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Question And Answer:

1. The speaker in the poem does not call his grandmother ʼchildish’, what else was she according to him? Why does he consider her to be so? (line 1-4)

The speaker in the poem does not call his grandmother child-ish According to him she was ‘genius’ because she could climb a tree whether the tree was high or big and spreading. She was skillful and she can climb it very quickly She could climb the tree tiredlessly even at the age of sixty two. She had this gift and enjoying it though it was unusual. So the speaker considered her to be genius.

2. Grandma had been in the habit of climbing trees for a very long period. Identify the lines that suggest this.

“Ever since childhood, she’d had this gift”……….. this line suggests that the grandma had been in the habit of climbing trees for a very long period.

3. Look at the line 7 and 8 ‘She would be told………’ who do you think would tell her so?

I think that the well – wishers, family members or nevtchbours would tell her so

4. Do you find anything odd in the reply given by the grandma? If so, why do you think it is odd? (line 10-11)

Usually the persons who heard any advise from others wouldn’t respond like grandma. The odd in the grandma’s reply was, she said that she will grow disgracefully and she can do it in a better way.

5. Others had feared that granny would fall from a tree one day or the other. Did this happen? Or did something else happen? (line 15-18)

Yes, it had happened. One day when others were in town she had a terrible fall. But the effect of this was the opposite. Instead of fearing, the grandma climbed the tree and made up her mind that she wouldn’t come down.

6. What had the doctor recommended? What was the reaction of the kids to this advice?

The doctor recommended her to stay on the bed for a week. The lads sighed with relief and tucked her up well to the bed, it means the kids looked after her and and wished that she would stay in bed and be out of trouble.

7. Quote the lines which suggest how wholeheartedly granny enjoyed climbing a tree.

The lines which suggests that Granny wholeheartedly enjoyed eclimbing a tree were as follows:

i) “When last the climbed a tree she was sixty- two”

ii) “For being happier in a tree than in a lift”

iii) “She climbed a tree and couldn’t come down”

8. ‘My dad knew his duties’. What did he think his duty was?

The speaker’s dad knew his duties means he agreed to fulfil his mother’s desire immediately because he was obedient and loved his mother.

9. Look at the picture given below the title. Quote the lines that might have guided the artist to draw.

READ AND APPRECIATE

A 2. ‘Growing old gracefully’ is an expression used in the poem. Discuss with your partner whether what the grandma was doing was graceful or otherwise.

Grandma thinks that she was living gracefully from childhood to old age. Upto that age she lead a graceful life. But in the opinion of the others, she should live a graceful life like other grandmother’s and not go and climb up the trees at her age.

3. Both the narrator (speaker in the poem) and his father were very considerate towards Grandma. Substantiate the statement with textual support.

Both the narrator and his father were considerate towards grandma. This shows in the following lines.

“When granny asked the house on a treetop father said…………..That’s all right

you’ll have what you want, dear. I’ll start work tonight.

With my expert assistance, he soon finished the chore:”

B. Rhyming Words

1. Have a close look at the rhyme-scheme. Write at least 5 pairs of the rhyming words. e.g. said – bed.

1) gift – lift

2) told – old

3) agree – tree

4) all – fall

5) right tonight

2. “It was like a brief season”. Name the figure of speech in the sentence. What are the two things compared? Explain.

The figure of speech is simile. The granny was confined in her bedroom and tucked upto her bed was compared as a brief season in the hell.

3. ‘For being happier in a tree than in a lift’. What is suggested through this line? Exchange your views with your partner.

Here the poet suggested or explained that the granny enjoyed to sit in a tree and she felt very uncomfortable and sad, if she were in a life.

4. “There was not a tree, she hadn’t been up’ is an expression. Rewrite the above sentence without using ‘not’ (note: the meaning should be the same) Give some more examples from outside the text to illustrate the effective use of double negatives.

There were no trees left, that grandma hadn’t climbed.

Extra Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Ruskin Bond is an

a) Englishman

b) Author

c) Indian poet

d) English

2. Grandma Climbs a Tree is the poem written by

a) Ruskin Bond

b) Joyce Armor

c) R.K. Narayan

d) T.P. Kailasam

3. in a trice means

a) Three times

b) try very hard

c) three colours

d) very quickly

4. Grandma was a genius because

a) She was skilful

b) She could climb a tree

c) She was good

d) She loved trees

5. Grandma Climbed a tree last time when she was

a) Sixty-two

b) Childhood

c) Six year old

d)last year

6. Usually climbing trees should stop when one

a) grew taller

b) grew old

c) grew stronger

d) grew weak

7. For in all the garden there wasn’t

a) a house

b) a pool

c) a tree

d) a swing

8. She learned to climb a tree from

a) a trainee

b) a coach

c) a father

d) a loving brother

9. One day she’d have

a) a terrible fall

b) a fear

c) a fruit

d) a call

10. The doctor strongly recommended

a) a quiet relief

b) a quiet medicine

c) a quiet diet.

d) a quiet week in bed.

11. Grandma wanted a house

a) in a tree top

b) on the ground

c) besides river

d) at sea shore

12. She called for

a) her mother

b) her brother

c) her father

d) her son

13. Grandma learned to climb the tree when she was

a) ten

b) child

c) six

d) sixty two

14. The opposite of gracefully

a) graceless

b) disgracefully

c) grace

d) not gracefully

Match The Following:

A	B	Answer
1. out come	a) keep quiet	c
2. hold one’s peace	b) task	a
3. undaunted	c) what actually happend	g
4. chore	d) making clear to the world	b
5. sherry	e) very quickly	f
6. uoholding	f) yellown coloured wine	d
	g) without hesitation

About the Author

This was the poem written by Ruskin Bond. He was born on 19th May 1934 in a military hospital in Kasauli to Edith Clerke and Aubrey Bond. He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen years. He has written more than thirty books for chil dren. The Indian Council for Child Education recognised his pioneer-ing role in the growth of children’s literature in India, and awarded him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999.

‘Grandma Climbs a Tree’ shows Bond’s great ability to enjoy un-usual events and actions.

The Hindi film “Junoon” is based on Bond’s historical novel ‘A Flight of pigeons’. This film was produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal. Bond appears as a Bishop in the movie with Priyanka Chopra playing the title role.

‘The Room on the Roof’ has been adopted in a BBC – produced TV serials. Several stories been incorporated in the school curricu lum in India including “The Night train at Deoli, Time stops at Shamli and Our Trees still Grow in Dehra”. In 2007, the Bollywood director Vishal Bharadwaj made a film based on his popular Novel for Children, ‘The Blue Umbrella’. The movie won the National Award for Best Children’s film.

He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.

SUMMARY

“Grandma Climbs & Tree” is a poem written by Ruskin Bond The Indian council has recognised him as the pioneer of the growth of children’s literature in India. He has written more than 30 books for children. In this poem we can see Bond’s great ability to enjoy unisal events and action. Commonly unusual things are seeds for Humour Climbing a tree by grandma is one of the unusual anecdote This is the poem, as the title suggests, how an old woman keeps the childish habits and desires.

The speaker here explained his grandma’s habit. He called her genius because she could climb a tree in that old age. The tree may he high or spreading, she would have to climb. Even at the age of 62 she climbed a tree, she had the capacity of climbing the tree very quickly. She has this skill. She is fond of climbing a tree since her childhood. She had this gift and enjoying a lot. She feels happy to climb a tree. She had more pleasure in a tree than in a lift.

As years went on and grandma became old and her well-wish-ers suggest that she must stop trees. Whenever the people grow old they can give up children’s deeds and lead graceful life. Grandma laughed and said that she will grow disgracefully, what is in that but she can assure that she can do it better.

Others would agree to her. What can she do in better way? Luckily there was no tree in their garden. Grandma learnt to climb a tree from her loving brother, when she was six years. All old people feared that if she tree, one day or the other, some danger would happen to her. This is the fear of her beloveds. Once the family members were out of town, grandma had a terrible fall. How it happened? Don’t know. But the result was (utterly) completely different. Instead of a threat, she climbed a tree and could not come down.

After the rescue, the Doctor suggested that she had to take com-pilete bed rest for one week. There was no major harm to her. Family members sighed with relief. When grandma was on bed, it was like little hell. Her bedroom is like a prison and she felt that she is imprisoned oned in her room. During her rest period when she was in her room she can feel the breeze and whisper of dancing leaves in the summer.

Grandma peacefully waited till she became stronger, afterward she said to her son that she could not lie on the bed any longer an without hesitating she ordered that she wanted a house on the tree top. Her son was obedient to his mother and obeyed her order. Immediately he started the work with the help of his son who was an expert. They finished their work and made her a little, beau tiful house on the tree top. The house had windows and a door. After that grandma lived in that house and her grandson could climb the tree everyday to give glasses and tray. The grandson supplied food and wine to her. She sits there and eats and drinks with her grandson, like this she can claim her right to live on a tree.

ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾರಾಂಶ :

ರಸ್ಕಿನ್ ಬಾಂಡ್‌ರವರು ಬರೆದ ಪದ್ಯ `Grandma Climbs a Tree’ ಎಂಬುದು ಹಾಸ್ಯ ಸ್ವಭಾವ ಹೊಂದಿದ ಅಜ್ಜಿಯ ಅಸ್ವಾಭಾವಿಕ ಕುಶಲತೆಯನ್ನು ಬಿಂಬಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ರಸ್ಕಿನ್‌ ಬಾಂಡ್‌ರವರು ಬಹಳ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಪದ್ಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಹಾಸ್ಯವನ್ನು ಇಷ್ಟಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಪದ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾವು ಅಸ್ವಾಭಾವಿಕ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಘಟನೆಗಳಿಂದ ಹೇಗೆ ಹಾಸ್ಯ ಹುಟ್ಟುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅದು ಎಲ್ಲರ ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ರಂಜಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಯಬಹುದು.

ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಪದ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಲೇಖಕರು (ಸ್ಪೀಕರ್) ಈ ರೀತಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ. ತಮ್ಮ ಅಜ್ಜಿಯು ಅಸ್ವಾಭಾವಿಕವಾದ ಪ್ರತಿಭೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ತಮ್ಮ ಇಳಿ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಮರ ಹತ್ತುವ ಕಲೆಯನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅವರಿಗೆ ಮರ ಹತ್ತುವುದು ಎಂದರೆ ಆನಂದದಾಯಕ. ಮರ ಹತ್ತುವುದು ಅವರಿಗೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಇಷ್ಟ ಹಾಗೂ ಅದನ್ನು ಅವರು ತುಂಬಾ ಇಷ್ಟಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಸಂತೋಷಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಮರ ತುಂಬಾ ಎತ್ತರವಾಗಿರಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಅಗಲವಾಗಿ ಹರಡಿಕೊಂಡಿರಲಿ ಅದರಿಂದ ಅವರಿಗೇನೂ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸವಿಲ್ಲ. ಮರವನ್ನು ಅತಿ ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ಏರಿ, ಕೊಂಬೆ ರೆಂಬೆಗಳ ತನಕ ತಲುಪಿ ಖುಷಿಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅವರ ಈ ಕೈ ಚಳಕ ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಪ್ರಶಂಸನೀಯವಾದದ್ದು.

ಅವರು ಕೊನೆಯ ಬಾರಿ ಮರ ಏರಿದಾಗ ಅವರ ವಯಸ್ಸು 62 ವರ್ಷವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅವರು ಅತಿ ಚಿಕ್ಕಂದಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಮರ ಹತ್ತುವ ಕಲೆಯನ್ನು ವರವಾಗಿ ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದರು. ಅವರು ಮಹಡಿ ಏರಿ ಸಂತೋಷಪಡು ವುದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಮರವೇರುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂತೋಷವನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಏನೇ ಆಗಲಿ ವಯಸ್ಸಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮರ ಹತ್ತುವುದು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದಲ್ಲ, ಇಷ್ಟು ದಿನ ಎಷ್ಟೊಂದು ಗೌರವವಾಗಿ ಬಾಳಿದ ನೀವು ಮರ ಹತ್ತುವುದನ್ನು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿ ಎಂಬ ಎಂದು ಬುದ್ದಿ ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ ಅವರು ನಕ್ಕು, ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು ನಾನು ಇನ್ನು ಮುಂದೆ ಅಗೌರವವಾಗಿಯೇ ಇರುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಆದರೆ ಇದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವೆನು ಎಂದರು. ಆಗ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಇದನ್ನು ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರ ತೋಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಮರವೂ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಮರ ಹತ್ತವಂತಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದುಕೊಂಡರು. ಆದರೂ ಅಜ್ಜಿಯು ಅವರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಒಂದಲ್ಲ ಒಂದು ಸಲ ಮರ ಹತ್ತಿಬಿಡುವರೇನೋ ಎಂಬ ಭಯ (ಎಲ್ಲರಲ್ಲೂ) ಕಾಡುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಅಜ್ಜಿಯು ಆರು ವರ್ಷದವರಿದ್ದಾಗಲೇ ಅವರ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಅಣ್ಣನಿಂದ ಮರ ಹತ್ತುವುದನ್ನು ಕಲಿತವರು ಇಳಿ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಮರ ಹತ್ತುವುದರಿಂದ ಸಂಭ್ರಮಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಇದೊಂದು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಇಷ್ಟವಾದ ಹವ್ಯಾಸವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಮನೆಯವರೆಲ್ಲಾ ಪಟ್ಟಣಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದಾಗ ಅಜ್ಜಿಯು ಮರದಿಂದ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದರು. ಅದು ತುಂಬಾ ಭೀಕರವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಇಂತಹ ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕದಿಂದ ಬರುವ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ತುಂಬಾ ವಿಚಿತ್ರವಾಗಿತ್ತು ಮತ್ತು ಅಸ್ವಾಭಾವಿಕವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅಜ್ಜಿಯು ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬರುವುದೇ ಇಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಮರಹತ್ತಿ ಕುಳಿತರು. ಈ ಅಪಾಯದಿಂದ ಪಾರಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ಡಾಕ್ಟರರು ಅಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ವಾರದವರೆಗೂ ಹಾಸಿಗೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಏಳಬಾರದು ಎಂದು ತಾಕೀತು ಮಾಡಿದರು. ಡಾಕ್ಟರರ ಅಪ್ಪಣೆಯಂತೆ ಅಜ್ಜಿಯು ಹಾಸಿಗೆ ಯಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಇರಬೇಕಾಯಿತು. ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ತೊಂದರೆ ಯಾಗದ್ದರಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ನಿರಾಳವಾಗಿ ಉಸಿರಾಡಿದರು. ಆದರೆ ಪಾಪ, ಅಜ್ಜಿಗೆ ಹಾಸಿಗೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಇರುವುದು ಬಂಧನ ಎನಿಸಿತು ಮತ್ತು ನರಕದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಅನುಭವ ವಾಯಿತು. ಅಜ್ಜಿಯು ಈ ರೀತಿ ತನ್ನ ರೂಮಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ ತೋಟದಿಂದ ಬೀಸಿ ಬರುವ ಆಹ್ಲಾದಕರವಾದ ಗಾಳಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಎಲೆಗಳ ಸಪ್ಪಳವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಸಂತೋಷಪಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಳು.

ಅಜ್ಜಿಯು ಪುನಃ ತಾನು ಸುಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೆ ಬಂದು ಶಕ್ತಿದಾಯಕಳಾಗುವವರೆಗೂ ಶಾಂತಿಯಿಂದ ಕಾದು ನಂತರ ತನ್ನ ಮಗನ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಇನ್ನುಂದೆ ನಾನು ಈ ರೀತಿ ಹಾಸಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಲಗಿರಲಾರೆ, ಈಗ ನನಗೆ ಮರದ ಮೇಲೊಂದು ಮನೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಡು ಎಂದು ಯಾವ ಸಂಕೋಚ, ಹಿಂಜರಿಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ತನ್ನ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದ ಅಜ್ಜಿಯ ಮಗ ತನ್ನ ಅನುಭವಿ ಮಗನ ಸಹಾಯದಿಂದ ತತ್‌ಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಮನೆಯನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಲಾರಂಭಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅಜ್ಜಿಗಾಗಿ ಮರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಕಿಟಕಿ ಬಾಗಿಲುಗಳುಳ್ಳ ಸುಂದರ ಮನೆ ಯೊಂದನ್ನು ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಮುಗಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅಂದಿನಿಂದ ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಮರದ ಮೇಲಿನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸಲಾರಂಭಿಸುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಪ್ರತಿದಿನವೂ ಅಜ್ಜಿಗಾಗಿ ತಟ್ಟೆ ಲೋಟಗಳನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸುವುದು ಮೊಮ್ಮಗನ ಕೆಲಸವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅಜ್ಜಿ ಮರದ ಮೇಲಿನ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತು ಮೊಮ್ಮಗನೊಂದಿಗೆ ವೈನ್ ಕುಡಿಯುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಈ ರೀತಿ ಅಜ್ಜಿಯು ಮರದ ಮೇಲೆ ವಾಸಿಸುವ ತನ್ನ ಆಸೆಯನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಹಕ್ಕಿನ ಮೂಲಕ ಪೂರ್ಣ ಮಾಡಿ ಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾಳೆ.

GLOSSARY:

Difficult Words Meaning:

genius = unusual, cleverness, ಅಸ್ವಾಭಾವಿಕ, ಚಾಣಾಕ್ಷತೆ

in a trice = very quickly, ಅತಿವೇಗ

gracefully = elegance of manners,

rescue = release, ಪಾರಾಗು, ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗು

sighed = deep breath, ನಿಟ್ಟುಸಿರು

tucked = to gather together, ಹಿಡಿದಿಡು

brief = short, ಸಣ್ಣ, ಚಿಕ್ಕ

breeze = gentle wind, ಹಗುರವಾಗಿ ಬೀಸುವ ಗಾಳಿ

whispered = speak with a low voice, ಮೇಲುಧ್ವನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತಾಡು

terrible = awful, ಘೋರ, ದಾರುಣವಾದ

upholding = hold up, maintain, ಎತ್ತಿ ಹಿಡಿ, ಸಮರ್ಥಿಸು

expert = highly skilful, ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ತಿಳದವ

confined = to shut up, imprisoned,ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಹಾಕಿದಂತೆ, ಬಂಧಿಸಿದಂತೆ