Class 10 ENG CBSE Ch-8 Mijbil The Otter First Flight Questions and answers Theme Message Characters explanation
Ch-8 MIJBIL THE OTTER by Gavin Maxwell Message The lesson Mijbil the otter talks about the relationship between a master and his pet. It gives the message that one should be friendly towards the pet and take good care of it . We keep pets by choice and if we have one, then we treat it as a family member . Theme The theme of the story “Mijbil the Otter” is: Life without a pet was rather lonely . Mijbil The Otter Mijbil was an otter whose species was previously unknown to science and was later named Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli, or Maxwells otter. He looked like a small medieval dragon, coated with symmetrical pointed scales of mud armour, between whose tips was visible a soft velvet chocolate brown fur. Question and answer Question 1. What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for? Ans. Maxwell thought that he would keep an otter instead of a dog. Comusfearna, ringed by water a very short distance from its door, would be an eminently suitable spot...