Class-8, English (Honeydew), Chapter -6 This is Jody's Fawn Summary, Word Meanings, NCERT Solutions & Frequently Asked Questions

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Class -8, Chapter -6

This is Jody's Fawn

Summary, Word Meanings, NCERT Solutions & Frequently Asked Questions  

-- Summary --

⭐ Summary In English:- 

This is Jody’s Fawn is an extract from a story written by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. It is a touching story about a little boy, Jody and his empathetic feelings towards a young fawn left abandoned in the forest. Jody has a sensitive mind with a pure heart so he feels others' pain dearly. One fine day, a rattlesnake bites Jody’s father. So, in order to save his father, Jody sets off to the forest. He kills a doe so that he can use its heart and liver to pull out the poison from his father’s body. Though he manages to save his father’s life, unfortunately the doe dies and her fawn is left all alone in the dense forest.

Whenever Jody thinks of the little fawn in the forest, he feels dejected for killing its mother. He is so worried that he finally decides to bring the little animal to his home. He discusses with his father, who is a little hesitant about it. However, Jody tells his father that since they killed the doe, it is their responsibility to take care of the fawn. Hearing this, Jody’s father agrees with him and allows him to bring the fawn home. He asks Jody to seek his mother’s permission before bringing it home.

Jody’s mother is initially surprised. However, Jody tries to convince her stating that it would not be wise to leave the fawn starving in the midst of the dense forest and it is their responsibility to take care of it. Dr. Wilson also supports his decision and persuades Jody’s mother, who finally permits him to bring the fawn home. Meanwhile, Dr. Wilson tells Jody that he needs to act carefully while trying to bring the fawn. Jody promises to feed the fawn his portion of milk and take care of it. Jody’s mother extracts a promise from Jody that he would return home soon and his father also advises him that the spots in a fawn’s body are in different directions. Soon, Jody sets off to the forest with Mill-wheel who offers him a ride on his horse.

Mill-wheel drops him in the forest and leaves. Jody wanders around the forest, scratches his hands in the thorny bushes while searching for the young fawn. With great difficulty, he finds the fawn in the midst of the dense forest. Thus, Jody is successful in bringing the fawn home as he carries it in his arms and happily feeds some milk to the hungry fawn with his own hands. When he reaches home, he shows the fawn to his parents and they are elated about his successful attempt in saving the young fawn from starvation.

⭐ Summary In Hindi:- 

यह कहानी एक अर्क है जिसे लोकप्रिय फिक्शन ’द ईयरलिंग’ से लिया गया है जिसे मार्जोरी किन्नन रॉर्लिंग ने लिखा है। यह एक छोटे बच्चे, जोडी और उसकी भावनाओं से संबंधित है। उसके पास एक बहुत ही संवेदनशील दिमाग है जो उसे एक शुद्ध दिल भी बनाता है।

एक दिन, एक रैटलस्नेक ने जोडी के पिता को काट लिया। उसे बचाने के लिए, वह एक डो को मारता है ताकि वह जहर निकालने के लिए दिल और जिगर का उपयोग कर सके। वह अपने पिता को बचाता है लेकिन दुर्भाग्य से, फॉन बिल्कुल अकेला रह गया है।

छोटी सी सनक का विचार जोडी को बहुत दुखी करता है। वह उसे अपने सिर से नहीं निकाल पा रहा है इसलिए वह उसे घर लाने का फैसला करता है। वह अपने पिता के साथ इस बारे में चर्चा करता है लेकिन वह हिचकिचाता है। हालांकि, वह उसे एहसास दिलाता है कि यह उनकी जिम्मेदारी थी क्योंकि उन्होंने डो को मार दिया था।

पिता अब जोडी से सहमत हैं और उसे ऐसा करने की अनुमति देते हैं। इसके अलावा, उन्होंने जोडी को याद दिलाया कि उन्हें अपनी माँ की अनुमति की आवश्यकता होगी। उसी के संबंध में जोडी अपनी मां से भी बात करती है। जब वह पहली बार विचार सुनती है तो वह आश्चर्यचकित हो जाती है। तब जोडी को एहसास होता है कि फॉन को अकेला छोड़ देना कृतघ्न होगा।

