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Class 9

Lesson 2

All about a Dog

The author and the text:

A. G. Gardiner 

Alfred George Gardiner (1865-1946) was a British journalist and author. His essays, written under the pen-name, 'Alpha of the Plough,' are highly regarded. His uniqueness lay in his ability to teach the basic truths of life in an Shore. Many Furrows and Leaves in the Wind are some of his well known writings.

     In this text, which is an edited version of Gardiner's essay of the same name, the author observes how a bus conductor makes a lady go up to the uncovered top of a double-decker bus on a freezing evening just because she is carrying a dog. While watching the incident and its reaction among other passengers, the author wonders whether rules should be tempered with goodwill in order to make them more humane.'

(अल्फ्रेड जॉर्ज गार्डिनर (1865-1946) एक ब्रिटिश पत्रकार और लेखक थे। 'हल का अल्फा' उपनाम से लिखे गए उनके निबंध अत्यधिक माने जाते हैं। उनकी विशिष्टता एक तट पर जीवन की बुनियादी सच्चाइयों को सिखाने की उनकी क्षमता में निहित थी। मेनी फ़रोज़ एंड लीव्स इन द विंड उनकी कुछ प्रसिद्ध रचनाएँ हैं।

     इस पाठ में, जो गार्डिनर के इसी नाम के निबंध का एक संपादित संस्करण है, लेखक देखता है कि कैसे एक बस कंडक्टर एक महिला को ठंड की शाम में डबल-डेकर बस के खुले शीर्ष पर चढ़ने के लिए मजबूर करता है क्योंकि वह एक कुत्ते को ले जा रही है। . घटना और अन्य यात्रियों के बीच इसकी प्रतिक्रिया को देखते हुए, लेखक को आश्चर्य होता है कि क्या नियमों को अधिक मानवीय बनाने के लिए सद्भावना के साथ संयमित किया जाना चाहिए।)

Text:

I was travelling in a bus. It was a bitterly cold night, and even at the far end of the bus the east wind cut like a knife. The bus stopped and two women and a man got in together and filled the vacant places. The younger women carried a little Pekinese dog. The conductor came in and took their fares. Then his eyes rested on the beady-eyes dog. U saw trouble coming up. This was the opportunity for which the conductor had been waiting, and he intended to make the most of it. I had marked him as the type who had a general vague general about everything. He seemed to have a particular grievance against passengers who came and sat in his bus while he shivered at the door. 

"You must take that dog out," he said. 

"I shall certainly do nothing of the kind. You can take my name address," said the women. She had evidently expected the challenge and knew the reply. 

"You must take the dog out - that's my order."

"I won't go on the top of the bus in such weather. It would kill me." said the women. 

"Certainly not," said her lady companion. "You've got a cough as it is,"

"It's nonsense," said her male companion.

The conductor pulled the bell, and the bus stopped, "This bus doesn't go on until that dog is brought out. He stepped on to the pavement and waited. It was his moment of triumph. He had the law on his side. Everybody in the bus was on the side of the lady and her dog. They talked in raised voices.

"Shameful."

"Call the police!"

"Let's all report him!"

"Let's make him give us our fares back."

"Yes, that's it; let's make him give us our fares back!"

The little animal sat blinking at the dim lights, unconscious of the trouble he had caused.

The conductor came to the door. Some passengers demanded, "Give us our fares back - you've engaged to carry us - you can't leave us here all night!" "No fares back," said the conductor.

Two or three passengers got out disappeared into the night. The conductor turned on the pavement, went to the driver to have a talk with him. Another bus, the last on the road, went by. It seemed indifferent to the shouts of the passengers to stop. A policeman strolled up and looked in at the door. The passengers burst out with indignant protest and appeals. "Well, he's got his rules, you know," he said genially. Then he went away to stand a few yards down the street. There he was joined by two more constables.

Still the little dog blinked at the lights and the conductor walked to and fro like a captain in hour of victory. A women Passenger's voice rose above the gale, threatening the bus conductor. But he was cold as the night and hard as the pavement. She expressed her anger to the three policeman who stood up the street watching the drama. Then she came back, called her companion, and vanished. The bus was emptying. 

"I'll go to the top," said the young lady with the dog, at last. "You'll have pneumonia,'

the man said.

When she had disappeared up the stairs, the conductor came back pulled the bell. The bus went on. Heb stood triumphant, while his conductor was criticized in his face by the passengers.

