A tiger in the house
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A Tiger in the house - Ruskin Bond
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Ruskin Bond (1934-Present) Better perceived as the Indian ‘William Wordsworth.’ Ruskin Bond started displaying his writing talent in England and wrote his first novel ‘Room on the Roof’ at 17 years of age. And inspired many people by his works. His distinctive writing and mastered words made his novels and stories were tremendous and simple. He won many fans globally and is famous for describing flora and fauna in his writings.
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Before starting the actual.....
Have you ever thought of having a pet....that to a Tiger...?
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A pet Tiger....sounds awesome...! Life with a pet tiger..... <3 <3 <3
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Characters
Author Author’s Grandfather Timothy the tiger Author’s Grandmother Cook Mahmud Keeper superintendent
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Scene 01
Location –
Terai Jungle Dehradun Siwalik Hills
Author’s Grandfather discovers a tiger cub which was 18 inches long during his camping hours.
Grandfather describes the animals which were spotted there...they include peacocks, elephants, wild boars etcetera.
The grandfather brings the cub to their home.
The grandmother names the cub as ‘TIMOTHY’
The cub began to grow and did many antics..and the cook used to feed it with milk and other products.
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Hi Timothy...!
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Location 02
Author’s home
After 6 months ..... The cub began to grow and is a
full grown retriever now. The family found difficulties
having the grown cub. the tiger was not so friendly
anymore. The Grandfather decides to
shift it to zoo.
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Location 03
Lucknow zoo
The tiger is shifted to Lucknow Zoo which was the nearest one.
The tiger and grandfather part away their ways.
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After 6 months
Lucknow Zoo
After 6 months grandfather visits the zoo to see his tiger.
He finds a fully grown tiger in a cage and thinks it was his child.
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After 6 months Grandfather approaches the tiger in the cage
and starts to play with it and puts his hands around it’s neck and the tiger starts to lick his hands.
A keeper asks the grandfatherwhat he was doing then hereplies that he was speaking with timothy his pet.
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Continued..... There a leopard keeps on snarling at him and
he shooed it away. Grandfather asks the superintendent to
change timothy’s cage away from the leopard. He gets to know from the superintendent that
the tiger with whom he was playing wasn't timothy but a newly caught tiger, in fact timothy dies two months ago as he was infected by pneumonia.
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Continued.... After the revelation, grandfather says
goodnight timothy and returns home staggering and dis-heartened.
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