डॉ विल्सन भी जोडी को उसकी मां को मनाने में मदद करता है। वह कहता है कि मुफ्त में कुछ भी नहीं आता है और अब उन्हें इसकी कीमत चुकानी होगी। मिल-पहिया भी जोडी को जंगल में ले जाने के लिए चीप करता है। माँ अब केवल इस शर्त पर सहमत होती है कि जोडी अपना वादा निभाती है।

जोडी ने अपने हिस्से का दूध खिलाने का वादा किया है। फिर वे जंगल में निकल जाते हैं और अंत में छोटे झरने का पता लगाते हैं। जोडी उसे अपनी बाहों में लेकर अपने पिता के पास ले जाता है। वह फिर उसे अपने हाथों से दूध पिलाती है।

इस प्रकार, फॉन आखिरकार घर है और जोडी द्वारा उठाए जाने के लिए तैयार है। तो, यह हमें बताता है कि एक निर्दोष हृदय और सुंदर आत्मा किसी के जीवन में बदलाव ला सकती है।

कहानी एक महान सबक है जो हमें मानवीय चेतना और अपने प्यारे दिल और प्यारे स्वभाव के साथ संवेदनशील बच्चों के बारे में सिखाती है।

-- Word Meanings --

• Doe :- मादा हिरण 

• Dilate :- फैलना, बड़ा होना 

• Slip :- फिसलना 

• Hem :- घेरा डालना

• Pour :- देना, डालना

• Mount :- सवार होना, चढ़ना 

• Scrub :- झाड़ी

• Stroke :- प्रहार करना

• Fumble :- गड़बड़ाना

• Wobble :- डगमगाना

• Skim :- मलाई हटाना

• Dip :- डुबाना

• Foam :- झाग

-- NCERT Solutions --

⭐ Comprehension Check (Page 89):-

Question 1:-  What had happened to Jody’s father?

Answer:- Jody’s father was bitten by a rattlesnake.

Question 2:- How did the doe save Penny’s life?

Answer:- When Jody’s father, Penny was bitten by a rattlesnake, he quickly killed a doe and used its heart and liver to draw out the poison as a home remedy to save his life.

Question 3:- Why does Jody want to bring the fawn home?

Answer:- Jody is interested to bring home the fawn because its mother was killed so that its organs – heart and liver could be used to save his father’s life. However, when the fawn became an orphan, Jody felt guilty and did not want to leave the fawn alone and let it die from starvation. He wondered if he could bring the fawn to his home and offer some food to eat.

Question 4:- How does Jody know that the fawn is a male?

Answer:- Jody’s father, Penny had once told him that a male fawn has spots in a sequential line. This knowledge enlightened Jody on how to distinguish between a male and a female fawn.

⭐Comprehension Check (Page 90):-

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

Answer:- Jody was unwilling to have Mill-wheel with him for two reasons. Firstly, if the fawn was dead, or could not be found, he did not want Mill-wheel to see his disappointment. Secondly, if the fawn was alive, the meeting would be so lovely and secret that he could not endure to share it with anyone.

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

Answer:- Jody was not so familiar to the forest route. So Mill-wheel was afraid to leave Jody alone as he felt the young boy might get lost in the woods or might even get bitten by a rattlesnake like Penny.

⭐Comprehension Check (Page 93):-

Question 1:- How did Jody bring the fawn back home?

Answer:- Jody tries his best not to scare the fawn away. Firstly, he stroked its neck slowly and wrapped his hands around it. He then picked up the little fawn and walked through the thick bushes of the forest. He tried to protect its face from the sharp vines. When Jody became tired, he stopped by on his way home and took some rest. Suddenly he remembered his father once said that a fawn once carried follows if it had first been carried. He gently put the fawn down for some time and it initially refused to follow. Jody took it to his arms and put it down and gradually noticed that it had started to follow him. When they finally reached home, the fawn was unable to climb the stairs. Seeing this, Jody picked up the little deer on his arms and took it inside his house.