Then the bus developed engine trouble and the conductor went to the help of the driver. It was a long job. Meanwhile, the lady with the dog stole down the stairs and re-entered the bus. When the engine was put right, the conductor came back and pulled the bell. Then his eye fell on the dog, and his hand went to the bell-rope again. driver looked, the conductor pointed to the dog, and the bus stopped. The whole struggle began all over once again. The conductor walked on the pavement, the little dog blinked at the lights, the lady again declared that she would not go to the top, and finally went.

The bus was soon empty, and I was the last passenger left behind. "I've got my rules," the conductor said to me. He had won his victory, but felt that he would like to justify himself to somebody.

"Rules," I said, "are necessary thing. Some are hard and fast rules, like the rule of the road, which cannot be broken without danger to life and limb. But some are only rules for your guidance, like that rule about the dogs. You can use your common sense here. They are meant to be observed in the spirit, not in the letter, for the comfort of the passengers. You have kept the rule, but broken its spirit, you should mind your rules with a little good will and good temper."

He took it very well, and when I got off the bus he said " Good night" quite amiably. 

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Hindi Translation:

(मैं बस में सफ़र कर रहा था. वह बहुत ठंडी रात थी, और बस के सबसे दूर के छोर पर भी पूर्वी हवा चाकू की तरह कट रही थी। बस रुकी और दो महिलाएँ और एक पुरुष एक साथ चढ़े और खाली जगह भर दी। युवा महिलाएँ एक छोटे पेकिनीज़ कुत्ते को ले गईं। कंडक्टर अंदर आया और उनका किराया ले लिया। तभी उसकी नज़र मोतियों जैसी आँखों वाले कुत्ते पर पड़ी। आपने मुसीबतें आते देखीं। यह वह अवसर था जिसका कंडक्टर इंतजार कर रहा था, और वह इसका अधिकतम लाभ उठाना चाहता था। मैंने उन्हें उस प्रकार के व्यक्ति के रूप में चिन्हित किया था जिसके पास हर चीज़ के बारे में एक सामान्य अस्पष्ट धारणा थी। ऐसा लगता था कि उसे उन यात्रियों से विशेष शिकायत थी जो उसकी बस में आकर बैठते थे जबकि वह दरवाजे पर कांप रहा था।

"आपको उस कुत्ते को बाहर निकालना होगा," उन्होंने कहा।

महिलाओं ने कहा, "मैं निश्चित रूप से ऐसा कुछ नहीं करूंगी। आप मेरा नाम पता ले सकते हैं।" उसने स्पष्ट रूप से चुनौती की अपेक्षा की थी और उत्तर जानती थी।

"आपको कुत्ते को बाहर निकालना होगा - यही मेरा आदेश है।"

"मैं ऐसे मौसम में बस की छत पर नहीं चढ़ूंगा। इससे मेरी मौत हो जाएगी।" महिलाओं ने कहा.

"निश्चित रूप से नहीं," उसकी महिला साथी ने कहा। "तुम्हें वैसे ही खांसी है,"

"यह बकवास है," उसके पुरुष साथी ने कहा।

कंडक्टर ने घंटी खींची, और बस रुक गई, "यह बस तब तक नहीं चलेगी जब तक उस कुत्ते को बाहर नहीं निकाला जाता। वह फुटपाथ पर आ गया और इंतजार करने लगा। यह उसकी जीत का क्षण था। उसके पक्ष में कानून था। बस में हर कोई महिला और उसके कुत्ते के पक्ष में था। वे ऊंचे स्वर में बात कर रहे थे।

"शर्मनाक।"

"पुलिस को बुलाओ!"

"आइए हम सब उसकी रिपोर्ट करें!"

"आइए हम उससे हमारा किराया वापस दिलवाएं।"

"हाँ, यही बात है; आइए हम उससे हमारा किराया वापस दिलवाएँ!"

