MR TOAD’S ADVENTURE

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A. The party entered the coffee-room, hungry, talkative and in all praise of the car that
had brought them along so well. Mr Toad was all ears.
Q1. What do you understand by the word ‘party’?
Q2. Why were they praising the car?
Q3. Why was Mr Toad all years?
 ANSWERS

1. The word ‘party’ in the above context means ‘a group’.

2. They were praising the car because it had brought all the members
to an inn.
3. Mr Toad had the best luncheon hence he was relaxed and contented
therefore he could listen to others talk.
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B. He increased his pace, even more, when he heard the police siren. He
thought he might escape, but he was caught at the next turn of the road. A
chubby cop with a handlebar moustaches approached him with a stern look
on his face and demanded, “May I see your license, Mr.?
Q1.Who was caught at the next turn of the road?
Q2. What do you understand by the term ‘handlebar moustache’?
Q3. What does the cop ask for and why?
 ANSWERS

1. Mr. Toad was caught at the next turn of the road.

2. A handlebar moustace is a bushy moustache with particularly
lengthy and upwardly curved ends.
3. The cop asks him for the licence as Mr. Toad was over speeding.
 Practice Exercise

CONSOLIDATE

A1 Mark these sentences as true (T) or false (F).

1. Mr Toad was startled by the sound of a truck.
2. Mr Toad didn’t want to steal the car.
3. Mr Toad broke the traffic rules.
4. Mr Toad was let go because he was a wealthy
merchant.
5. Mr Toad was a helpless prisoner in a remote
dungeon.
 Answers

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True
 Practice Questions

A2. Answer these questions.

1. What was Mr. Toad doing when he heard the sound of the car?
2. Describe Mr. Toad’s adventure after he picked the car from the inn-
yard till he was caught.
3. How did Mr. Toad behave when he was caught by the police?
4. Who was Mr. Clerk? What was his opinion on the crime committed by
Mr. Toad?
5. Describe the journey of Mr. Toad from the Court House to the
dungeon where he was imprisoned.
 Answers

 Ans 1. Mr. Toad was having his meal in an Inn, when he heard the sound
of the car.
 Ans 2. Mr. Toad very much enjoyed the familiar sound of the car, and his
old passion seized him, thereafter he took full charge over the vehicle.
He zoomed past the archway and his sense of right and wrong went
away temporarily. He considered himself the lawful master and was
enamored by the vehicle fully. He was chanting and the car too made a
loud noise. He was thoroughly enjoying the uncontrolled speed and at
that very moment, he was spotted by the police.
 Ans 3. Mr. Toad behaved in a very casual manner and replied, that he
was just testing how fast the marvelous car could go. He showed a
cheeky behavior towards the police.
 A.4. Mr. Clerk was a member of the Court of Law. He thought that Mr.
Toad had committed three very serious crimes which included stealing a
car, speeding and driving dangerously and cheeking the police. He felt
that Mr. Toad should get twenty years imprisonment for the three
crimes that he had committed.
 A.5. Mr. Toad was put in chains and dragged out from the Court
House. He shrieked and protested as he was being dragged across
the market place where people attacked him with carrots. As he
passed the guardrooms some soldiers made fun of him while others
gave him threatening looks. He passed the thumbscrew rooms and
finally reached the remotest dungeon. Here Mr. Toad was handed
over to the jailer who locked and imprisoned him in the dungeon.
 Question & Answers

A3. Think and Answer.

Q.1. Why do you think Mr. Toad was consumed by the desire to drive
the vehicle despite knowing that it didn’t belong to him?
A.1. Mr. Toad had a great craze for motor cars. He had no control over
his love and passion for vehicles. When he went out of the coffee room
and saw the car, he lost sense of moral values. He failed to distinguish
between the right and the wrong. He drove away someone else’s car
without permission.
 Question & Answer

Q.2. Do you think Mr Toad was a thief? Explain your answer.

A.2. Mr Toad was not a thief. He took the car because he could not control his
desire to drive. He would have returned the car after satisfying his desire to
drive it.
Q.3. Do you think the penalty meted out to Mr Toad was justified?
A.3. One who breaks the law is always punished. Mr Toad committed three
crimes, so he had to be punished. However, twenty years was a very long time
as he had no intention of stealing the car.
1.INN: (B) a restaurant
2. TOT UP : (A) add numbers to calculate
Meaning
Remotest dungeon – An underground
prison in a castle
far away
Stoutest - Strong
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