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प्रश्न
Write a composition (in approximately 400 – 450 words) on the following subject.
During the lunch break, a surprising sight unfolded as a monkey entered your school campus. Narrate your experience as you took charge and guided junior students to their classrooms ensuring their safety.
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उत्तर
One afternoon during lunch break, the school campus was buzzing with the usual noise of chattering students and footsteps rushing towards the canteen. I was sitting with a group of friends under a large tree, enjoying lunch, when a scream suddenly broke the usual hum of the break time. I saw a monkey swinging across the branches and landing directly in the school yard. Standing with my friends near the canteen, I saw the monkey climbing over the school gate and heading towards the playground.
The students' initial reaction was a mix of curiosity and fear. The younger kids, in particular, started screaming and running in different directions. Seeing the chaos, I realized that someone needed to take charge to ensure everyone's safety, especially the junior students who were the most frightened.
I quickly called my friends to help and decided to guide the junior students back to their classrooms. We split up and started gathering the younger kids who were scattered all over the playground and near the canteen. The monkey, meanwhile, seemed more interested in exploring the new environment than causing any harm, but we couldn’t take any chances.
I approached a group of frightened second graders who were huddled together near the swings. "It's okay," I said calmly, "let's return to your classroom. Everything will be fine." My calm behaviour seemed to reassure them, and they started following me obediently. I led them quickly but calmly towards their classroom building.
As we walked, I kept an eye on the monkey, which was now climbing a tree near the sports field. The teachers had been alerted and were also trying to manage the situation, but it was clear they appreciated our help with the younger students. I felt a sense of responsibility and urgency to ensure no one got hurt or overly scared.
Reaching the junior block, I instructed the kids to go inside their classrooms and stay there until it was safe. The teachers were inside, waiting to take over and keep the children calm. Once I ensured all the juniors I was guiding safely inside, I ran back to the playground to help more students.
I saw my friends doing the same, guiding groups of younger students back to their classrooms. The monkey was still around, but it hadn't shown any signs of aggression. It seemed more curious than anything else, inspecting the surroundings and occasionally stopping to look at the noisy, running children.
After what felt like an eternity but was probably only about ten minutes, the school security and some local animal control officers arrived. They carefully coaxed the monkey away from the populated areas and eventually managed to guide it out of the school gate.
With the immediate danger averted, the school principal made an announcement over the PA system, commending everyone for their calm and orderly behaviour during the unexpected situation. The younger students were especially praised for listening to the older students and teachers.
As I returned to my class, I felt a sense of pride and relief. It had been a challenging and unexpected situation, but working together, we managed to ensure everyone’s safety. The experience taught me the importance of staying calm and taking charge when needed, and it turned an ordinary lunch break into an unforgettable adventure.
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(2) When Granny Pheen was nine years old, her cat died. Heartbroken, sitting in the middle of the road, she was sobbing her heart out.
(3) A carriage, driving far too fast, came within a whisker of running her down. A very big man in a dark coat with a fur collar, jumped out, leaned over Pheen, and asked if he could help her. Granny Pheen said she was beyond help. Muffin, her cat, was dead.
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(7) Granny Pheen was so rapt by Muffin’s new fate that she stopped crying. The man said he would visit Solange every so often and find out how she was faring.
(8) He asked for Granny Pheen’s name and the name of the farm where she lived, got back into the carriage, and left.
(9) Absurd as all this sounds, Granny Pheen did receive eight long letters. Isola then read them out. They were all about Muffin’s life as the French cat − Solange. She was, apparently, something of a feline musketeer. She was no idle cat, lolling about on cushions, lapping up cream – she lived through one wild adventure after another – the only cat ever to be awarded the red rosette of the Legion of Honour.
(10) What a story this man had made up for Pheen – lively, witty, full of drama and suspense. We were enchanted, speechless at the reading. When it was over (and much applauded), I asked Isola if I could see the letters, and she handed them to me.
(11) The writer had signed his letters with a grand flourish :
VERY TRULY YOURS,
O.F. O’F. W.W.
It was highly possible that Isola had inherited eight letters written by Oscar Wilde, for who else could have had such a preposterous name as Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Willis Wilde.
Adapted from : The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society – By Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
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(1) adventurous
(2) cat-like
(3) appreciated
(4) received something on someone’s death
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(2) mind (line 13)
(3) still (line 15)
(4) sounds (line 26)
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(ii) Who consoled Granny Pheen when she was heart-broken? What did he say about Muffin’s lives?[2]
(iii) What did the man say when Granny Pheen asked him how he knew about cats’ lives?[2]
(iv) According to the man, what was Muffin’s new fate?[3]
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And a banner above that said (Special Olympics)
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They came to the finish line holding hands still
And a standing ovation and nine beaming faces
Said more than these words ever will.
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