NCERT Solutions Class 8 English (Honeydew) Chapter 6 This is Jody’s Fawn

NCERT Solutions Class 8 English (Honeydew) 

The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 8 English (Honeydew) Chapter – 6 This is Jody’s Fawn has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise. 

NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English (Honeydew)

• Chapter – 1 : The Best Christmas Present in the World
• Chapter – 2 : The Tsunami
• Chapter – 3 : Glimpses of the Past
• Chapter – 4 : Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
• Chapter – 5 : The Summit Within
• Chapter – 7 : A Visit to Cambridge
• Chapter – 8 : A Short Monsoon Diary
• Chapter – 9 : The Great Stone Face 1
• Chapter – 10 : The Great Stone Face 2

Chapter – 6 (This is Jody’s Fawn) 

Comprehension Check

1. What had happened to Jody’s father?
Answer – Jody’s father had been bitten by a rattle-snake.

2. How did the doe save Penny’s life?
Answer – Jody’s father Penny killed the doe. He used its heart and liver to draw out the poison.

3. Why does Jody want to bring the fawn home?
Answer – The fawn has become an orphan because its mother was killed by Jody. He wants to bring the fawn to return the obligation because he was the one who made the fawn an orphan.

4. How does Jody know that the fawn is a male?
Answer – Jody’s father, Penny, had once told him that a male fawn has spots in a sequential line. This knowledge taught Jody how to distinguish between a male and a female fawn.

Comprehension Check

1. Jody didn’t want Mill-wheel with him for two reasons. What were they?
Answer – Jody was not sure if the fawn was dead or alive. If it was dead then Jody didn’t want Mill-wheel to see the disappointment on his face. If the fawn was alive then Jody did not want to share his happiness with anybody else.

2. Why was Mill-wheel afraid to leave Jody alone?
Answer – Mill-wheel was afraid of Jody losing his way in the jungle. That is why he did not want to leave Jody alone.

Comprehension Check

1. How did Jody bring the fawn back home?
Answer – Jody picked up the fawn into his arms and proceeded home. After some dis­tance, he kept the fawn down and took rest. Later on, the fawn followed him. Thus he brought the fawn back home.

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 – The three phrases which show Jody’s feelings are :
(i) (the fawns) shook him through with the stare of its liquid eyes.
(ii) The touch made him delirious.
(iii) as though the fawn was a china deer. 

3. How did the deer drink milk from the gourd?
Answer – Jody dipped his fingers in the milk. Then he left the fawn suck his fingers. He did so several times. Finally, the fawn drank off all the milk from the gourd.

4. Why didn’t the fawn follow Jody up the steps as he had thought it would?
Answer – The fawn was not used to have milk from a pot. It suckled on Jodie’s fingers to drink milk instead.

Working with the text

1. Why did Penny Baxter allow Jody to go find the fawn and raise it?
Answer – Penny Baxter was impressed with the way Jody kept his nerves and saved his father’s life. Moreover, he was also impressed by Jodie’s desire to give sustenance to the orphaned fawn.

2. What did Doc Wilson mean when he said, “Nothing in the world ever comes quite free”?
Answer – It is fact that the life is full of give and take. Doc Wilson is of the opinion that to repay the fawn for its mother’s sacrifice it was mandatory to nurture it.

3. How did Jody look after the fawn after he accepted the responsibility for doing this?
Answer – Jody rescued the fawn from the jungle. After bringing it to home he helped it to have milk. This shows the level of commitment Jody was having towards taking good care of the fawn.

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 – Jody’s mother is worried about feeding the fawn within her limited means. She agrees later after Jody was ready to part with his share of milk for the fawn.

Working with language

1. Look at these pairs of sentences.
Penny said to Jody, “Will you be back before dinner?”
Penny asked Jody if he would be back before dinner.
“How are you feeling, Pa?” asked Jody.
Jody asked his father how he was feeling.
Here are some questions in direct speech. Put them into reported speech.
(i) Penny said, “Do you really want it son?”
(ii) Mill-wheel said, “Will he ride back with me?”
(iii) He said to Mill-wheel, “Do you think the fawn is still there?”
(iv) He asked Mill-wheel, “Will you help me find him?”
(v) He said, “Was it up here that Pa got bitten by the snake?”

Answer –
(i) Penny asked his son if he really wanted the fawn.
(ii) Mill-wheel asked if Jody would ride back with him.
(iii) Jody asked Mill-wheel if he thought the fawn was still there.
(iv) Jody asked Mill-wheel if he would help him find the fawn.
(v) Jody asked Mill-wheel if it was up there that Pa got bitten by the snake.

2. Look at these two sentences.
He tumbled backward.
It turned its head.
The first sentence has an intransitive verb, a verb without an object.
The second sentence has a transitive verb. It has a direct object. We can ask: “What did it turn?” You can Answer – “Its head. It turned its head.”
Say whether the verb in each sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb, as in the example above. (For some verbs, the object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
(i) Jody then went to the kitchen.
(ii) The fawn wobbled after him.
(iii) You found him.
(iv) He picked it up.
(v) He dipped his fingers in the milk.
(vi) It bleated frantically and butted him.
(vii) The fawn sucked his fingers.
(viii) He lowered his fingers slowly into the milk.
(ix) It stamped its small hoofs impatiently.
(x) He held his fingers below the level of the milk.
(xi) The fawn followed him.
(xii) He walked all day.
(xiii) He stroked its sides.
(xiv) The fawn lifted its nose.
(xv) Its legs hung limply.

Answer –
(i) Jody then went to the kitchen. – Intransitive
(ii) The fawn wobbled after him. – Intransitive
(iii) You found him. – Transitive
(iv) He picked it up. – Transitive
(v) He dipped his fingers in the milk. – Transitive
(vi) It bleated frantically and butted him. – Intransitive, Transitive
(vii) The fawn sucked his fingers. – Transitive
(viii) He lowered his fingers slowly into the milk. – Transitive
(ix) It stamped its small hoofs impatiently. – Transitive
(x) He held his fingers below the level of the milk. – Transitive
(xi) The fawn followed him. – Transitive
(xii) He walked all day. – Intransitive
(xiii) He stroked its sides. – Transitive
(xiv) The fawn lifted its nose. – Transitive
(xv) Its legs hung limply. – Intransitive

3. Here are some words from the lesson. Working in groups, arrange them in the order in which they would appear in the dictionary. Write down some idioms and phrasal verbs connected to these words. Use the dictionary for more idioms and phrasal verbs.

Answer – The words would appear in the following sequential order when arranged properly:

Some idioms and phrasal verbs connected to these words are listed below:
Clearing: clearing out, clearing the air, clearing off.
Close: a close shave, a close thing, a close call.
Draw: draw a blank, draw a line, draw interest.
Light: a light heart, bring to light, a guiding light.
Make: make a last-ditch effort, make a pass, make up your mind.
Parted: part with, parting of the ways, part and parcel.
Pick: pick out, pick at, take your pick.
Scrawny: scrawny thin, scrawny neck, scrawny persona.
Sweet: sweet tooth, sweet sixteen, sweet-speaking.
Wonder: little wonder, a nine days’ wonder, do wonders.