Summary of The Adventures of Toto
The Adventures of Toto by Ruskin Bond is an amusing story highlighting the antics of a mischievous monkey.
The narrator’s grandfather bought Toto, a little red monkey from a tonga driver to add to his collection of animals in his private zoo.
Toto was an attractive monkey with sparkling eyes. He would take special delight in scaring elderly Anglo-Indian ladies. Since grandmother was always averse to grandfather’s collection of animals, he decided to keep the news about Toto hidden from her until she was in better mood.
Toto was temporarily kept in a closet that opened into the narrator’s bedroom. After a few hours of keeping Toto in the closet, when the narrator and the grandfather came to see Toto, they were in for a shock. Toto had torn the wallpaper; the peg with which Toto had been bound, had been wrenched off the wall. The narrator’s school blazer had been torn into pieces.
The grandfather was quite happy at the monkey’s adventures. After this it was decided that Toto would be transferred to the cage where other animals such as a tortoise, a pair of rabbits, a tame squirrel and, narrator’s pet goat lived amiably. But Toto would create trouble for all of them.
The grandfather had to go to Saharanpur to collect his pension. He decided to take Toto along in a big canvas bag. Since there was no opening in the bag to allow his hands or face to come out, he would often jump inside the bag, making the bag look like as if there was a spirit in it.
As soon as the train reached Saharanpur, Toto scared the ticket-collector by popping his head out of the bag and grinning at him. The ticket-collector was annoyed at the discovery and asserted that the grandfather would have to pay for Toto’s fare. The ticket-collector assumed Toto to be a dog and would not listen to the grandfather’s argument that it was not a dog.
Once the grandmother accepted Toto, he was shifted to stable where, Nana, the family donkey lived. Toto could not get along with Nana as well.
Toto loved to take bath in hot water in winter in the same manner as the narrator would do. He would first check the hotness of water before jumping into the hot water bowl.
Video
https://youtu.be/TrdrcQ_jEJ8
Chapter PDF
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Q- Character Sketch of Toto
Toto was a very active and sharp monkey. He was always planning some mischief. He took special delight in scaring old ladies. He tore the wallpaper of the closet in which it was kept; when he was transferred to the cage with other animals, he gave them lots of troubles with his mischiefs.
The Grandfather when took Toto to Saharanpur, there he scared the ticket-collector by popping his head out of the bag and grinning at him. The ticket-collector got annoyed at the discovery and asserted that the grandfather would have to pay for Toto’s fare.
Toto also gave troubles to Nana, the donkey. His sharpness could be judged from the fact that when he found hot water, he got into it to take bath. He first checked the hotness of water before jumping into the hot water bowl.
Q- Write names of different animals about which you have read in the lesson.
Very Short Questions
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xywg2lZcYVMLkwppR-yTR5XOfYPNI4mQ/view?usp=drivesdk
Other Short Questions
1. Where was Toto kept immediately after Grandfather got him? Why?
Toto was kept in a closet. It was tied securely to a peg. This was done to keep the monkey's presence a secret from the writer's grandmother. She always made a fuss when Grandfather brought home some new bird or animal.
2. How did Toto get along with other animals?
Toto was kept in a big cage along with other animals. He did not allow any of his companions to sleep at night. He also did not get along well with the family donkey, Nana.
3. Why was Toto sold back to the tonga-driver?
The writer's family was not well-to-do. They could not afford the loss of dishes, clothes, curtains and wallpaper. So Toto was sold back to the tonga-driver.
4. Why did Grandfather decide to include the monkey in his private zoo?
The tonga-driver kept the monkey tied to a feeding- trough. The monkey looked out of place there. So Grandfather decided to include him in his private zoo.
5. How did Toto behave when he was put in a closet?
Toto tore off the wallpaper. He pulled off the peg in the wall from its socket. The writer's school blazer had been hanging there. He tore it to pieces.
Revisional Assignment
1. How does Toto come to Grandfather's zoo?
2. 'Toto was a pretty monkey.' Discuss.
3. Grandfather takes Toto to Saharanpur.Why and how?
4. How did Toto nearly boil himself alive? How was he saved?
The Adventures of Toto by Ruskin Bond is an amusing story highlighting the antics of a mischievous monkey.