छोटा जानवर मंद रोशनी में बैठा हुआ अपनी पलकें झपका रहा था, वह अपने कारण हुई परेशानी से अनजान था।

कंडक्टर दरवाजे पर आया. कुछ यात्रियों ने मांग की, "हमें हमारा किराया वापस दो - आपने हमें ले जाने का काम सौंपा है - आप हमें पूरी रात यहां नहीं छोड़ सकते!" कंडक्टर ने कहा, "कोई किराया वापस नहीं।"

बाहर निकले दो-तीन यात्री रात में गायब हो गए। कंडक्टर फुटपाथ चालू कर ड्राइवर से बात करने के लिए उसके पास गया। एक और बस, जो सड़क पर आखिरी थी, गुजर गई। यात्रियों की रुकने की चिल्लाहट के प्रति वह उदासीन लग रहा था। एक पुलिसकर्मी टहलता हुआ आया और उसने दरवाजे की ओर देखा। यात्रियों ने आक्रोशपूर्ण विरोध और अपील शुरू कर दी। "ठीक है, उसके अपने नियम हैं, आप जानते हैं," उसने उदारतापूर्वक कहा। फिर वह सड़क से कुछ गज नीचे जाकर खड़ा हो गया। वहां उनके साथ दो और कांस्टेबल भी शामिल हो गए।

फिर भी छोटा कुत्ता लाइटें झपकाने लगा और कंडक्टर जीत की घड़ी में एक कप्तान की तरह इधर-उधर घूमता रहा। एक महिला यात्री की आवाज़ आँधी से ऊपर उठी और उसने बस कंडक्टर को धमकाया। लेकिन वह रात की तरह ठंडा और फुटपाथ की तरह कठोर था। उसने उन तीन पुलिसकर्मियों पर अपना गुस्सा व्यक्त किया जो सड़क पर खड़े होकर नाटक देख रहे थे। फिर वह वापस आई, अपने साथी को बुलाया और गायब हो गई। बस खाली हो रही थी.

"मैं शीर्ष पर जाऊँगी," आख़िरकार कुत्ते वाली युवा महिला ने कहा। 'तुम्हें निमोनिया हो जाएगा,'

आदमी ने कहा।

जब वह सीढ़ियों से गायब हो गई, तो कंडक्टर ने वापस आकर घंटी खींची। बस चल पड़ी. हेब विजयी रहा, जबकि यात्रियों द्वारा उसके कंडक्टर की आलोचना की गई।

तभी बस के इंजन में खराबी आ गई और कंडक्टर ड्राइवर की मदद के लिए गया। यह एक लंबा काम था. इस बीच, कुत्ते के साथ महिला सीढ़ियों से नीचे उतर गई और बस में दोबारा घुस गई। जब इंजन सही हो गया तो कंडक्टर वापस आया और घंटी खींची। तभी उसकी नज़र कुत्ते पर पड़ी और उसका हाथ फिर घंटी वाली रस्सी पर चला गया। ड्राइवर ने देखा, कंडक्टर ने कुत्ते की ओर इशारा किया और बस रुक गई। सारा संघर्ष एक बार फिर शुरू हो गया। कंडक्टर फुटपाथ पर चला गया, छोटा कुत्ता रोशनी की ओर झपका रहा था, महिला ने फिर से घोषणा की कि वह शीर्ष पर नहीं जाएगी, और आखिरकार चली गई।

बस जल्द ही खाली हो गई, और मैं पीछे बचा आखिरी यात्री था। कंडक्टर ने मुझसे कहा, "मुझे अपने नियम मिल गए हैं।" उसने अपनी जीत हासिल कर ली थी, लेकिन उसे लगा कि वह खुद को किसी के सामने सही ठहराना चाहेगा।

"नियम," मैंने कहा, "आवश्यक चीजें हैं। कुछ कठोर और तेज़ नियम हैं, सड़क के नियम की तरह, जिन्हें जीवन और अंग को खतरे के बिना नहीं तोड़ा जा सकता है। लेकिन कुछ नियम केवल आपके मार्गदर्शन के लिए हैं, जैसे कि नियम के बारे में कुत्ते। आप यहां अपने सामान्य ज्ञान का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। उनका पालन यात्रियों की सुविधा के लिए अक्षरश: नहीं, बल्कि भावना से किया जाना चाहिए। आपने नियम का पालन किया है, लेकिन इसकी भावना को तोड़ दिया है, आपको अपने नियमों पर ध्यान देना चाहिए थोड़ी अच्छी इच्छाशक्ति और अच्छा स्वभाव।"

उन्होंने इसे बहुत अच्छी तरह से लिया, और जब मैं बस से उतरा तो उन्होंने काफी सौहार्दपूर्ण ढंग से "शुभ रात्रि" कहा।

Word Nest : 

Pekinese dog  : a small dog with flat face and ling, soft fur

beady eyed     : small eyed

strolled up      : walked up

indignant        : angry

genially            : pleasantly

gale                   : storm

Textual questions

Exercise 1

Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:

1. The younger woman carried a little

(a) spaniel

(b) bull dog

(c) Pekinese dog ✔ 

(d) spitz

2. The younger woman was suffering from

(a) stomach pain

(b) back pain

(c) fever

(d) cough ✔

3. The bell was pulled by the

(a) conductor ✔

(b) driver

(c) younger woman

(d) older woman

4. The number of policemen to whom the woman expressed her anger was

(a) Three ✔

(b) four

(c) five

(d) six

5. The problem the bus faced was with the

(a) tyre

(b) engine ✔

(c) brken

(d) horn

Exercise 2

Answer the following questions within fifteen words:

(1) How many people got into the bus with the younger woman?

