NCERT Solutions for Mijbil the Otter Class 10 First Flight English

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The writer had gone to Iraq where he got an idea of keeping an otter as a pet. He wanted to have a new experiment, as people usually keep dogs or cats as pets. Otters are wild creatures and people seldom keep them as pets. It would have been a new learning experience for Maxwell to tame and train the otter.

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Maxwell went to Basra to visit the Consulate General to get his mail. He had to wait there for five days. His mail didn't reach on time. Then he tried to make a telephone call. The telephone line was not working properly on the first day. Next day, it was some public holiday so it was not working. Finally, after a wait of five days his mail arrived.

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One of Maxwell's friends probably requested a local to get an otter for him. Two people came with an otter and delivered it to him. The way the author explains every small prank of otter shows that he liked the otter.

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The zoological name of that species Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli indicates the fact that it was named by some scientist called Maxwell. Or the suffix 'maxwell' may have been given by the author himself. That is why the otter can be simply called Maxwell's Otter'.

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aloof and indifferent

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Otters live near water and water is their favourite playground. Mijbil enjoyed the sight of water in the bathtub. It enjoyed the water to its fullest. Mijbil splashed water all around the bathroom. Two days later Mijbil developed confidence to go all alone to the bathroom. It jumped up the bathtub and after some effort turned on the tap as well.

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As British airlines did not allow animals to be taken by plane so the author decided to take it by another airline to Paris and then from Paris to London. The airline's directive said that Mij could be carried in a box which should not be bigger than 18 square inches in dimension. Author was allowed to keep the box near his feet in the plane.

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The box was lined with metal sheet. Mij didn't find it comfortable to be there so tried to escape. In its attempt to escape, Mij tore into the metal lining of the box. As a result, it hurt itself and started bleeding.

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As there was no other way to carry Mij to London so the author had put it back into the box. He must have felt pity on the way the otter had hurt itself. Moreover, he must be worried as well.

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The airhostess not only allowed the injured otter to be taken in, she also allowed Maxwell to keep the otter the way he wanted. She had been cooperative and generous to the core. That is why she is referred to as a queen, as kings and queens usually have big generous hearts.

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The moment Maxwell opened the box Mij darted out of it vanished somewhere. Then it ran all over the place scaring all passengers. It created a chaos and most of the people in the plane started praying for their lives.

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Mij invented a game of playing ball in a unique way. One of author's suitcase which was damaged during journey was Mijbil's play arena. The suitcase top was having a slope. Mijbil would drop the ball from the height of the slope and would hurriedly catch it on the deeper end of the slope.

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Compulsive habits are usually strange act or behaviour which a person does without clear reason. For example a cricket player may put on his right shoe first as he believes it would bring him good luck or a kid jumping over a fence, instead of going through the passageway. Usually compulsive beahviour of children are hill of childhood mischief and those of adults are of incorrigible type.

(i) As per this story, children must place their feet squarely on the centre of each paving block; must touch every seventh upright of the iron railings, or pass to the outside of every second lamp post.

(ii) Mijbil while on its way to home would jump over the boundary wall railing and run at full speed throughout its length.

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Otters belong to a comparatively small group of animals called Mustellines, shared by the badger, mongoose, weasel, stoat, mink and others.

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As otters are not found in England so Londoners made wildest possible guesses about Mijbil's identity. Their guesses would range from a baby seal, a squirrel, a hippo to a brontosaurus.

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Some of the things we come to know about otters from this text are as follows. Otters are small creatures with dark brown fur all over the body. Otters live near water and enjoy playing in water. Otters are very active animals and can be easily tamed.

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It can be because of the association some scientist; named Maxwell who would have discovered this species It can also be the association with the author who is named Maxwell.

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(i) He spent hours shuffling a rubber ball round the room like a four-footed soccer player using all four feet to dribble the ball, and he could also throw it, with a powerful flick of the neck, to a surprising height and distance.

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(iii) I watched, amazed; in less than a minute he had turned the tap far enough to produce a trickle of water, and after a moment or two achieved the full flow.

(iv) But the real play of an otter is when he lies on his back and juggles with small objects between his paws.

(v) Mij discovered that if he placed the ball on the high end it would run down the length of the suitcase. He would dash around to the other end to ambush its arrival, hide from it, crouching, to spring up and take it by surprise, grab it and trot off with it to the high end once more.

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(vii) It is not, I suppose, in any way strange that the average Londoner should not recognize an otter, but the variety of guesses as to what kind of animal this might be came as a surprise to me. Mij was anything but an otter.

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1.Emperor Akbar used to be fond of musical evenings.
2. Every evening we used to take long walks on the beach.
3. Fifty years ago, very few people used to own cars.
4. Till the 1980s, Shanghai used to have very dirty streets.
5. My uncle would spend his holidays by the sea.
6. My uncle used to take long walks on the beach.
7. My uncle used to be fond of musical evenings.

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• Temple − white temple, stone temple, first temple
• Person − incorrigible person, ridiculous person
• Gifts − hundred gifts, ordinary gifts, birthday gifts
• Time − college time, rough time, first time
• Crossing − railroad crossing, first crossing
• Physique − plump physique, ordinary physique
• Three girls − first three girls, incorrigible three girls
• Thoughts − incorrigible thoughts, uncomfortable thoughts, ridiculous thoughts, heartbreaking thoughts, first thoughts, ordinary thoughts
• Scream − tremendous scream, loud scream
• Subject − college subject, ordinary subject
• Flight − rough flight, first flight
• Coffee − invigorating coffee, ordinary coffee
• Triangle − love triangle
• Boys − college boys, incorrigible boys, rough boys, hundred boys
• Farewell − college farewell, heartbreaking farewell
• Landscape − bare landscape, rough landscape, white landscape
• Chatterbox − incorrigible chatterbox
• View − tremendous view, panoramic view, ordinary view
• Dresses − hundred dresses, ordinary dresses, birthday dresses, marriage dresses
• Roar − tremendous roar, loud roar
• Expression − bare expression, slang expression, slack expression
• Handkerchief − white handkerchief, ordinary handkerchief
• Profession − family profession, first profession, ordinary profession
• Celebration − tremendous celebration, family celebration, birthday celebration

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