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Try to rewrite the story without its humour, merely as a frightening incident. What details or parts of the story would you leave out?
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Answer: Do it yourself.
NCERT · Class 9 · English
Chapter 5: The Snake and the Mirror Poem: A Legend of the Northland
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Read the description given alongside this sketch from a photograph in a newspaper (Times of India, 4 September 1999). Make up a story about what the monkey is thinking, or why it is looking into a mirror. Write a paragraph about it.
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Answer: THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL
On a bright day, a monkey was having fun climbing and jumping across trees. Suddenly he saw a shining piece of mirror on the ground. He jumped down and had a close look at the mirror. At first, he could not understand what it was. After some time, he realised that the thing in his hand showed him his reflection. He looked at his face in the mirror. He removed twigs and dust that were stuck on his face. He made several faces and kept looking at his reflection. He touched his head and rubbed his hair. He preened himself for long. Then he threw the mirror back on the ground and took a leap onto the next tree.