Class 9 English - Beehive - Chapter The Snake and The Mirror NCERT Solutions | I. Discuss in pairs and answer each ques

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Question 1

I. Discuss in pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30–40 words).
1. “The sound was a familiar one.” What sound did the doctor hear? What did he think it was? How many times did he hear it? (Find the places in the text.) When and why did the sounds stop?


2. What two “important” and “earth-shaking” decisions did the doctor take while he was looking into the mirror?


3. “I looked into the mirror and smiled,” says the doctor. A little later he says, “I forgot my danger and smiled feebly at myself.” What is the doctor’s opinion about himself when: (i) he first smiles, and (ii) he smiles again? In what way do his thoughts change in between, and why?

Answer

1. The doctor lived in a room that was full of rats. He could listen the rats all day. There was a regular inflow and outflow of rats to and from the beam. He listens the sound three times and the sound stopped suddenly as rats saw a snake.

2. The doctor took two important and earth- shaking decisions for himself while he looked at himself in the mirror. Primarily, he decided to shave daily and grow a thin moustache. Secondly, he decided to keep an very attractive smile on his face.

3. (i) When the doctor first smiles, he has an blown- up opinions about himself, admiring his looks and profession.
(ii) In the second, the doctor smiles by thinking about his foolishness and helplessness. His thoughts change after he confront with the snake. He accepted his stupidity and moved on from being a proud doctor.

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