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Chapter 4: How to Tell Wild Animals
📖 Poem
Class 10
✍️ Carolyn Wells
NCERT First Flight
📖 Chapter Summary
This is a humorous poem that gives funny ways to identify wild animals. If a large brown animal roars at you, it's an Asian Lion. If a black-spotted animal jumps on you, it's a Bengal Tiger. The poet continues with leopards, bears, hyenas, crocodiles, and chameleons — all with funny ways of identification.
📖 NCERT Chapter — First Flight
✅ NCERT Exercise Solutions
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Comprehension Check
4 Q
Q1.
How can you identify an Asian Lion?
Ans: If a large brown animal roars at you as you are dying, it is an Asian Lion.
Q2.
How can you identify a Bengal Tiger?
Ans: If a black-spotted animal jumps on you and eats you, it is a Bengal Tiger.
Q3.
How does the poet describe a bear?
Ans: If an animal hugs you very hard, it is a bear.
Q4.
How to identify a hyena?
Ans: By its merry laughing smile.
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Thinking about the Poem
2 Q
Q1.
What is the tone of the poem?
Ans: Humorous, playful, and satirical.
Q2.
Why does the poet give impossible methods?
Ans: Because she writes humour, not a serious guide. The identification happens after you are dead!
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Literary Devices
2 Q
Q1.
Identify humour.
Ans: The absurd situations create humour.
Q2.
Identify rhyme scheme.
Ans: ABAB throughout.
❓ Important Questions
Q1. Why is the poem called humorous?
Because the methods are funny and absurd — you can only identify animals when you are being attacked.
Q2. What is the poet's attitude towards wild animals?
Playful humour, but also acknowledging their dangerous nature.
📄 Previous Year Questions (PYQ)
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Q1. How does the poet identify a leopard?
If a black-spotted animal keeps crying and won't let you go, it is a leopard.
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Q2. Why is the poem humorous?
The methods given are absurd and impractical, providing comic relief.
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Q3. How to identify a hyena?
By its merry, laughing smile.
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This poem gives funny ways to identify wild animals.
यह कविता जंगली जानवरों को पहचानने के मज़ेदार तरीके बताती है।
If a lion roars at you, it is an Asian Lion.
अगर शेर आप पर दहाड़े, तो वह एशियाई शेर है।
If a spotted animal jumps on you, it is a Bengal Tiger.
अगर धब्बेदार जानवर आप पर कूदे, तो वह बंगाल का बाघ है।
The poet describes leopards, bears, hyenas too.
कवि तेंदुए, भालू, लकड़बग्घे का भी वर्णन करती है।
The poem is humorous and nonsensical.
यह कविता हास्यप्रद और बेतुकी है।
The identification happens only when you're being attacked.
पहचान तभी होती है जब आप पर हमला हो रहा हो।