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    Ranjit Lal recounts his family's experience with their first pet, a boxer named Bambi. Bambi was mischievous and would get into trouble by eating anything she could, like butter, fried food leftovers, and desserts meant for guests. This caused humorous frustrations for the family as they tried to train her. However, Bambi was also very loved and spoiled by the family. The story conveys the humor of having a curious puppy as well as the family's commitment to caring for their beloved pet.

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    Ranjit Lal recounts his family's experience with their first pet, a boxer named Bambi. Bambi was mischievous and would get into trouble by eating anything she could, like butter, fried food leftovers, and desserts meant for guests. This caused humorous frustrations for the family as they tried to train her. However, Bambi was also very loved and spoiled by the family. The story conveys the humor of having a curious puppy as well as the family's commitment to caring for their beloved pet.

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    Ranjit Lal recounts his family's experience with their first pet, a boxer named Bambi. Bambi was mischievous and would get into trouble by eating anything she could, like butter, fried food leftovers, and desserts meant for guests. This caused humorous frustrations for the family as they tried to train her. However, Bambi was also very loved and spoiled by the family. The story conveys the humor of having a curious puppy as well as the family's commitment to caring for their beloved pet.

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    The First Pup: By: Ranjit Lal

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    Ranjit Lal recounts his family's experience with their first pet, a boxer named Bambi. Bambi was mischievous and would get into trouble by eating anything she could, like butter, fried food leftovers, and desserts meant for guests. This caused humorous frustrations for the family as they tried to train her. However, Bambi was also very loved and spoiled by the family. The story conveys the humor of having a curious puppy as well as the family's commitment to caring for their beloved pet.

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    THE FIRST PUP

    BY: RANJIT LAL


    About the Author
    • Born: 13th August 1955
    • Birthplace: Kolkata
    • Notable Works: The
    Bossman Adventures,
    Enjoying Birds, Faces in the
    Water, and The Crow
    Chronicles
    Ranjit Lal is one of India's
    foremost nature writers who
    also writes books for children.
    His works include both, fiction
    and non fiction.
    Summary

    The First Pup is a story about Bambi, a Boxer, the first pet that came to
    the author’s family. The author and his sisters learnt how tough it was to
    train a curious dog , and educate it on good behaviour.
    The short story gives humorous accounts of the various habits of Bambi,
    and how these landed her and the author’s family in trouble. Bambi
    would chew absolutely anything and everything, and make herself sick.
    Hence, the family would always be on the lookout to see that she did not
    do anything disastrous. He recollects the time when Bambi had eaten a
    whole packet of butter, or put her face in a wok full of oil where kebabs
    had been fried, or the time when she had snacked on a bowl of ‘rasmalai’
    prepared for guests.
     
    The story is written in a conversational style. The language is easy
     
    and crisp, and does justice to the funny and frustrating episodes of
    dog behavior. The story teller keeps his audience enthralled with
    amusing tidbits of how life revolved around Bambi from morn till
    night. The story also outlines the author’s and his family’s love and
    commitment towards Bambi. The story would touch the heart of
    all dog owners.
    Character Sketch
    BAMBI: Bambi was a Boxer. She was mischievous, inquisitive and absolutely
    spoilt by the author and his family. Her curiosity made her destroy things, eat
    inedible stuff that made her fall horribly sick, and some of her ways even
    landed the family in plenty of embarrassing situations. She was greedy too
    and once, licked clean half a kilo of butter and slurped on a bowl of ‘rasmalai’.
    Her eyes were so beseeching that the family would always succumb to her
    innocent looks and forgive all her misdeeds.
    Element of Humour
    Humour lies in the way the story has been narrated by the author. It
    is based on the writer’s comic perspective on the misconducts of
    Bambi, and the family’s reaction to them. The author makes makes
    funny word choices and uses humorous dialogues to describe
    Bambi’s behavior, which make the readers smile.
    Comprehension-
    A. Read the sentences and answer the questions:
    1. “Thankfully, she dealt with the problem… out it came- intact.”
    a) Who is being talked about here?
    b) What was the problem?
    c) What would have happened if the problem hadn’t been
    sorted?
    2. “The tea trolley… ready to be rolled out in style.”
    a) Who had decorated the tea trolley and why?
    b) Which food items had been laid out on the trolley?
    c) What happened to the contents of the trolley?
    B. Answer the questions in 20-30 words:
    a) What did Bambi benefit by all her life?
    b) What preventive measures did the family have to take to
    keep the pup out of harm’s way?
    C. Answer the question in 30-40 words:
    a) Do you think that the author and his family were fond of dogs?
    Cite two or three instances to prove so.
    D. Think and answer in 40-50 words:
    a) Ranjit Lal’s story is a humorous instance about how pets
    become a part and parcel of a family. Enumerate with
    instances from the story, how Bambi was an intrinsic part of
    the family.

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