Question 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?

Answer:- Jody’s mind was filled with emotion when he saw the fawn. When he gently stroked the neck of the little deer, the touch made him ‘delirious’. When Jody realised that the fawn looked up to him, he was ‘light-headed with his joy’ and wanted to fondle, run and romp with it. Finally, when he brought the little deer to his home, it seemed to Penny that ‘the boy’s eyes were as bright as the fawn’s.’

Question 3:- How did the deer drink milk from the gourd?

Answer:- Jody poured milk into a small gourd and kept it in front of the fawn. It butted it suddenly, smelling the milk, but could make nothing of the milk in the gourd. Jody saved it precariously from spilling over the floor. Then the deer slowly started drinking milk from Jody’s hands when he dipped his fingers in the milk and thrust them into the fawn’s soft wet mouth.

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

Answer:- As the fawn is a wild animal, it is not aware of how to climb the stairs in a house. Hence, when it reached at Jody’s home, it failed to follow him up the staircase or even drink the milk offered in the gourd. It simply didn’t know how to react in such an unfamiliar situation.

⭐Working with the text (Page 93):-

Question 1:- Why did Penny Baxter allow Jody to go find the fawn and raise it?

Answer:- Penny Baxter allowed Jody to go find the fawn and raise it because he was feeling guilty of taking away its mother whose organs were used to cure his snake bite. He agreed to Jody’s interest to bring the fawn home as he did not want the little deer who was orphaned for no fault of its own to die from starvation . Penny felt a sense of responsibility towards the fawn when Jody requested him if they could raise the little deer.

Question 2:- What did Doc Wilson mean when he said, “Nothing in the world ever comes quite free”?

Answer:- Penny had killed the doe to save his own life. Therefore, he felt a moral responsibility to take care of the fawn which may otherwise die out of starvation. He felt it would be ungrateful to leave the little deer all alone in the forest. Hence, when Jody asked to bring home the fawn, he readily agreed to it. Hearing this, Doc Wilson said to Jody’s mother that both Jody and penny were right in their decision i.e. ‘Nothing in the world comes quite free.’

Question 3:- How did Jody look after the fawn, after he accepted the responsibility for doing this?

Answer:- Jody took very good care of the fawn when he accepted its responsibility. He would gently stroke its neck slowly and wrapped his hands on its soft neck. While taking it home, he picked up the little fawn and walked through the thick bushes of the forest shielding its face from the sharp vines. When Jody became tired, he stopped by on his way home and took some rest. He allowed the little deer to follow him and carried it up the staircase on reaching home. When he offered it to drink milk from the gourd, the deer initially didn’t know how to respond. However, the deer slowly started drinking milk from Jody’s hands when he dipped his fingers in the milk and thrust them into the fawn’s soft wet mouth.

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 was astonished when she heard that Jody wanted to bring home the young fawn. But when she came to know that the doe which saved Penny’s life was the little fawn’s mother, she was left speechless. She gasped with surprise and held the coffee pot in mid-air. She was not in favour of getting a wild animal at home. She told Jody that they had nothing else to feed the fawn except milk, which he would need to sacrifice in order to feed the little deer.

⭐Frequently Asked Questions:-

Question 1:- Why does Jody want to bring the fawn home?

Answer:- Jody is interested in bringing home the fawn because its mother was killed so that its organs – heart and liver could be used to save his father’s life. However, when the fawn became an orphan, Jody felt guilty and did not want to leave the fawn alone and let it die from starvation. He wondered if he could bring the fawn home and offer some food to eat.

Question 2:- How does Jody know that the fawn is a male? 

Answer:- Jody’s father Penny, had once told him that a male fawn has spots in a sequential line. This knowledge enlightened Jody on how to distinguish between a male and a female fawn.

- By Durgesh Pandey