Question

Look at these pictures and read what these animals are sharing with their friends. Discuss these narratives sensitively in the class.

	The basket is the only home I have. I have forgotten what it is like in the open jungle and fresh air. For me, it is only the basket and the snake charmer!
	You see me in the circus – dancing and jumping through rings of fire. You clap and enjoy. Do you think that I also enjoy all this? If I do not do this I will get no food, only get a beating!
	You have only seen how fast I run. Have you seen my ‘shoes’? Do you know how much pain I get when they fix the horseshoes to my hooves?
	They make us dance and dance and dance. Even if we don’t want to, or we are in pain. That too, with an empty stomach!
	Meow! Meow! Meow! I can just roam around everywhere. Children love me a lot. They pat me and also give me milk.
	Gurtargoo! Gurtargoo! Do you know people specially call out to me to feed me with grain?

You have read what these animals say. Why do you think that some of them are sad?

Answer 1

They are sad because many people catch them and use them for their own benefit, because of which they are deprived of freedom.