A FISHY
STORY
Word
meanings (From the Book)
Let’s
Make Sentences
1 neighbourhood - places near and around
S There
are many dogs in our neighbourhood.
2 inn - a small hotel
S The
travellers stopped at an inn.
3 pause - a short stop
S I
asked my friend to pause the song.
4 fascinated - attracted, interested
S I was
fascinated by the colouful toys in the shop.
5 stranger - a person new to a place
S We
should not take any sweets from strangers.
6 obliged - grateful
S I’ll
be obliged if you give me a lift in your car.
7 remarkable - wonderful
S The
improvement in his marks was remarkable.
8 gaze - look
S Sita
turned her gaze towards the shop’s windows.
9 cautiously - carefully
S The old lady crossed the road
cautiously.
10 fragments - small
pieces
S The vase broke into many fragments.
Reference to context
1
“…it was sixteen
years ago that I caught him just below the bridge with a minnow.”
a.
Who spoke these words? Where were the speaker
and his listeners sitting?
Ans An old gentleman spoke these words. He, along
with George and the narrator, was sitting in a riverside inn.
b.
Whom did the speaker refer to by “him”?
Ans “Him” refers to the trout kept in a dusty old
glass case.
c.
How much did the fish weigh according to the
speaker?
Ans According to the speaker, the fish weighed
eighteen pounds and six ounces.
d.
Who came in after the speaker left?
Ans The local carrier came in after the speaker
left.
2
“You haven’t
injured the fish, have you?”
a.
Who said these
words and to whom?
Ans The narrator said these words to George.
b.
What made the
speaker say these words?
Ans The narrator said these words
because George had accidentally dropped the fish and had himself fallen on it.
c.
What did they see
when the listener got up?
Ans When George got up, they saw that the fish
had shattered into a thousand pieces.
d.
What truth did
they learn about the fish from this incident?
Ans They learnt that it wasn’t a real fish. It
was made of Plaster of Paris.
Answer
these Questions
Q1 Where
was the trout and why did it fascinate George and the narrator?
Ans The
trout was in an old glass case, fixed high on the wall of an inn. It fascinated
George and the narrator because it was extremely huge.
Q2 How many
people claimed that they had caught the trout? Who were they?
Ans Five
people claimed that they had caught the trout. The first was an old gentleman,
the second was the local carrier, the third was a man who came into the inn,
the fourth a middle- aged man and the fifth was the owner of the inn.
Q3 Which
four pieces of information did the carrier give about his catching the trout?
Ans The
carrier said that it had been nearly five years since he had caught the trout.
He had caught it on a Friday afternoon with a fly. He also said that it weighed
twenty- six pounds.
Think and
Answer
Q1 In what
way is this story about the trout a ‘fishy’ story?
Ans The
story is fishy not only because it is about a trout, but also because the fish
became a mystery after five people claimed to have caught it.
Q2 How do
you think George and narrator felt after they discovered the truth about the
trout?
Ans George
and the narrator must have felt silly that they thought that the plaster- of-
Paris fish was a real one.
Q3 Which
part of the story did you enjoy the most? Why?
Ans The part
where George and the narrator discovered the truth about the fish was most
enjoyable because it was very funny.
Word
Basket
1.
Neighbourhood
2.
Inn
3.
Conversation
4.
Trout
5.
Fascinated
6.
Monstrous
7.
Pound
8.
Ounce
9.
Minnow
10.
Carrier
11.
Individual
12.
Obliged
13.
Astonishing
14.
Clutched
15.
Cautiously
16.
Thousand
17.
Fragments
18.
Plaster
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