Class 9  English Chapter -9 The Bond of Love   Summary (हिंदी में) , Question & Answer With Book Image Beehive Book 

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 #The Bond of Love Summary

In the story, the narrator highlights the emotional bond shared by his wife and their pet bear Bruno. He got the baby bear in an accident and presented it to his wife. She named the bear ‘Bruno’ and treated it like a baby. The bear was fed milk with a bottle and later it started eating different food items. He enjoyed eating and drinking everything and anything. Bruno was attached to everyone including their tenant’s children and their pet Alsatian dogs. It would play, run around the house and even sleep in their bed.

One day, accidentally, it ate a poison – Barium carbonate which had been kept in the library to kill mice and rats. Bruno was under a fit of paralysis and was taken to a veterinary doctor. He was injected twice and finally, revived. After a while, Bruno resumed eating normally. In another incident, he drank a gallon of old engine oil which the narrator had kept to fight a termite attack. This did not have any ill – effect on Bruno.

As days passed, Bruno grew bigger but remained as sweet and playful. The narrator’s wife changed his name to ‘Baba’ which was a Hindustani word for ‘a small boy’. He had learned a few tricks too. When commanded ‘Baba, wrestle’ or ‘Baba, box’, he would tackle and overpower the person. When ordered ‘Baba, hold gun’ he would point a stick at the person. When asked ‘Baba, where’s baby?’ he would take out the piece of wood and would cradle it affectionately like a baby. As he was big now, he had to be chained because he could harm the tenant’s children.

The narrator, his son and their friends advised the narrator’s wife to send Baba to a zoo as he was too big to be kept as a pet. She gave in and finally, after taking consent from the zoo incharge, they packed Baba in a cage and sent him to the zoo at Mysore. Everyone missed him but felt relieved as it was not comfortable to keep him at home. The narrator’s wife missed Baba immensely. She cried and worried about him. She wrote letters to the zoo incharge to ask about Baba’s well – being. They replied that Baba was fine but did not eat and remained sad much like her. She would ask her friends visiting Mysore to visit Baba. Everyone said that he was sad and appeared thin. After three months had passed, the narrator’s wife convinced him to take her to meet Baba. Everyone had predicted that the bear would not recognize her but she had not even reached the cage when Baba recognised her. He stood on his two paws and was delighted to see her. She petted Baba and fed him his favourite food. She spent three hours there until the visiting hours ended and left teary – eyed. She requested the zoo incharge to allow them to take Baba back for which they had to take permission from the Superintendent in Bangalore. As they got the required permission, Baba was put in a cage, the cage kept on top of their car and Baba was brought back home.

They got a special island made for Baba to live on. It was surrounded by a deep dry pit. Baba was provided with his belongings, a box to sleep in, straw to keep him warm, his stick and piece of wood to play with.

The narrator’s wife would visit Baba on the island by swinging on a rope tied to a mango tree. She would make the big bear sit in her lap for hours and would pat him affectionately.

 

Explanation in Hindi:

 

कहानी में, कथाकार अपनी पत्नी और उनके पालतू भालू ब्रूनो द्वारा साझा किए गए भावनात्मक बंधन पर प्रकाश डालता है। उसने एक दुर्घटना में भालू को पकड़ लिया और अपनी पत्नी को भेंट कर दिया। उसने भालू का नाम 'ब्रूनो' रखा और उसके साथ एक बच्चे की तरह व्यवहार किया। भालू को बोतल से दूध पिलाया गया और बाद में वह अलग-अलग खाद्य पदार्थ खाने लगा। उसे खाने-पीने में सब कुछ और कुछ भी अच्छा लगता था। ब्रूनो अपने किरायेदार के बच्चों और उनके पालतू अल्साटियन कुत्तों सहित सभी से जुड़ा हुआ था। यह खेलता था, घर के चारों ओर दौड़ता था और यहाँ तक कि अपने बिस्तर पर भी सोता था।

एक दिन, गलती से, उसने एक जहर खा लिया - बेरियम कार्बोनेट जिसे चूहों और चूहों को मारने के लिए पुस्तकालय में रखा गया था। ब्रूनो लकवा से ग्रसित था और उसे एक पशु चिकित्सक के पास ले जाया गया। उन्हें दो बार इंजेक्शन लगाया गया और अंत में, उन्हें पुनर्जीवित किया गया। थोड़ी देर बाद, ब्रूनो ने सामान्य रूप से खाना शुरू कर दिया। एक अन्य घटना में, उसने पुराने इंजन के तेल का एक गैलन पिया जिसे कथाकार ने दीमक के हमले से लड़ने के लिए रखा था। इसका ब्रूनो पर कोई बुरा प्रभाव नहीं पड़ा।

जैसे-जैसे दिन बीतते गए, ब्रूनो बड़ा होता गया लेकिन उतना ही प्यारा और चंचल बना रहा। कथावाचक की पत्नी ने उसका नाम बदलकर 'बाबा' कर दिया जो 'एक छोटे लड़के' के लिए एक हिंदुस्तानी शब्द था। उसने कुछ गुर भी सीखे थे। जब 'बाबा, कुश्ती' या 'बाबा, बक्सा' की आज्ञा दी जाती, तो वह उस व्यक्ति से निपटता और उस पर हावी हो जाता। जब 'बाबा, गन होल्ड' करने का आदेश दिया तो वह उस व्यक्ति पर एक छड़ी की ओर इशारा करते थे। जब पूछा गया कि 'बाबा, बच्चा कहाँ है?' वह लकड़ी का टुकड़ा निकालता और उसे बच्चे की तरह प्यार से पालना करता। चूंकि वह अब बड़ा था, इसलिए उसे जंजीरों में जकड़ना पड़ा क्योंकि वह किरायेदार के बच्चों को नुकसान पहुंचा सकता था।