The narrator’s grandfather bought Toto, a little red monkey from a tonga driver to add to his collection of animals in his private zoo.
Toto was an attractive monkey with sparkling eyes. He would take special delight in scaring elderly Anglo-Indian ladies. Since grandmother was always averse to grandfather’s collection of animals, he decided to keep the news about Toto hidden from her until she was in better mood.
Toto was temporarily kept in a closet that opened into the narrator’s bedroom. After a few hours of keeping Toto in the closet, when the narrator and the grandfather came to see Toto, they were in for a shock. Toto had torn the wallpaper; the peg with which Toto had been bound, had been wrenched off the wall. The narrator’s school blazer had been torn into pieces.
The grandfather was quite happy at the monkey’s adventures. After this it was decided that Toto would be transferred to the cage where other animals such as a tortoise, a pair of rabbits, a tame squirrel and, narrator’s pet goat lived amiably. But Toto would create trouble for all of them.
The grandfather had to go to Saharanpur to collect his pension. He decided to take Toto along in a big canvas bag. Since there was no opening in the bag to allow his hands or face to come out, he would often jump inside the bag, making the bag look like as if there was a spirit in it.
As soon as the train reached Saharanpur, Toto scared the ticket-collector by popping his head out of the bag and grinning at him. The ticket-collector was annoyed at the discovery and asserted that the grandfather would have to pay for Toto’s fare. The ticket-collector assumed Toto to be a dog and would not listen to the grandfather’s argument that it was not a dog.
Once the grandmother accepted Toto, he was shifted to stable where, Nana, the family donkey lived. Toto could not get along with Nana as well.
Toto loved to take bath in hot water in winter in the same manner as the narrator would do. He would first check the hotness of water before jumping into the hot water bowl.
Video
https://youtu.be/TrdrcQ_jEJ8
Chapter PDF
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/l/iemo102.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiErr7EldjoAhVQbysKHfwFCycQFjABegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw37PHjdycJbNZbN-efg1Db1
Q- Character Sketch of Toto
Toto was a very active and sharp monkey. He was always planning some mischief. He took special delight in scaring old ladies. He tore the wallpaper of the closet in which it was kept; when he was transferred to the cage with other animals, he gave them lots of troubles with his mischiefs.
The Grandfather when took Toto to Saharanpur, there he scared the ticket-collector by popping his head out of the bag and grinning at him. The ticket-collector got annoyed at the discovery and asserted that the grandfather would have to pay for Toto’s fare.
Toto also gave troubles to Nana, the donkey. His sharpness could be judged from the fact that when he found hot water, he got into it to take bath. He first checked the hotness of water before jumping into the hot water bowl.
Q- Write names of different animals about which you have read in the lesson.
Very Short Questions
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xywg2lZcYVMLkwppR-yTR5XOfYPNI4mQ/view?usp=drivesdk
Other Short Questions
1. Where was Toto kept immediately after Grandfather got him? Why?
Toto was kept in a closet. It was tied securely to a peg. This was done to keep the monkey's presence a secret from the writer's grandmother. She always made a fuss when Grandfather brought home some new bird or animal.
2. How did Toto get along with other animals?
Toto was kept in a big cage along with other animals. He did not allow any of his companions to sleep at night. He also did not get along well with the family donkey, Nana.
3. Why was Toto sold back to the tonga-driver?
The writer's family was not well-to-do. They could not afford the loss of dishes, clothes, curtains and wallpaper. So Toto was sold back to the tonga-driver.
4. Why did Grandfather decide to include the monkey in his private zoo?
The tonga-driver kept the monkey tied to a feeding- trough. The monkey looked out of place there. So Grandfather decided to include him in his private zoo.
5. How did Toto behave when he was put in a closet?
Toto tore off the wallpaper. He pulled off the peg in the wall from its socket. The writer's school blazer had been hanging there. He tore it to pieces.
Revisional Assignment
1. How does Toto come to Grandfather's zoo?
2. 'Toto was a pretty monkey.' Discuss.
3. Grandfather takes Toto to Saharanpur.Why and how?
4. How did Toto nearly boil himself alive? How was he saved?
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