welcome

BRINGING UP KARI
About the author
• Dhan Gopal Mukherji is probably the first popular Indian
writer in English. He was born on July 6,1890, in a village
near CALCUTTA on the edge of a jungle called Kajangal.
His famous works are KARI- THE ELEPHANT(1922), MY
BROTHERS FACE, HARI..THE JUNGLE LAD, RAM-THEHERO
OF INDIA, THE STORY OF A TIGER.
 BRINGING UP KARI -------- DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI

Kari, a five month old baby elephant, lives and

grows up with his nine-year-old friend and
keeper.
Kari doesn't eat much– just about sixteen
kilograms of delicious twigs a day.
Playful and sensitive, Kari saves a boy from
drowning
Ebony: Heavy blackish
timber
Squeal: cry/trumpet
Luscious: delicious
Hatchet: a short handled
axe
Mutilated: disfigure
Sapling: small plants
Tender : soft

Gathering: collecting
Shore: land along the river
Trumpet: the loud shrill cry
Afloat: floating
Current: flow of a river
Dragging: pulling
 Ponderous: heavy and massive
Darted: sudden swift movement

Lasso: rope with a noose

at the end
 KARI WAS LIKE A BABY
Kari becomes fond of ripe bananas.

He believes in self-help, much to the

discomfort of his friend.

With quiet dignity, Kari accepts the chiding he

knows he deserves.
Mischief: an
act of being
naughty
Sneak: to take hurriedly
Terrible: extremely
bad
Frightened: scared
Astonishment: surprised
Strewn: scattered
Whipped: beaten into
a froth
Pride: being proud
Squeal: cry/trumpet
luscious: tasty and sweet smelling
hatchet: small axe
Mutilated:
torn awkwardly/disfigured
lasso:

rope with a noose at the end

MULTIPLE
CHOICE
QUESTIONS
1.Kari was …………. months old when he was given to
author.

A.5 months

B.5 Years

C.6 Years

D.6 Months
2.The most difficult thing to teach an elephant is the
master call.

A.Dhat

B.Mali

C.Master call

D.Both a and b
3.Who is author of the lesson “bringing up the kari”?

A.Basantha surya

B.Dhan gopal mukerji

C.Leo Tolstoy

D.D.j enright
4. What do you mean hatchet?

A. Big axe

B. Big plough

C. Small plough

D.Small axe
5.What was the weight of the kari with respect to the
chapter?

A. 300 pounds

B. 200 pounds

C. 400 pounds

D.500 pounds
6.What does kari eat daily?

A.Twigs

B.Bananas

C. Mutilated twigs

D.Sugarcane
7.What did kari steal from the window?

A.Twigs

B.Bananas

C.Mutilated twigs

D.Sugarcane
8.Dhat is the command to ……………

A.Dance

B. Sit down

C. Walk

D.jump
9.When the author was nine. How could he
reach kari, by………….?

A. Standing on stool

B. Standing on tiptoe

C. climbing the ladder

D.None of the above

10. Kari was compared to ……… by the author.

A.Thief

B. Huge drum

C. Both a and d

D.Small baby
MORAL
The moral of the story, "Bringing up Kari",
is that we should underestimate nature in a
way that animals can exceed the doings of a
human being.
MORAL

• In simple words, the story depicts

the moral that animals too have the ability
of sometimes being more caring and loving
than human beings.
• This story is about a nine year old boy and five
months old elephant, Kari. Both of them grew
together. The first thing which Kari did was to
save a boy. Kari was like a baby and full of
mischief.
SUMMARY

• One day he developed the taste of bananas and since

then he took all steps to steal the bananas. The narrator
was very annoyed. So he scolded Kari for his mischief.
The narrator took all efforts to teach elephant to walk
and to sit down.
QUESTION/ANSWER
1. The enclosure in which Kari lived had a thatched
roof that lay on thick tree stumps. Examine the
illustration of Kari’s pavilion on page 8 and say
why it was built that way.
 2. Did Kari enjoy his morning bath in the river?
Give a reason for your answer.
3. Finding good twigs for Kari took a long
time. Why?
4. Why did Kari push his friend into the
stream?
• 5. Kari was like a baby. What are the main points of
comparison?

• 6. Kari helped himself to all the bananas in the

house without anyone noticing it. How did he do it?
• 7. Kari learnt the commands to sit and to walk.
What were the instructions for each command?

• 8. What is “the master call”? Why is it the most

important signal for an elephant to learn?