Chapter 6: This is Jody's Fawn

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Chapter 6: This is Jody’s Fawn

Class: VIII

Exercise number – 1

Question 1
What had happened to Jody’s father?

Answer 1
A rattlesnake had bitten Jody’s father.

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

Answer 2
The poison was drawn out from Penny’s body with the help of the doe’s liver and heart.

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

Answer 3
Jody felt that they had killed the doe for their purpose and the fawn had been orphaned for no reason. Jody couldn’t help but think about the hungry and scared fawn and felt that it was their responsibility to take care of the fawn or else it would starve and die. Thus he wanted to bring it home and take care of it.

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

Answer 4
Jody knew that it was a male fawn because all the spots on its body were in a line and his father had told him that on the body of a doe-fawn, the spots are in different directions.

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

Answer 1
There were two reasons why Jody did not want Mill-wheel with him. Firstly, if the fawn was found dead or could not be found, he did not want him to see his disappointment. Secondly, if they found the fawn, then the meeting would be so lovely and secret that he could not endure to share it.

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

Answer 2
Mill-wheel was afraid that Jody could lose his way or get bitten by a snake.

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Question 1
How did Jody bring the fawn back home?

Answer 1
Jody did not want the fawn to be terrified. That’s why Jody first stroked its neck slowly, and then put his arms around it. Then, he picked the fawn up and carried it through the thick bushes. He tried to shield its face from the sharp vines. He stopped to rest a little while on his way back home. After walking a little, he saw that the fawn was following him. Subsequently, he either carried the fawn, or put it down so that it would follow him. When they reached home, the fawn refused to climb the stairs so he picked it up and took it inside the 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 2
Jody was filled with emotion after he found the fawn and the words or phrases which show how he felt are - When he stroked its neck, the touch made him ‘delirious’. When he realised that it was his fawn now, he was ‘lightheaded with his joy’. When he eventually brought the fawn into the house, Penny thought that "the boy’s eyes were as bright as the fawn’s".

Question 3
How did the deer drink milk form the gourd?

Answer 3
When Jody gave milk to the fawn in a gourd, the fawn headbutted it suddenly. It simply didn’t know what to do with it. Jody then dipped his fingers in the milk and put them into the fawn’s soft wet mouth so that it would drink the milk.

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

Answer 4

The deer is a wild animal and it is used to a life in the forest. When the fawn reached Jody’s home, it didn’t follow Jody up the steps because of the oddity of the house and the steps and everything. This is similar to its reaction to the milk in the gourd. It simply didn’t know what to do.

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

Answer 1

Penny allowed Jody to go find the fawn and raise it as it seemed ungrateful to him to leave the fawn to starve to death. He realised that they had killed the doe for their selfish need and the fawn was orphaned without any fault of its own. They felt a responsibility towards it and couldn’t let the fawn starve.

Question 2
Why did Doc Wilson mean when he said, "Nothing in the world ever comes quite free"?

Answer 2
Penny had killed the doe in order to save his life. Therefore, in regard for what the doe had done for him, it was his responsibility to take care of its fawn and save it from starvation. This is what Doc Wilson meant when he said, "Nothing in the world ever comes quite free".

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

Answer 3
After accepting the responsibility for looking after the fawn Jody cared for it in the same way as its own mother would have. While taking it home, he shielded its face from the sharp vines. He carried it in his arms even though he himself was weary. After reaching back home, he gave the fawn the milk that was meant for him. When he saw that the fawn wasn’t drinking the milk kept in the gourd, he fed it with his own hands. Hence, we can say that Jody carried out his responsibility reasonably well.

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 4

When Jody’s mother heard that Jody was going to bring the fawn home, she was a little amazed and asked him what fawn he was talking about. Jody then told her that it was the fawn whose mother they had killed to save Penny’s life. She said they had nothing else to feed it and only the milk they gave him could be given to it. She reacted in such way because she wasn’t present at the site where Penny had been bitten, where they had killed the doe. She had not seen the fawn and hence, wasn’t as concerned as Penny and Jody.

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Question 1
Here are some questions in direct speech. Put them into reported speech.

Penny said, "Do you really want it son?"
Mill-wheel said, "Will he ride back with me?"
He said to Mill-wheel, "Do you think the fawn is still there?"
He asked Mill-wheel, "Will you help me find him?"
He said, "Was it up here that Pa got bitten by the snake?"

Answer 1

Penny asked his son if he really wanted it.
Mill-wheel asked if he would ride back with him.
He asked Mill-wheel if he thought the fawn was still there.
He asked Mill-wheel if he would help him find him.
He asked if it was up there that Pa had got bitten by the snake.

Question 2
Say whether the verb in each sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, the object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).