Class 10 English - First Flight - Chapter Mijbil the Otter NCERT Solutions | What are ‘compulsive habits’
What are ‘compulsive habits’? What does Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of
(i) school children
(ii) Mij?
Compulsive habits are defined as a persistent or strange act which leads to an actual reward or pleasure.Usually compulsive behaviour of children is full of mischievous and naughtiness of childhood.
(i). As per this story, children should place their feet squarely on the centre of each paving block and pass to the outside of every second lamp post.
(ii). Mijbil would tug Maxwell when he was on its way home, jump over the boundary wall railing and run at full speed throughout its length.
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Read the story and find the sentences where Maxwell describes his pet otter. Then choose and arrange your sentences to illustrate those statements below that you think are true.
Maxwell’s description
(i) makes Mij seem almost human, like a small boy.
(ii) shows that he is often irritated with what Mij does.
(iii) shows that he is often surprised by what Mij does.
(iv) of Mij’s antics is comical.
(v) shows that he observes the antics of Mij very carefully.
(vi) shows that he thinks Mij is a very ordinary otter.
(vii) shows that he thinks the otter is very unusual. - Q:-
Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think he felt when he did this?
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