Where were they going?

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They were going to Ooty.

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Chapter 2.3 The New Start
Let us read aloud | Q 1 | Page 111

Answer the following in 30-40 words each:

(a) Why do you think the booking clerk refused to accept the money? Why did the narrator get out so fast?

(b) Why could the Russian research vessel, ‘The Akademik Shokaskiy’ not move any further? What did the captain decide then?

(c) What sort of hunts did the Maharaja offer to organize for the high-ranking British officer? What trait of the officer does it reveal?

(d) What did Jo want the wizard to do when Mommy Skunk approached him?

How did Griffin meet his end ?

What do you think is the message that the author seems to convey through the story?

Think and answer in your own words.

Which line proves that in our busy lives we do not even have a fraction of a second to enjoy nature’s beauty?

Imagine you are one of the three brothers. Write in short what you did with the rice.

Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.

The worst thing is that if anyone stays
Among them too long, he will learn their ways;

Why did the author leave town?

Fruits, vegetables, and water in the Mars are not ______.

Brain of a robot is the______.

Uthaman was skilled in _____.