Lesson 2
 The Snare 
āĻĻ্āϝ āϏ্āύে⧟াā§°

👉MCQ Answer

I hear a sudden cry of pain! 

āĻšāĻ াāϤে āĻŦিāώ⧰ āĻ•াāύ্āĻĻোāύ āĻāϟা āĻļুāύিāĻ›োঁ!

There is a rabbit in a snare; 

āĻāϟা āĻĢাāύ্āĻĻāϤ āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšু āĻāϟা āφāĻ›ে;

Now I hear the cry again, 

āĻāϤিāϝ়া āφāĻ•ৌ āĻ•াāύ্āĻĻোāύ āĻļুāύিāĻ›োঁ,

But I cannot tell from where.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ•’ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ•’āĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāχ।


But I cannot tell from where 

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ•’ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ•’āĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āύাāχ

He is calling out for aid! 

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŽাāϤ āĻŽাāϤিāĻ›ে!

Crying on the frightened air, 

āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–োā§ąা āĻŦāϤাāĻšāϤ āĻ•াāύ্āĻĻি,

Making everything afraid!

āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–ুā§ąাāχ!


Making everything afraid! 

āϏāĻ•āϞো āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–ুā§ąাāχ!

Wrinkling up his little face! 

āϤাā§° āϏ⧰ু āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āĻ•ুāϟি āĻ•ুāϟি!

As he cries again for aid; 

āϝিāĻĻā§°ে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ•াāύ্āĻĻিāĻ›ে;

And I cannot find the place!

āφ⧰ু āĻ াāχ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāχ!


And I cannot find the place 

āφ⧰ু āĻ াāχ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąা āύাāχ

Where his paw is in the snare! 

āϝ'āϤ āϤাā§° āĻĒাāĻ–িāϟো āĻĢাāύ্āĻĻāϤ!

Little One! Oh, Little One! 

āĻ…āĻ•āύāĻŽাāĻŖিāĻ—ā§°াāĻ•ী! āĻ…’ āϞিāϟিāϞ ā§ąাāύ!

I am searching everywhere!

āϏāĻ•āϞোāϤে āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āφāĻ›ো!

James Stephens



Word note:

āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āϟোāĻ•া:

snare               trap

āĻĢাāύ্āĻĻ                 - āĻĢাāύ্āĻĻ

aid                  help

āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ           - āϏāĻšাāϝ়

frightened     -  being afraid of

āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–োā§ąা            - āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–োā§ąা

wrinkling     the lines or folds in face caused by pain

āĻ•ঁāĻĒি āĻĨāĻ•া     - āĻŦিāώ⧰ āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻŽুāĻ–ā§° ā§°েāĻ–া āĻŦা āĻ­াঁāϜ

paw               - animal's foot that has nails or claws

āĻĒাāω                 - āύāĻ– āĻŦা āύāĻ– āĻĨāĻ•া āϜāύ্āϤুā§° āĻ­ā§°ি

Comprehension

 I. Answer the following questions: 

āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻি⧟া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ āϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻি⧟া:

1. Who do you think is the speaker in the poem? 

āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟিā§° āĻŦāĻ•্āϤা āĻ•োāύ?

Ans: The speaker of the poem is the poet himself.

āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϟিā§° āĻŦāĻ•্āϤা āĻ•āĻŦি āύিāϜেāχ৷

2. What does he/she hear?

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•ি āĻļুāύিāĻ›িāϞ?

Ans: He/she hears a cry of pain. 

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āϝāύ্āϤ্ā§°āĻŖাā§° āφāϤāύাāĻĻ āĻļুāύিāĻ›িāϞ৷

3. What is the rabbit crying for?

āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšুāϟোā§ąে āĻ•ি⧟ āĻ•াāύ্āĻĻি āφāĻ›িāϞ?

Ans: The rabbit is crying for aid.

āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšুāϟোā§ąে āϏāĻšা⧟ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻ•াāύ্āĻĻি āφāĻ›িāϞ৷

4. What makes the rabbit wrinkle its face?

āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšুāϟোā§° āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āĻ•ি⧟ āĻŦিāĻ•ৃāϤ āĻšৈ āωāĻ িāĻ›িāϞ?

Ans: Fear made the rabbit wrinkle its face.

āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšুāϟোā§° āĻŽুāĻ–āĻ–āύ āϭ⧟āϤ āĻŦিāĻ•ৃāϤ āĻšৈ āωāĻ িāĻ›িāϞ৷

 5. Is the poet able to locate the snare?

āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āϚেāĻĒাāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞি⧟াāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞে āύে?

Ans: No. The poet isn’t able to locate the snare.

āĻ•āĻŦি⧟ে āϚেāĻĒাāϟো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞি⧟াāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāϞে।

 6. What do you understand by the expression, "the frightened air"? 

"the frightened air"  āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻļাā§°ীā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻ•ি?

Ans: The expression “the frightened air” means the fearful situation that the rabbit was in.

"the frightened air" āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻļাā§°ী⧟ে āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšুāϟোā§° āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻāϜāύāĻ• āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāĻŖā§°্āύা āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে।

II. Pick out the words that rhyme with:

āĻ›āύ্āĻĻ āĻŽিāϞোā§ąা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦাāĻ›ি āωāϞিāĻ“ā§ąা

         i) Snare: Where

            āĻĢাāύ্āĻĻ: āĻ•’āϤ

ii) aid: Afraid 

         āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ : āĻ­āϝ় āĻ–াāχāĻ›ে

        iii) face: Place

              āĻŽুāĻ–: āĻ াāχ

iv) pain : again

            āĻŦিāώ : āφāĻ•ৌ

III. In the word "wrinking", 'w' is silent, think of other words beginning with silent 'w' .

"wrinking" āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟোāϤ 'w' āύিā§°ā§ą, āĻŽৌāύ 'w' ā§°ে āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻšোā§ąা āφāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻ•āĻĨা āĻ­াāĻŦি āϚাāĻ“āĻ•।

Ans: Write, wrestle, wreck, wrist.

    āϞিāĻ–া, āĻŽāϞ্āϞāϝুঁāϜ, āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ, āĻšাāϤ⧰ āĻ•āĻŦ্āϜি।

IV. Describe a rabbit using the following hints: 

āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻ–িāϤ āχংāĻ—িāϤāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻāϟা āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšুā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āϕ⧰āĻ•:

Furry, white, soft-coat, cleft-lip, whiskers, timid, carrot.

āϞোāĻŽāĻļ, āĻŦāĻ—া, āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ-āĻ•োāϟ, āĻĢাāϟি āϝোā§ąা āĻ“ঁāĻ , āĻšুāχāϏ্āĻ•াā§°, āĻ­ীā§°ু, āĻŦিāϞাāĻšী।

Ans: Rabbit is a furry animal found mostly in the color White with black and pink shades. The fur of rabbit resembles to the soft-coats that people wear. Rabbits are herbivorous animals and carrot is one of their favorite foods to eat. They are timid in nature. Rabbits are distinguished for their cleft-lip and whiskers.

āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšু āĻāĻŦিāϧ āĻŦāĻ—া āφ⧰ু āĻ•āϞা āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦা āĻ—ুāϞāĻĒী⧟া ā§°āϙ⧰ āύোāĻŽাāϞ āϜীā§ą৷āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšুā§° āύোāĻŽāĻŦোā§° āĻĻেāĻ–িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āωāĻŽাāϞ āĻ•োāϟāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ে৷āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšু āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻ•ৈ āϤৃāĻŖāĻ­োāϜী āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖী āφ⧰ু āĻ—াāϜ⧰ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻāĻŦিāϧ āĻĒ্ā§°ি⧟ āĻ–াāĻĻ্āϝ৷ āϏ্ā§ąāĻ­াā§ą āĻ…āύুāϏ⧰ি āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšু āĻāĻŦিāϧ āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤিā§° āϜীā§ą৷ āĻļāĻšাāĻĒāĻšুā§° āĻ—োāĻĢ āφ⧰ু āĻŽূāĻ–ā§° āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ৷


Word Meaning:

Sudden- āφāĻ•āϏ্āĻŽিāĻ•।

Snare- āĻĢাāύ্āĻĻ।

Aid- āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ।

Frightened- āĻļংāĻ•িāϤ।

Afraid- āϭ⧟ āϕ⧰া।

Wrinkling- āĻŦāϞি ā§°েāĻ–া।

Search- āϏāύ্āϧাāύ।


 


Word Meaning by- Punya Hazarika

Assamese Translate and Check: Himashree Bora. (Date: 09-06-2022)