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Question
Look at these pictures and read what these animals are sharing with their friends. Discuss these narratives sensitively in the class.
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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! |
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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! |
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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? |
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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! |
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Meow! Meow! Meow! I can just roam around everywhere. Children love me a lot. They pat me and also give me milk. |
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Gurtargoo! Gurtargoo! Do you know people specially call out to me to feed me with grain? |
How do you think they are different – the monkeys that dance to entertain people and the monkeys that are free?
Solution
The monkeys that dance to entertain people do not enjoy freedom as they are caught and are used by the people for their own benefit, so they feel sad. But the monkeys that are free and live in the forest are happy. They do whatever they like. They can go wherever they want.
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