LESSON - 8 MIJBIL THE OTTER

LESSON - 8 MIJBIL THE OTTER GAVIN MAXWELL Mp3

 LESSON - 8 MIJBIL THE OTTER BY - GAVIN MAXWELL

Que. 1- How does Maxwell get the otter? Does he like it?

Ans. His friend bought the otter for him and sent it to the place where he was staying. The author liked it.

2. Why was the otter named 'Maxwell's otter'?

Ans. The otter was named by zoologists as Lutrogale Perspicillata Maxwell. Hence, it called Maxwell's otter in short.

3. What happened when Maxwell took MIJBIL to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?

Ans. For half an hour the otter went wild with joy in the water. He plunged and rolled in it. He made enough slosh and splash.

After two days he escaped from the author's bedroom. He entered the bathroom to play in water and the tap.

4. How was Mij to be transported to England?

Ans. Mij was to be transported to England by air. The author brought Mij London via Paris.

5. What game had Mij invented?

Ans. Mij had invented a game with ping-pong ball. He would put the ball at one end of a sloping lid and then grab it as if ran to the other end.

6. What are 'compulsive habits'?

Ans. Compulsive habits are usually strange act or behaviour which a person does without clear reason.

7. Which group of animals do otters belong to?

Ans. Otters belong to a comparatively small group of animals called Mustellines.

8. What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?

Ans. The Londoners guessed Mij to be a baby seal, a squirrel, a walrus, a hippo, a beaver, a bear cub or a leopard.

Ans. Mij screwing tap up tighter and unscrewing up to get water, shows that it is an intelligent animal.