GILLU PART-2

Translated by Gyan Coaching Centre

5. I have several pet animals and birds मेरे पास अनेक पालतू जानवर और चिड़ियाँ थे and all of them are quite fond of me उनमे से सभी मुझे बिल्कुल पसंद करते थे. I don’t remember any of them daring to eat from my plate उनमे से कोई भी याद नहीं है जो मेरी थाली से खाने का साहस करता था. Gillu was an exception.गिल्लू एक अपवाद था  The moment जिस क्षण I would reach the dining-room मै dinning room में पहुँचती  , he would emerge from the window,वह खिड़की से आकर शामिल हो जाता  cross over the courtyard wall and the verandah आंगन की दीवार और वरांडा को पार करते हुए, reach the table मेज तक पहुचता and would want to sit in my plate और मेरे प्लेट में बैठना चाहता . With great difficulty, बड़ी कठिनाई से I taught him to sit close to my plate. मै उसे  प्लेट के नजदीक बैठना सिखा पायी .

His favourite food was Kaju उसका पसंदीदा भोजन काजू था when not available for several days, जब कई दिनों तक उपलब्ध नही होता था he would refuse other food items तो वह अन्य खाद्य सामग्रियों को मना कर देता and threw them down from the swing. झूले से उन्हें नीचे फेक देता, Around that time, उसी दौरान being injured in a motor car accident मोटर कार दुर्घटना के दौरान, I had to spend some days in the hospital मुझे कुछ दिनों हॉस्पिटल में बिताना पड़ा. Those days, whenever my room was opened, उन दिनों जब कभी भी मेरा कमरा खुलता Gillu would rush down from his swing, गिल्लू अपने पिजरे से तेजी से नीचे उतरता but on seeing somebody else लेकिन किसी अन्य को देखकर, he would, with the same alacrity वह उसी उत्साह के साथ, scuttle back to sit in his nest वापस दौड़ कर अपने पिजड़े में बैठ जाता. Everyone would offer him Kaju सब लोग उसे काजू देते , but when I cleaned up his swing लेकिन जब मैंने पिजड़े को साफ की on my return from the hospital हॉस्पिटल से लौटने के बाद , I discovered it was full of Kaju मैंने पाया की यह काजू से भरा हुआ था , which only showed how little he was eating his favorite food those days! जिसने मात्र दिखाया की उन दिनों वह अपना पसंदीदा भोजन कितना  कम खा  रहा था  During the course of my indisposition, मेरी अस्वस्थता के के दौरान  he would sit near my head on my pillow वह मेरी सिर के पास तकिये पर बैठता and gently stroke my forehead and hair,और साधारण रूप से मेरे सिर और बालों को दबाता  and his moving away was like the going away of a nurse or attendant! और उसका जाना एक सेविका या परिचायिका के जाने जैसा था .

Answer the questions briefly;

(I) Why was Gillu an exception for the writer?

 Ans: -Though the writer had several pet animals and birds. All of them were quite fond of her, but none of them was daring to eat from her plate. So Gillu was an exception. He won her heart.
(II) Describe how did Gillu share with the authoress at dinner?

Ans: - The moment the authoress would remain in the dining room, he would emerge from the window cross over the courtyard wall and the verandah reach the table and would want to sit in her plate, but she taught him to sit close to her plate.
(III) What did Gillu do when the writer was in ill health?

Ans: - When the writer was in ill health he would sit near her head on her pillow and gently’ stroke her forehead and hair, and his moving away was like the going away of a nurse or attendant.

(IV) What did the writer discover?

Ans: - During the period the authoress was in hospital Gillu did not eat more Kaju. She found in her room, there was full of Kaju but he did not eat them all.

5. When I used to work during summer afternoons, जब मै गर्मियों में दोपहर के बाद काम करती  Gillu would abstain from going outside or sitting in his swing. गिल्लू बहार जाने या झूले में बैठने से परहेज करता, To keep himself close to me खुद को मेरे नजदीक रखने के लिए and also to tackle the summer heat और गर्मी के गर्मी से बचने के लिए भी , he had discovered a totally new method उसने बिल्कुल / पुर्णतः  एक नया तरीका ढूढ़ लिया था . He would lie prostrate on the Surahi kept near me वह मेरे पास रखे सुराही पर सीधा लेट जाता and thus remain both और इस प्रकार दोनों  close to me as well as be cool! मेरे नजदीक भी होता था और ठण्डा भी रहता था    .

