Lesson 8
Mijbil The otter
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1. What ' experiment did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
āĻŽেāĻ্āĻ¸ā§ąেāϞে āĻেāĻŽ’āĻāĻĢিā§াā§°āύা āĻি āϧāĻŖā§° āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāϞ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাā§ąিāĻিāϞ?
Answer: While travelled to southern Iraq, Maxwell decided to keep on otter as a pet instead of a dog. He thought Camusfearna was surrounded by water that was a stone’s throw from its door, so it would be an eminently suitable spot for this experiment.
āĻŽেāĻ্āĻ¸ā§ąেāϞে āĻাāĻāĻĨ āĻā§°াāĻāϞৈ āĻূā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϝাāĻঁāϤে āĻāĻা āĻāĻĻ্ āĻāύ্āϤ্āϤ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে ā§°āĻাā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ।āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āĻেāĻŽুāĻুāĻĢিā§েā§°āύা āĻĒাāύীā§°ে āĻāĻুā§°ি āĻĨāĻা āĻ াāĻ āĻāϤিāĻে āϤেāύে āĻāĻĄোāĻā§° āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻāĻĻ āĻĒুāĻšিāĻŦā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦā§° āĻাāϞ āĻ াāĻ āĻš’āĻŦ।
2. Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦাāĻ্ā§°াāϞৈ āĻিā§ āĻৈāĻিāϞ? āϤাāϤ āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§°ু āĻিā§ āĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer: He goes to Basra to the consulate General to receive and answer his mail from Europe. Unfortunately his friend’s mail had arrived. Thereby he tried connecting to England via telegraph & telephone but could not associated due to waiting period and other technical issues. Thus he waited their for five days until his mail arrived.
āϏি্ āĻেāύেā§°েāϞāĻ āϞāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°ু āĻŽেāĻāϞ⧰ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϞāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦাāĻā§°াāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ।āĻĻুā§°্āĻাāĻ্āϝāĻŦāĻļāϤঃ āϤাā§° āϞāĻā§° āĻāύ⧰ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻāĻšিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āύাāĻšিāϞ।āϝাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒাāĻāĻĻিāύāϞৈāĻে āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āϞāĻা āĻš’āϞ।
3. How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
āϏি āĻāĻĻāĻো āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ? āϏি āĻāĻāĻো āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞে āύে? āĻোāύāĻŦোā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻŽ āĻĒাāϞা āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąা।
Answer: His friend gave him the otter in the hands of two Arabs with a note.
The author likes it which reflects in his words “otter fixation” which means a strong connection between the otter and the owner.
āϤাā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāύ্āϧুā§ąে āĻĻুāĻāύ āĻā§°āĻŦীā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻোāĻা āĻāĻাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĻāĻো āĻĻি āĻĒāĻ িā§াāĻāĻিāϞ।
āĻāĻŦি্ā§ে āĻāĻĻāĻো āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ,āϏেāĻ āĻāĻĨা āϤেāĻংā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।āĻāĻĻāĻোā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻāύ্āϤ⧰িāĻāϤা āĻāĻĸ় āϞৈ āĻāĻ িāĻিāϞ।
4. Why was the otter named ' Maxwell's otter '?
āĻāĻĻāĻোāĻ āĻিā§ āĻŽেāĻ্āϏেā§ąā§° āύাāĻŽেā§°ে āύাāĻŽাāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻš’āϞ?
Answer: The race off otter was not known to science & it was named by zoologist Lutrogale perspicillata Maxwelli or Maxwell’s Otter.
āĻāĻĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāϤিāĻো āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ āĻ্āĻাāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ।āϏেāĻāĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§াāĻ āĻŽেāĻ্āĻ¸ā§ąেāϞ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύীāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽেā§°ে āύাāĻŽাāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
5. Tick the right answer. In the beginning, the otter was
aloof and indifferent
friendly
hostile
āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻো āĻŦাāĻি āĻāϞিāĻā§ąাঃ
Answer: The otter was aloof and indifferent in the beginning.
āĻāĻĻāĻো āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖিāϤে āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻĻাāϏীāύ āĻāĻিāϞ।
6. What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did do two days after that?
āĻŽেāĻ্āĻ¸ā§ąেāϞে āĻŽিāĻāĻŦāϞিāĻ āϏ্āύাāύāĻā§°āϞৈ āϞৈ āϝাāĻঁāϤে āĻি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ? āĻā§াā§° āĻĻুāĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?
Answer: The otter went wild with joy in the water when Maxwell took it to the bathroom. It was the plunging and rolling in it & jumped up and down the length of the bathtub.
