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Grandfather takes Toto, his mischievous pet monkey, on a journey to Saharanpur to collect his pension. He places Toto in a canvas bag with straw for the train ride. When the ticket collector checks tickets, Toto peeks his head out and grins, startling the collector. The collector insists Toto is a dog and demands dog fare, despite Grandfather explaining he is a monkey. Grandfather pays extra to end the argument.

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Grandfather takes Toto, his mischievous pet monkey, on a journey to Saharanpur to collect his pension. He places Toto in a canvas bag with straw for the train ride. When the ticket collector checks tickets, Toto peeks his head out and grins, startling the collector. The collector insists Toto is a dog and demands dog fare, despite Grandfather explaining he is a monkey. Grandfather pays extra to end the argument.

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NOTES SR-2 THE ADVENTURES OF TOTO

Name: _________________ Roll No: _______


Date:
Schooling, as it should be.. Class – IX A/B/C/D Subject: English

TEXTUAL QUESTION

1. How does Toto come to grandfather’s private zoo?


 grandfather liked to collect animals and had made a zoo at home
 he saw a red - coloured monkey tied to a trough with a tonga driver
 liked the monkey and wanted to add it to his collection
 bought Toto from the tonga driver for a sum of five rupees.

2. “Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?


 had bright, shining eyes which were full of mischief
 teeth were like pearls
 a long tail which was like a third hand for him
 grandfather felt that a tail added to the beauty of an animal

3. Why does grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how? Why does the ticket collector
insist on calling Toto a dog?
 because Toto was mischievous, it was not safe to leave him alone at home
 a bag made of strong canvas material was arranged
 some straw was placed in it
 Toto was placed inside the bag and the bag was sealed with the zipper
 the ticket collector did not accept grandfather’s claim that Toto was not a dog
 because only dogs were allowed to travel on trains

4. How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil
himself alive?
 check the temperature of the water by inserting his hand in it
 would step into the tub, one foot at a time.
 would sit in it, with his face out
 would rub soap on his body
 when the water became cold, he would jump out and run to the stove in the kitchen to dry
himself
 had learnt this way of bathing from the writer.
 One day, Toto jumped into a kettle of water kept on the stove for boiling as he found it
warm enough for a bath.
 as the water grew hotter, he thought of ascending but the cold weather made him go back
into the kettle.
 Toto kept on doing this for a while till he was spotted by the grandmother. She pulled
him out of the kettle in time or else he would have boiled himself that day.

5. Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for long”?
 because he was extremely mischievous
 destroyed many things - he tore the wallpapers, clothes and curtains
 broke dishes
 family could not afford all this

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EXTRA QUESTIONS

1. Draw the character sketch of Toto.

• Toto, a mischievous baby monkey


• one of the main characters of the story
• a little red monkey with bright eyes, sparkled with mischief beneath deep set eyebrows
• his smile was too scary to make old ladies afraid
• had hands that looked dried-up
• Toto received Grandfather's sympathy and empathy
• Grandfather bought him for the sum of five-rupees.
• Toto is considered intelligent as he could have escaped from the window by tying the torn
pieces of the narrator's blazer into a rope.
• Toto is a very troublesome and annoying monkey
• as he didn't let any of his companions to sleep at night at Grandfather's private zoo
• and he also troubled Nana, the family's pet donkey Toto loves bathing in warm water in cold
winter evenings
• very notorious and destructive , was responsible for frequent loss of dishes, clothes, curtains
and wallpaper
• seemed to be very greedy too as he wanted to pounce on everything he wanted to eat
• a good imitator as he copied the narrator and his acts
• was sold to the same tonga driver from whom he was bought
• that he is imperfect to be kept as a pet

2. Describe grandfather’s journey to Saharanpur?


• grandfather had to go to Saharanpur for the purpose of collecting his pension
• He decided to take Toto along with him in a big canvas bag
• He put some straw at the bottom
• Toto to move his hands or face outside
• Toto jumped inside the bag which gave the appearance of a spirit or ghost inside it
• attracted the attention of passengers at the Dehradun platform.
• when the ticket collector was checking grandfather's ticket, Toto peeped out of the bag
• scared him by giving him a huge grin
• irritated and annoyed the ticket collector
• argued with grandfather to pay the dog's full fare
• grandfather tried to convince him that it was a monkey and not a dog
• grandfather ended up paying a sum of Rs.3

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