Adventures of toto

Class 9

1. KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA JHARODA KALAN THE ADVENTURES OF TOTO By- Satvir Ninania

2. ABOUT AUTHOR- RUSKIN BOND Ruskin Bond is an award winning Indian author of British descent, much renowned for his role in promoting children’s literature in India. A prolific writer, he has written over 500 short stories, essays and novels. His popular novel ‘The Blue Umbrella’ was made into a Hindi film. The film was awarded the National Film Award for Best Children's Film, in 2007. He is also the author of more than 50 books for children and two volumes of autobiography. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014.

3. INTRODUCTION OF THE LESSON This is a humorous and adventurous story of a naughty monkey named ‘Toto’. The writer’s grandfather bought the monkey from a tonga driver. The pranks played by Toto have been narrated in an interesting way and make the story a must read for us.

4. DETAILED EXPLANATION The Adventures of Toto by Ruskin Bond is an amusing story highlighting the antics of a mischievous monkey. The narrator’s grandfather bought Toto, a little red monkey from a tonga driver to add to his collection of animals in his private zoo. Toto was an attractive monkey with sparkling eyes. He would take special delight in scaring elderly Anglo-Indian ladies. Since grandmother was always averse to grandfather’s collection of animals, he decided to keep the news about Toto hidden from her until shewas in a better mood.

5. Toto was temporarily kept in a closet that opened into the narrator’s bedroom. After a few hours of keeping Toto in the closet, when the narrator and the grandfather came to see Toto, they were in for a shock. Toto had torn the wallpaper; the peg with which Toto had been bound, had been wrenched off the wall. The narrator’s school blazer had been torn into pieces. The grandfather was quite happy at the monkey’s adventures. He felt that Toto was very clever. He said that if they would have given him more time, he would have tied the thin pieces of the writer’s torn blazer into a rope and would have escaped out of the window. After this it was decided that Toto would be transferred to the cage where other animals such as a tortoise, a pair of rabbits, a squirrel and, narrator’s pet goat lived amiably. Unfortunately, Toto would create trouble for all of them. The grandfather had to go to Saharanpur to collect his pension. He decided to take Toto along in a big canvas bag. Since there was no opening in the bag to allow his hands or face to come out, he would often jump inside the bag, making the bag look like as if there was a spirit in it.

6. As soon as the train reached Saharanpur, Toto scared the ticket-collector by popping his head out of the bag and grinning at him. The ticket-collector was annoyed at the discovery and asserted that the grandfather would have to pay for Toto’s fare. The ticket-collector classified Toto as a dog and would not listen to the grandfather’s argument that it was not a dog. Once the grandmother accepted Toto, he was shifted to the stable where, Nana, the familydonkey lived. Toto could not get along with Nana as well. One day, he almost boiled himself when he jumped into a kettle of boiling water. One afternoon, Toto ate the family meal and threw the empty dish from the tree and broke itinto several pieces. Toto’s mischiefs grew day by day and Grandfather realised that they could not keep himat home. Finally, he sold Toto to the same tonga driver for a sum of three rupees

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