Lesson-5
The Snake and the Mirror
I. Discuss in Pairs and answer each question below in a short paragraph (30-40 words).
1.’’The sound was a familiar one. ’’What sound did the doctor hear? What did he think it was? How many times did he hear it? (Find the places in the text.) When and why did the sounds stop?
Answer: The doctor heard of a familiar sound which he thought to be of rats. His room is full of rats and there was a regular traffic of rats to & from the beam. He heard the sound thrice. The sound stopped suddenly after the doctor heard a dull thud as if a rubber tube had fallen to the ground. It was a snake.
ডাক্তৰজনে এটা চিনাকী শব্দ শুনা পাইছিলে যিটো তেওঁ এন্দুৰেৰে শব্দ বুলি ভাবিছিল তেওঁৰ ঘৰটো এন্দোৰেৰে ভৰ্তি আছিল, তেওঁ শব্দটো তিনিবাৰকৈ শুনা পাইছিল, হঠাৎ শব্দটো নাইকিয়া হৈ গৈছিল আৰু ডাক্তৰজনে এটা ডাঙৰ শব্দ শুনা পাইছিল যেন এটা গধূৰ ৰবৰৰ বস্তু পকাত পৰিছে আচলতে সেইটো এটা সাপ আছিল।
2. What two “important” & “earth-shaking” decisions did the doctor take while he was looking into the mirror?
Answer: While looking into the mirror the doctor took two “important” and “earth-shaking” decisions Firstly, he decided to shave daily and grow a thin moustache. Secondly, he would always keep an attractive smile on his face.
(আইনাখনৰ ফালে চাই ডাক্তৰজনে দুটা গুৰুত্বপূৰ্ণ সিদ্ধান্ত লৈছিলে প্ৰথম তেওঁ ঠিৰাং কৰিছিল যে তেওঁ সদায় দাড়ি খুৰাব আৰু পাতলকৈ এডাল মুচ ৰাখিব দ্বিতীয়তে তেওঁ নিজৰ মূখত এটা ধুনীয়া হাঁহি ৰাখিব।)
3. “I looked into the mirror and smiled, “says the doctor. A little lates he says, “I forgot my danger and smiled feebly at myself, “what is the doctor opinion about himself when: (i) he first smiles & (ii) he smiles again? In what way do his thoughts change in between and why?
Answer: (i) When the doctor first smiles, he admires his good looks and profession.
প্ৰথমবাৰ হাঁহোতে ডাক্তৰজনে নিজৰ হাঁহি আৰু ভাল লগা বাবে সন্তোষ প্ৰকাশ কৰিছিল।
(ii) When he smiles again. He actually smiles at his stupidly and poor situation.
পুনৰ বা হাঁহোতে তেওঁ দৰাচলতে নিজৰ মূখাৰ্মী আৰু পুতৌ লগা পৰিস্থিতিক লৈ হাঁহিছিল।
II. This story is about a frightening incident narrated in a hummaraus way. What makes it humaraus? (Think of the contrasts it presents between dreams and reality. Some of them are between)
1. (i) The kind of person the doctor is (money, passesion)
Ans: The doctor is a poor man who have no electricity in his house. He lives in a small rented room full of rat. He has about sixty rupees in his suitcase. Along with some shirts and dhatis, he have only one solitary black cat.
(ডাক্তৰজন এজন দুখীয়া মানুহ আছিলে যাৰ ঘৰত বিজুলী ব্যৱস্থা নাছিল। তেওঁ এটা সৰু ভাড়াৰ ঘৰত আছিলে য’ত ধেৰ এন্দুৰ আছিল তেওঁ ওচৰত মাত্ৰ ৬০ টকা পইচা আছিল। তেওঁৰ ওচৰত মাত্ৰ এযোৰমান কাপোৰ আৰু ধুতি আছিল। আৰু এটা মাত্ৰ ক’লা ক’ট আছিল।)
(ii) The kind of person he wants to be (appearance, amibition)
Ans:- He wants to be a handsome person. So he decided to shave daily and to grow a thin moustache. He also allices to accumulate wealth.
(তেওঁ এজন ধুনীয়া চেহেৰাৰ ব্যক্তি হ’ব বিচাৰিছিল, সেয়েহে তেখেতে সদায় দাড়ি খুৰোৱা সিদ্ধান্ত লৈছিলে ইয়াৰোপৰি তেওঁ ধনী হ’ব বিচাৰিছিল )
2.(i) The person he wants to marry
Ans:- He intends to marry a wealthy lady doctor having a good medical practice. He wishes to have a fat wife so that she can not run after him and catch him when he would make a mistake.
তেখেতে এগৰাকী ধনী ডাক্তৰনী বিয়া পাতিব বিচাৰিছিল । তেখেতে নিজৰ ঘৈণীয়েক শকত হোৱাটো বিচাৰিছিল যাতে তেওঁ ভূল কৰিলে খেদি দৌৰি যাব নোৱাৰে।
(ii) The person he actually marries
Ans: The person he actually marries is a thin lady person with the gift of a sprinter.
তেখেতে এগৰাকী ক্ষীণ ছোৱালী।
3. (i) His thoughts when he looks into the mirror
Ans:- By looking into the mirror, he decides to shave daily to look smart and retain his smile. He is happy and contented when he looks into the mirror.
আইনাখন চাই তেখেতে দাড়ি খুৰোৱা আৰু মূখত এটা হাঁহি লৈ ফুৰাৰ সিদ্ধান্ত লৈছিলে আইনাখন চাই তেখেতে আনন্দ আৰু সন্তোষ প্ৰকাশ কৰিছিলে।
(ii) His thoughts when the snake is crawled around his arm.
Ans:- When the snake crawled around his arm above the elbow, he kept sitting there holding his breath. He nationless and was afraid of the snake.
সাপটো তাৰ বাউসীত বগাই যাওতে সি স্থিৰ হৈ বহি আছিল উশাহটো ধৰি ৰাখিছিল আৰু সাপটোলৈ ভয় কৰিছিল।