कथाकार, उसके बेटे और उनके दोस्तों ने कथावाचक की पत्नी को बाबा को एक चिड़ियाघर में भेजने की सलाह दी क्योंकि वह इतना बड़ा था कि उसे पालतू जानवर के रूप में नहीं रखा जा सकता था। उसने अंदर दिया और अंत में, चिड़ियाघर प्रभारी से सहमति लेने के बाद, उन्होंने बाबा को एक पिंजरे में बंद कर दिया और उन्हें मैसूर के चिड़ियाघर में भेज दिया। सभी ने उसे याद किया लेकिन राहत महसूस की क्योंकि उसे घर पर रखना सहज नहीं था। कथावाचक की पत्नी ने बाबा को बहुत याद किया। वह रोई और उसकी चिंता करने लगी। उन्होंने चिड़ियाघर प्रभारी को पत्र लिखकर बाबा का हालचाल पूछा। उन्होंने उत्तर दिया कि बाबा ठीक हैं लेकिन खाना नहीं खाया और उनकी तरह ही उदास रहे। वह मैसूर आने वाले अपने दोस्तों को बाबा से मिलने के लिए कहती थी। सबने कहा कि वह उदास है और दुबले-पतले दिखाई दे रहे हैं। तीन महीने बीत जाने के बाद, कथाकार की पत्नी ने उसे बाबा से मिलने के लिए ले जाने के लिए मना लिया। सभी ने भविष्यवाणी की थी कि भालू उसे पहचान नहीं पाएगा लेकिन जब बाबा ने उसे पहचाना तो वह पिंजरे तक नहीं पहुंची थी। वह अपने दोनों पंजों पर खड़ा हो गया और उसे देखकर प्रसन्न हुआ। उसने बाबा को पेट किया और उसे उसका पसंदीदा खाना खिलाया। उसने तीन घंटे वहाँ बिताए जब तक कि मुलाकात का समय समाप्त नहीं हो गया और उसकी आँखों में आंसू आ गए। उन्होंने चिड़ियाघर के प्रभारी से अनुरोध किया कि उन्हें बाबा को वापस ले जाने की अनुमति दी जाए, जिसके लिए उन्हें बैंगलोर में अधीक्षक से अनुमति लेनी पड़ी। जैसे ही उन्हें आवश्यक अनुमति मिली, बाबा को एक पिंजरे में डाल दिया गया, उनकी कार के ऊपर पिंजरा रखा गया और बाबा को घर वापस लाया गया।

उन्होंने बाबा के रहने के लिए एक विशेष द्वीप बनवाया। यह एक गहरे सूखे गड्ढे से घिरा हुआ था। बाबा को उनका सामान, सोने के लिए एक बक्सा, उन्हें गर्म रखने के लिए पुआल, उनकी छड़ी और खेलने के लिए लकड़ी का टुकड़ा प्रदान किया गया था।

कथावाचक की पत्नी एक आम के पेड़ से बंधी रस्सी पर झूलकर द्वीप पर बाबा के पास जाती। वह बड़े भालू को घंटों अपनी गोद में बैठाती और प्यार से थपथपाती।

 

#Question and Answer:

Answer the following questions.

Q1. “I got him for her by accident.”
(i) Who says this?
(ii) Who do ‘him’ and ‘her’ refer to?
(iii) What is the incident referred to here?

A.
(i) The narrator says this.
(ii) ‘him’ refers to the bear and ‘her’ refers to the narrator’s wife.
(iii) The incident referred to here is when the narrator’s companion shot a bear dead and they found that the baby bear was alive. They caught the baby bear and took it along with them.

Q2. “He stood on his head in delight.”
(i) Who does ‘he’ refer to?
(ii) Why was he delighted?

A.
(i) ‘he’ refers to Baba.
(ii) Baba was delighted to see the narrator’s wife.

Q3. “We all missed him greatly: but in a sense we were relieved.”
(i) Who does ‘we all’ stand for?
(ii) Who did they miss?
(iii) Why did they nevertheless feel relieved?

A.
(i) ‘we all’ stands for the narrator, his wife, his son, the alsatian dogs and the tenant’s children.
(ii) They missed Baba.
(iii) They nevertheless felt relieved because Baba was a big bear now and keeping him at home was inconvenient for them.

Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.

Q1. On two occasions Bruno ate/drank something that should not be eaten/ drunk. What happened to him on these occasions?

A. In the first incident, Bruno ate the poison Barium carbonate which had been kept to kill rats. He was struck by an attack of paralysis. The narrator took him to a veterinary doctor who injected medicines twice to revive Bruno.
In the second incident, Bruno drank the old engine oil which the narrator had drained out of the sump of his old car in order to fight a termite attack. This did not have any adverse effect on Bruno.

Q2. Was Bruno a loving and playful pet? Why, then, did he have to be sent away?

A. Yes, Bruno was a loving and playful pet. He was sent away because as he had grown into a big bear, it was not safe to keep him in an inhabited area as he could harm people. The narrator, his son and their friends convinced his wife who was particularly attached to Bruno and finally, it was sent to the zoo at Mysore.

Q3. How was the problem of what to do with Bruno finally solved?

A. The problem of what to do with Bruno was finally solved by sending him off to the zoo at Mysore. They wrote a letter to the zoo incharge at the zoo at Mysore. Upon his consent, Baba was packed in a cage and was sent away.

By - Shreyansh singh