the camel is still a very arrogant animal. home work
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