1. What had happened to Jody’s father?

2. How did the doe save Penny’s life?

3. Why does Jody want to bring the fawn home?

4. How does Jody know that the fawn is a male?

Answer:

1. Jody’s father had been bitten by a rattlesnake.

2. Jody’s father killed the doe or she dear. He used her heart and liver to draw out the snake’s poison. In this way the doe saved Penny’s life.

3. Jody’s father had killed the doe. Without the mother-deer, the fawn was likely to starve to death in the forest. So Jody wanted to bring the young fawn home.

4. The spots on the fawn’s body made Jody know that it was a male.

5. Class 8 Honeydew This is Jody’s Fawn

Comprehension Check (Page 91)

Questions:

1. Jody didn’t want Mill-wheel with him for two reasons. What were they?

2. Why was Mill-wheel afraid to leave Jody alone?

Answer:

1. Jody didn’t want Mill-wheel to join him in the search for the fawn. The reason was that he was not sure about the fawn’s safety. He didn’t want Mill-wheel to see his disappointment.

2. Mill-wheel was afraid that Jody might be lost in the jungle.

3. Class 8 Honeydew This is Jody’s Fawn

Comprehension Check (Page 94)

Questions:

1. How did Jody bring the fawn back home?

2. Jody was filled with emotion after he found the fawn. Can you find at least three words or phrases which show how he felt?

3. How did the deer drink milk from the gourd?

4. Why didn’t the fawn follow Jody up the steps as he had thought it would?

Answer:

1. Jody picked up the fawn into his arms and proceeded to home. After some dis­tance, he kept the fawn down and took rest. Later on, the fawn followed him. Thus he brought the fawn back home.

2. (i) (The fawn) shook him through with the stare of its liquid eye.

   (ii) The touch of the fawn made him delirious.

   (iii) As though the fawn were a china deer.

3. Jody dipped his fingers in the milk. Then he left the fawn suck his fingers. He did so several times. Finally, the fawn drank off all the milk from the gourd.

4. The fawn didn’t know how to raise its feet to climb the steps.

Questions 1:
Why did Penny Baxter allow Jody to go find the fawn and raise it?
Answer:
Penny was convinced by Jody’s argument that it would be ungrateful if they left the fawn in the forest to starve. He realised that Jody was right.

Question 2:
What did Doc Wilson mean when he said, “Nothing in the world ever comes quite free”?
Answer:
Doc Wilson meant that Penny must pay back to the doe whom he had killed for his own gain by bringing up her fawn.

Question 3:

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How did Jody look after the fawn, after he accepted the responsibility for doing this?
Answer:
Jody looked after the faWh like a mother. He made it drink milk with his fingers dipped in milk. This is how a mother feeds her baby. Jody was glad that he had found the fawn.

Class 8 Honeydew This is Jody’s Fawn

Question 4:
How does Jody’s mother react when she hears that he is going to bring the fawn home? Why does she react in this way?
Answer:
Jody’s mother turned her nose when she heard that he was going to bring back the fawn. She gasped with surprise because she didn’t want to see an animal in her home.

I. SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Question 1:
When and why does Jody’s father need a remedy?
Answer:
Penny, Jody’s father, is bitten by a poisonous rattlesnake. Instead of going to a doctor, he kills a she deer and uses her liver to draw out the poison.

Question 2:
How does Jody react to the cruelty of his father?
Answer:
Jody, the small boy, tells his father that he had left the fawn alone and defenceless to die. So it is their moral duty to save the innocent and hungry young one of the doe.

Question 3:

How does Penny take his son’s argument?
Answer:
Penny agreed with Jody’s argument that it would be ungrateful to leave the fawn to starve.

Question 4:
What did Doc Wilson say about Jody’s suggestion?
Answer:
Doc Wilson said that they had to pay the price for everything. He justified the plan of Jody and Penny about the fawn.

Question 5:
Why did Jody see only vultures and kites feeding on the dead body of the doe?
Answer:
The sand showed large footprints of tigers or leopards but they did not eat up the dead doe. The reason was that the big cats killed an animal themselves to eat its flesh. Vultres and kites are birds of prey. They also feed on the dead bodies.

Class 8 Honeydew This is Jody’s Fawn

Question 6:

How did Jody approach and win the trust of the fawn?
Answer:
The fawn shook with fear as Jody drew near. It lifted its nose and scented the
visitor. Jody moved forward on all fours and put his arms around its body.

Question 7:
How did Jody feel as he touched the fawn’s skin?
Answer:
Jody found the fawn’s skin very soft and clean. He stroked its sides gently as though it were made of clay and would break soon.

Question 8:

How did Jody feed the fawn?
Answer:
Jody decided to give away his share of milk to the fawn. He poured the milk into a small pot. Then he dipped his fingers in the milk and put them into its mouth. The fawn sucked slowly until the milk vanished.

Question 9:
What message does the story of the fawn convey to the readers?
Answer:
The story highlights two things. It is not fair to kill an animal for its use as a cure. Secondly, one should have pity and love for the animals.

II. LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Question 1:
How did Jody persuade his father to go to the forest to bring back the fawn?
Answer:
Jody was a small, brave and sensitive boy. He was with his father when he (his father) was bitten by a rattlesnake. His father quickly killed a doe and used its heart and liver to draw out the snake’s poison. Jody was happy to see that his father got a new life but at the same time he was worried for the little fawn who was left alone without its mother. He wanted to bring back the fawn. He requested his father to allow him to go to the forest to find the fawn. He told him that he didn’t need to drink milk because he was now a big boy. He would give the milk to the fawn. He also said that it was ungrateful to leave the fawn to starve. His father was in a fix. He couldn’t say “no’ to his son. And finally allowed him (Jody) to go to the forest to find the fawn.

Question 2:
How did Jody feed the little fawn?
Answer:
Jody poured milk into a small gourd. He dipped his fingers in the milk and thrust them into the fawn’s soft wet mouth. It sucked greedily. When he withdrew them, it bleated frantically and butted him. He dipped his fingers again and as the fawn sucked, he lowered them slowly into the milk. The fawn blew and sucked and snorted. It stamped its small hoofs impatiently. As long as he held his fingers below the level of the milk, the fawn was content.