Squirrels have a life span of barely two years; as such जैसा की  गिलहरियों की जीवन काल मात्र दो वर्ष होती है, Gillu’s lease of life finally came to an end गिल्लू के भाड़ें के  जीवन काल का अन्ततः समाप्त होने को आया . For the whole day, he neither ate nor ventured out.पूरा दिन उसने न तो कुछ खाया और न बाहर गया  In the night, even with the pain of going away, रात में दूर जाने के दर्द के बावजूद  he came to my bed from the swing, वह पिजड़े से मेरे बेड पर आया and clutched the same finger with his icy claws,  और उसी अँगुली को अपनी ठंडे पंजों से पकड़ा which he had clung to, in his near death-like state during his natal days जिससे वो अपने शैशव काल में अपनी मृत्यु जैसे अवस्था में  चिपका था  . The claws were getting so cold that उसके पंजे इतने ठंडे होते जा रहे थे कि  I switched on the heater  मैंने हीटर चालू किया and tried to give him some warmth और उसे कुछ गर्मी देने का प्रयास . But, as the first ray of the morning touched him, he departed लेकिन जैसे ही सूरज की प्रथम किरण ने उसे छुआ, वो स्वर्ग सिधार गया .

His swing was taken off the hook and the opening made in the wire- mesh window was closed. उसका झुला हुक से उतर दिया गया और तार के जाली का छेद बंद कर दिया गया  Gillu was put to eternal rest under the Sonjuhi creeper-both, गिल्लू को संजुही लता  के नीचे दफना दिया गया  because he over this creeper most  क्योंकि वह इस लता को बहुत प्यार करता था and also because of the satisfaction.और संतुष्टि के लिए भी  I derive from my belief that  मैंने अपने विश्वास से निष्कर्ष निकाला की some spring day I will find him flowering and blossoming in the guise of a tiny yellow Juhi flower! किसी वसंत के दिन मैं उसे छोटे पीले जूही फुल के रूप में फूलते और खिलते हुए प्राप्त करुँगी.

Questions:
(I) How did Gillu make himself cool in summer?
 Ans: - During summer afternoons when the authoress used to work, Gillu would abstain from going outside or sitting in his swing. To keep himself cool and close to her he would lie prostrate on the Surahi kept near her and thus remain both close to her as well as be cool.

(II) How long does Squirrel live?  
Ans: - It is said that Squirrels have a life span of barely two years.

(III) Describe the end of Gillu? 
Ans: - Gillu’s lease of life finally came to an end. For the whole day, he neither ate nor ventured out. In the night, even with the pain of going away, he came to her bed from the swing and clutched the same finger with his icy claws. They were getting cold, but in the very morning he died.

(IV) How would the authoress find him again?
Ans: - The authoress put the dead body of Gillu to eternal rest under the Sonjuhi creeper for both the reasons,

(i)  because he loved that creeper most and

(ii) because of her satisfaction. She believed that some spring day she would find him flowering and blossoming in the guise of a tiny yellow Juhi flower.

1.    Who started calling the tiny baby squirrel as Gillu?
Ans: - The poetess started calling tiny baby squirrel as ‘Gillu’.

2. (V)  How did ‘Gillu’ sustain wounds?

Ans: - Gillu had sustained wounds by two crows, to make him a easy prey for them poking their beaks on his tiny body.

3.    Which ointment was applied on the wounds of the tiny baby squirrel?
Ans: - Penicillin ointment was applied on the wounds of the tiny baby squirrel.

4.    What does the transformation from the common to the proper noun imply? What difference does a name make?
Ans: - Transformation from the common to the proper noun suggests the identity of a person or thing. It means the condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is
We can recognize a man by his name and easily find him out among other persons. When a person, place or thing is named, it becomes a proper noun and it denotes a particular person, place or thing.

5. What did the writer do with the wounded squirrel?
Ans: - The writer wiped the blood of the squirrel and applied penicillin ointment over it and tried to feed him.

B. 2. Answer the following questions briefly 

1. How would Gillu inform that he was hungry?
Ans: - When Gillu become hungry, he would inform the narrator by twittering and produced a sound of “chik-chik” after receiving some Biscuits or Kaju.

 2. What prompted the narrator to set Gillu free?
Ans: -  Seeing Gillu sitting near the window and affectionately peering at the world. Outside made the narrator realise that it was necessary to set Gillu free.

3. What is the life span of squirrels?
Ans: - Squirrels have a life span of nearly 2 years.

4. What was the favourite food of Gillu?
Ans: - The favourite food of Gillu was Kaju.

5. When was his swing taken off?
Ans: - His (Gillu) Swing was taken off after his death.

6. Where did the writer see two crows?
Ans: - The writer saw two crows at the flower-pots in the verandah of her house.

7. What were the crows doing?
Ans: - The crows were playfully pushing sharply their beaks at the flowerpots.

8. Why was the tiny baby squirrel motionless?
Ans: - The tiny baby squirrel had sustained two wounds due to the violent and sudden attack by two crows. It had made him motionless.

9. How did the writer manage to pour water in the mouth of the motionless tiny baby squirrel?
Ans: - The writer could manage to pour water in the mouth of the motionless tiny baby squirrel after several hours of taking care and vigorous efforts for the same.’