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எங்கள் ஆசிரியர்களுடன் 1-ஆன்-1 ஆலோசனை நேரத்தைப் பெறுங்கள். டாப்பர் ஆவதற்கு நாங்கள் பயிற்சி அளிப்போம்

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     “You wicked animal! You have killed my baby,” she screamed hysterically. She was blind with rage and with all her strength brought down the heavy basket full of groceries on the blood-smeared mongoose and ran inside to the child’s cradle.
 
     The baby was fast asleep. But on the floor lay a black snake torn and bleeding. In a flash she realised what had happened. She ran out looking for the mongoose.
 
     “Oh! You saved my child! You killed the snake! What have I done?” she cried touching the mongoose, who lay dead and still, unaware of her sobbing. The farmer’s wife, who had acted hastily and rashly, stared long at the dead mongoose. Then she heard the baby crying. Wiping her tears, she went in to feed him.
Explanation:
 
She believed that the mongoose killed her baby. She screamed violently with uncontrollable emotion. She threw the basket full of groceries on the mongoose. After that, she ran inside to the baby's cradle.
 
She saw the baby sleeping, but there was a black snake lying dead on the floor. The snake was covered with blood. At that moment, she understood what had happened. Then she ran out and looked at the mongoose. But the mongoose was already dead.
 
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Mongoose attacking the snake
 
She realised everything that she had done. She cried noisily and touched the dead mongoose because it had saved her baby's life by killing the snake.
  
The farmer's wife reacted impatiently without knowing the truth. After some time, she heard the baby crying. She wiped her tears and fed the baby.
 
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Farmer's wife in sorrow
 
Meanings of difficult words:
  
Numbers
Words
Meanings
1.
WickedActs in an evil way
2.
ScreamHigh-pitched sound
3.
HystericallyWith wildly uncontrolled emotion
4.
RashlyImpatiently
5.
SobbingCrying noisily
6.
RageViolent uncontrollable anger
7.
AsleepSleeping
8.
TornCut/ Split
9.
UnawareWithout knowing
10.
HastilyQuickly/Carelessly
11.
StareLook fixedly or vacantly at someone or something
12.
WipeClean
13.
TearsCry one's eyes out/cry one's heart out
Reference:
National Council of Educational Research and Training (2007). The Friendly Mongoose (pp. 4-6). Published at the Publication Division by the Secretary, National Council of Educational Research and Training, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi.