Q.3:
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The correct order of events is as follows:
Once upon a time a frog used to croak all night in a bog, in a loud and unpleasant voice. All other birds and animals which lived in the neighbourhood were sick and tired of the frog's cacophony. But they were helpless. They were pleasantly surprised when one night a nightingale suddenly began to sing. All the creatures in the bog cheered and clapped her beautiful song. The next night when the nightingale was about to begin her song. She was surprised to hear the frog's croaking. The frog introduced himself and offered to train her to sing still better. Soon the nightingale became very famous and creatures from far come to listen to her song. The frog charged an admission fee and made good money from the listeners. But the frog made the nightingale rehearse too much and even in rain, unmindful of the strain and the adverse impact of rain on the nightingale. As a result her voice lost its beauty and the other creatures stopped coming to the concert. Finally the nightingale burst its vein and died due to the strain and adverse weather. Thus the frog once again became the unrivalled singer of the bog.
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Q.4:
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Extract
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Personality features
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Nightingale
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Sorry was that you who spoke
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polite, timorous
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Frog
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Yes, you see
For my splendid baritone
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Territorial, possessive boastful
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Nightingale
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Did you ... did you like my song
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Shy, nervous, timid
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Frog
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Not too bad, lacked a certain force
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Patronising
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Frog
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Without proper training be a winner
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Presumptuous condescending boastful
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Nightingale
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This is a fairytale -- before my eyes
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Servile fawning
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Nightingale
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But I can't sing in this weather
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Frank and Honest
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Frog
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Come my dear - we'll wing together
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Persuasive
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Frog
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We must aim - sixty shillings
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Patronising
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Frog
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Brainless bird - your passion
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Dismissive superior
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Frog
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I tried to teach her stupid creature
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Arrogant superior
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Q.6:
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Ans: (a)
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The frog was very angry because there was no audience.
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(b)
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No. The nightingale was timid, shy, servile and nervous. The frog was presumptuous, pompous, arrogant and acted as if he were superior.
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(c)
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The nightingale died as one of her veins burst. Now there was nobody else except the frog to croak at night. So he became the unrivalled king of the bog once again.
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Q.7: (a)
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Because 'frog' rhymes with log. The entire poem has a rhyming scheme. The poet wanted to have it throughout the poem.
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Q.8:
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The words describing various sounds are as follows.
Cacophony, baritone, trills, foghorn. The loudest is foghorn and the softest is a trill.
(1) Foghorn (2) Cacophony (3) baritone (4) trill
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