Activity 7 – Answer the following question by referring to the text

Question

Answer the following question by referring to the text:

1. What was the ‘most wonderful thing in the world’?
2. Describe the ‘Brown baby’ as he came to the wolf’s den.
3. Where were the parents of the ‘man cub’?
4. Why did Sher Khan come to the wolves?
5. Who was Akela? Give a description of Akela.
6. Why do you think Akela wanted the ‘man cub’ to be in the wolf family?

Answer

1. The “most wonderful thing in the world” referred to in the text is the sight of a brown baby, a man’s cub, standing before Father Wolf and the other wolves in their den.
2. The text describes the brown baby as a young child who had just learned to walk. He had brown skin and no hair, which was noted by Father Wolf. The baby looked up at Father Wolf’s face and laughed.
3. The text does not explicitly mention the whereabouts or fate of the parents of the man-cub. It only states that the man’s cub had been separated from its parents and was found by the wolves.
4. Sher Khan, the tiger, came to the wolves because he had heard that a man’s cub had been seen in the area. He demanded that the wolves hand over the cub to him, as he considered it his prey.
5. Akela was the great grey lone wolf who led the pack with strength and cunning. He was the leader of the wolf pack and held authority among the free people of the jungle. Akela played a significant role in the decision-making process and called for others to speak on behalf of the man-cub when it was brought before the pack.
6. Akela wanted the man cub in the wolf family for its potential benefits to the pack, including help in times of need and as a future sport. Akela also recognized the value of diversity and the cub’s ability to learn and contribute to the pack’s survival.