After two days, the otter suddenly disappeared & went to the bathroom play in the water and opened the tap on his own.
āĻāĻĻāĻোā§ąে āĻĒাāύীāϤ āĻেāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāĻ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻāϤ āĻā§āĻĢুāϞ্āϞিāϤ āĻšৈāĻি্āϞ āϝেāϤিā§া āĻŽেāĻ্āĻ¸ā§ąেāϞে āϤাāĻ āϏ্āύাāύāĻā§°āϞৈ āϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ।āĻāĻĻāĻোā§ąে āĻā§°āϧ⧰āĻৈ āĻāĻুā§ąাāĻ āĻৈ āĻাāϧোā§ąা āĻāϞāĻোāϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻĒিā§াāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ।
āĻĻুāĻĻিāύ āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻāĻĻāĻোā§ąে āύিāĻেāĻ āĻāĻুā§ąাāĻ āĻৈ āϏ্āĻĨাā§ąāύāĻā§°āϤ āϏোāĻŽাāĻ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻেāĻĒ āĻুāϞিāĻিāϞ
7. How was Mij to be transported to England?
āĻŽিāĻāĻŦিāϞāĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻংāϞেāĻŖāĻ āĻĄāϞৈ āύিā§া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?
Answer: The airlines had directed the author to pack MIjbil in a box. Because British air lines did not allow pets on board, the author had to book a ticket on a different airline from Iraq to Paris & then Paris to London.
āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ āĻā§°্āϤৃāĻĒāĻ্āώāĻ āϞিāĻāĻāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻĻāĻোāĻ āĻāĻা āĻŦাāĻāĻāϤ āĻā§°াāĻ āύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ।āĻিā§āύো āĻŦৃāĻিāĻ āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ āĻā§°্āϤৃāĻĒāĻ্āώāĻ āĻেāϤিā§াāĻ āĻীā§ą-āĻāύ্āϤ্āϤ āύিā§াāĻো āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিā§া āύাāĻিāϞ।āϏেāĻāĻŦাāĻŦে āϞিāĻāύে āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ⧰ āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻā§°াāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒেā§°িāĻ āĻšৈ āϞāĻŖ্āĻĄāύ āϝাāĻŦāϞāĻীā§া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
8. What did Mij do to the box?
(āĻŽিāĻāĻŦিāϞে āĻŦāĻ্āϏāĻো āĻি āĻā§°িāϞে?)
Answer: Mijbil did not feel comfortable in the box and tried to escape. In his attempt to escape, Mij tore into the metal lining of the box and in the process hurt himself.
āĻŽিāĻāĻŦিāϞে āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻোāϤ āĻ āϏুāĻŦিāϧা āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒāϞাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ।āϏি āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϞাāĻŦ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°োāϤে āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻোā§° āĻাāώāϤ āϞাāĻি āĻāĻাāϤ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।
9. Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think he felt when he did this?
āĻŽেāĻ্āĻ¸ā§ąেāϞে āĻŽিāĻāĻŦিāϞāĻ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻāĻāϤ āĻিā§ āĻā§°াāĻāĻিāϞ? āϤেāύে āĻā§°োāϤে āϏি āĻি āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer: To carry Mijbil to London. Maxwell had no other way instead of put the otter in the box again. He must how felt pity on the way the otter hurt himself. Moreover he must he worried as well.
āĻŽিāĻāĻŦিāϞāĻ āϞāĻŖ্āĻĄāύ āύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŽেāĻ্āϏেā§ąāϞ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻāύ āĻāĻো āĻāĻĒাā§ āύাāĻিāϞ,āϏেā§ে āϤাāĻ āĻŦাāĻāĻāϤ āĻā§°াāĻāĻিāϞ।āϏি āĻāĻĻāĻোāĻ āĻŦাāĻāĻāϤ āĻā§°াāĻāϤে āĻŽāύāϤ āĻŦā§° āĻāĻাāϤ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻ āϞৈ āĻিāύ্āϤিāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
10. Why does Maxwell say the air hostels was “the very queen of has kind”?
āĻŽেāĻ্āĻ¸ā§ąেāϞে āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ āĻĒā§°িāĻাāϞিāĻা āĻā§°াāĻীāĻ āĻিā§ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻাāϞ āĻুāĻŖā§° āĻ āϧিāĻাā§°ী āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻিāϞ?
Answer: The air hostels was sympathetic towards Maxwell after listening to his story. She understood his feeling and thus have him permission to take the otter out of the box. For her sympathetic nature, she was called “the very queen all the kind”.
āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ āĻĒā§°িāĻাāϞিāĻ āĻā§°াāĻীā§ে āĻŽেāĻ্āϏেā§ąেāϞ⧰ āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻāĻĻāĻোā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻļুāύি āύিāĻā§° āϏāĻšাāύুāĻূāϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŽেāĻ্āĻ¸ā§ąেāϞāĻ āĻāĻĻāĻো āĻŦাāĻāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϞিā§াāĻ āĻোāϞাāϤ āϞৈ āϞāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻĒāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ।āϏেāĻāĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ āĻĒā§°িāĻাāϞিāĻা āĻā§°াāĻীāĻ āĻাāϞ āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻিāϞ।
11. What happened when the box was opened?
(āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻো āĻোāϞাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āĻি āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?)
Answer- Mijbil ran out of the box when it was opened. Then it ran all over the place scaring all the passengers. It created a chaos and most of the people in the plane got scared.
āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻো āĻোāϞা āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āĻŽিāĻāĻŦিāϞ āĻĒāϞাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ।āϏি āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒāϞাāĻ āĻৈ āĻŦাāĻী āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ āϝাāϤ্ā§°ীāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻā§ āĻোā§ąাāĻāĻিāϞ।
12.What game had Mij invented?
(āĻŽিāĻāĻŦিāϞে āĻি āĻেāϞ āĻā§ąিāώ্āĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Answer- Mijbil invented a game of playing with ball in a unique way. One of the author’s suitcase was damaged. He would put the ball on the high end and run to catch it as it slided to the lower end.
āĻŽিāĻāĻŦিāϞে āύিāĻে āĻāĻা āĻেāϞ⧰ āĻā§ąিāώ্āĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।āϏি āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻāĻা āĻāĻ āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻĨৈ āĻāύāĻĢাāϞে āĻāĻšি āĻŦāϞāĻো āϏ⧰ি āĻĒā§°াāϞৈ āĻŦাāĻ āĻাāĻ āĻĨাāĻে।
13. What are compulsive habits? What does Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of
(i) School children
(ii) Mij
āĻŦāϞāĻĒূā§°্āĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻ্āϝাāϏ āĻŦুāϞিāϞে āĻি āĻŦুāĻা? āĻŽেāĻ্āϏেā§ąā§° āĻŽāϤে āϏ্āĻুāϞ⧰ āĻাāϤ্ā§°-āĻাāϤ্ā§°ী āĻā§°ু āĻŽিāĻā§° āĻŦāϞāĻĒূā§°্āĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻ্āϝাāϏ āĻি?
Answer- Compulsive habits are usually strange act or behaviour which a person without clear reason.
i) School children place their feet squarely on centre of each paving block. They touch every seventh upright of the iron railings. They pass to the outside of every second lamp post.
ii) Mij would tug the author to the wall of the school near his house. He would jump on to it. He would then gallop the full length of its thirty yards.
āĻŦāϞāĻĒূā§°্āĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻ্āϝাāϏ āĻŽাāύে āĻোāύো āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিā§ে āĻ āύিāĻ্āĻা āϏāϤ্āĻŦেāĻ āĻā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ।
i) āϏ্āĻুāϞ⧰ āĻাāϤ্ā§°-āĻাāϤ্ā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ে āϏāĻĻাā§ āĻļাā§°ী āĻĒাāϤি āĻেāώ্āĻাā§°āϤ āĻĨিā§ āĻšā§ āĻā§°ু āϞেāĻŽāĻĒ āĻĒāĻ āĻোā§° āĻাāώেāĻĻি āĻĒাā§° āĻšৈ āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āĻāϞাāĻ āϝাā§।
ii) āĻŽিāĻে āϞিāĻāĻāĻ āĻুāĻাāϤ āϏ্āĻুāϞ⧰ āĻাāώ⧰ āĻুঁāĻাāϤ āĻŦাāύ্āϧি āϤাā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻĒিā§াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
14. Why group of animals of otters belong to?
āĻāĻĻāĻো āĻোāύāĻŦোā§° āĻāύ্āϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāϤিāϤ āĻĒā§°ে?
Answer- Otters belong to the small group of animals called Mustellines. These are shared by the badger, mongoose, weasel, stoat, mink etc.
āĻāĻĻāĻŦিāϞাāĻ āĻŽুāώ্āĻেāϞিāύ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāϤিā§° āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻāϤ।āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāϤিā§° āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻāϤ āĻāύ āĻāύ্āϤ্āϤāĻŦোā§° āĻš’āϞ- āĻŦেāĻĄāĻাā§°, āĻŽংāĻ’āĻ, ā§ąেāĻেāϞ, āĻŽিংāĻ āĻāĻĻি।
15. What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?
āϞāĻŖ্āĻĄāύ⧰ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻŽিāĻāĻ āĻি āĻŦুāϞি āĻ āύুāĻŽাāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer- The Londoners made guesses that Mij was ‘a baby seal’, ‘a squirrel’ or ‘a walrus’.
It was also ‘a beaver’, ‘a bear cub’, ‘a leopard’.
āϞāĻŖ্āĻĄāύāĻŦাāϏীā§ে āĻŽিāĻāĻ āĻেā§°্āĻেāĻুā§ąা, āĻļিāĻšু, āĻাāϞুāĻ, āϞāϤা āĻŽাāĻā§°ী āĻŦাāĻ āĻāĻĻিā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
16. What things thus Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly, and fun- loving animal who need love?
āĻŽিāĻā§° āĻোāύāĻŦিāϞাāĻ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖā§° āĻā§°িā§āϤে āϤাā§° āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧি āϤāĻĨা āϏāĻšৃāĻĻā§āϤা āĻā§°ু āϧেāĻŽেāϞীā§া āϏ্āĻŦāĻাā§ąā§° āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer- Mij invented his own game out ping pong ball and a worn down suitcase. He loved water, and once he understood that on opening the tap water came out of it, he would get into the tub and played with water.
He had gradually for med a special attachment with Maxwell. It grows desperate when Maxwell left it in a por and wanted to come out as soon as possible.
āĻŽিāĻে āύিāĻে āĻĒিāĻāĻĒāĻ āĻŦāϞāĻো āĻেāϞি āύāϤুāύ āĻেāϞ āĻā§ąিāώ্āĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।āϏি āĻĒাāύী āĻেāϞি āĻĢুā§°্āϤি āĻā§°ি āĻĨাāĻি āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।āϞিāĻāĻে āĻŽিāĻāĻŦিāϞ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻāύ্āϤ⧰িāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ āĻāĻĸ়ি āϤুāϞিāĻিāϞে āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒā§° āĻāϤ⧰ি āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāĻিāϞে।
17. What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?
āĻĒাāĻ āĻিā§° āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻāĻŽি āĻŽিāĻāĻŦিāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻি āĻি āĻাāύিāϞো?
Answer- Otters belong to a comparatively small group of animals called Mustelli. They are found in large numbers in marshes. Arabs keep them as pets and tame them.
āĻāĻĻāĻŦিāϞাāĻ āĻŽুāώ্āĻেāϞি āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻ āĻĻূāώ্āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϝ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāϤিā§° āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻāϤ।āĻāĻšঁāϤে āĻŦোāĻাā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻĨাāĻে।āĻā§°ু āĻā§°āĻŦী āϞোāĻāϏāĻāϞে āĻāĻšঁāϤāĻ āĻĒোāĻšāύীā§া āĻāύ্āϤ্āϤ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে ā§°াāĻে।
18. Why is Mijs species now to the world as Maxwell’s otter?
āĻŽিāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāϤিāĻোāĻ āĻিā§ āĻŽেāĻ্āĻ¸ā§ąেāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĻ āύাāĻŽেā§°ে āĻāύা āϝাā§?
Answer- Maxwell otter was of a race previously unknown to science and was at length named by zoologists Lutrogale Perspicillata Maxwell, hence, it is known as Maxwell’s otter in short.
āĻŽেāĻ্āϏেā§ąেā§° āĻāĻĻ āĻĻুāώ্āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻĒ্āϝ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāϤিā§° āĻāĻিāϞ āϝিā§ে āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāϏীāĻŽাā§° āĻঁāϤ⧰āϤ āĻāĻিāϞ।āĻĒাāĻāϞৈ āĻāĻāύ āĻ্āϝাāϤāύাāĻŽা āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύী āϞুāĻ্ā§°’āĻেāϞ āĻĒাā§°āĻĒিāĻিāϞেāĻ āĻŽেāĻ্āĻ¸ā§ąেāϞে āĻāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāϤিāĻো āĻā§ąিāώ্āĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।āϏেāĻāĻŦাāĻŦে āĻā§াāĻ āĻŽেāĻ্āϏেāϞ⧰ āĻāĻĻ āύাāĻŽেā§°ে āĻāύা āϝাā§।
Angamita Dutta
(M.A in Englsih)