Ans:- Two people got into the bus with the younger woman.

(2) What was the conductor's order to the younger woman?

Ans:- The conductor ordered the younger woman to take the dog out of the bus.

(3) Why did the conductor stand triumphant?

Ans:- Because somehow he was able to get the dog out of the bus.

(4) What is that rule which cannot be broken without danger to life and limb?

Ans:- The “Rule of the Road” which cannot be broken without danger to life and limb.

Exercise 3

Answer the following questions within twenty-five words:

(1) When did the author feel that trouble was coming up?

Ans:- When the conductor first time saw the beady-eyed dog in the bus.

(2) Mention two demands made by the passengers when the bus stopped.

Ans:- The passengers demanded to get back there fares. They also demanded that the conductor must not leave them there at night.

(3) How are rules of guidance to be observed?

Ans:- The rules of guidance are to be observed with common sense. They are meant to be observed in the spirit, not in the letter.

 Grammar in use:

Exercise 5

Change the voice of the following sentences:

(a) Nila has bought a book.

Ans:- A book has been bought by Nilu.

(b) They will have seen the cricket match.

Ans:- The cricket match will have been seen by them.

(c) Bhola had seen a tiger.

Ans:- A tiger had been seen by Bhola.

(d) The nurse will attend the patient.

Ans:- The patient will be attended by the nurse.

Exercise 6

Change the voice of the following sentences:

(a) Do the sum.

Ans:- Let the sum be done.

(b) The poem was written by her.

Ans:- She wrote the poem.

(c) Open the door.

Ans:- Let the door be opened.

(d) The man is known to me.

Ans:- I know the man.

Exercise 7

Change the voice of the following sentences:

(a) They agreed to my plan.

Ans:- My plan was agreed to by them.

(b) My brother lost my favourite pen.

Ans:- My favourite pen was lost by my brother.

(c) The man is writing a letter.

Ans:- A letter is being written by the man.

(d) Titli is looking for her watch.

Ans:- Her watch is being looked for by Titli.

Exercise 8

Tick the correct alternative given in the brackets:

(a) It (rains / has been raining ✔ / is raining) since morning.

(b) Last Sunday I (went ✔ / had been going /go) to the zoo.

(c) l (will be ✔ / was / am) in class X next year.

(d) Rina (have reached / had reached / has reached ✔) home just now.

Exercise 9

Use the following flow chart to write a paragraph within 100 words on how to prepare orange juice:

oranges bought from the market-sorted-rotten ones removed-cleaned peeled-put in juicer-juice extracted-sugar and preservatives added-poured in bottles-sealed-ready to be sold

Preparation of Orange Juice

Orange juice is a very healthy drink. The preparation of orange juice is made through a number of steps. At first orange are bought from the market. Then they are sorted and rotten ones are removed. Next the fresh ones are then cleaned and washed in water. There after these are pealed. Then the peeled oranges are put into juicer to extract juice. Now sugar and preservatives are added to the extracted juice. Now the juice is poured into sterilized bottles. Next the bottles are sealed and labelled. Finally, these bottles of juice are packed and sent to the market to sell.

Exercise 10

Write a paragraph within 100 words on how you plan to take care of street dogs. Use the following hints:

cruel actions towards street dogs-necessity of looking after them-ways of taking care of the dogs-conclusion

Street Dogs

The dogs that don’t have an owner and lives and roam in the street are called street dogs. Now a day the number of street dogs are increasing in our towns and cities. This is a very big problem. Dealing with the problem is not easy. So they are often tortured by people. Some people have even suggested to kill them. But killing them should never be an option. Dogs are supposed to be man's best friends. So we should look after them. To take care of them, we can provide shelters and food for them. We can organize vaccination programme for them.

     Dogs are known for their intelligence and faithfulness to their owner. So, dogs are always to be looked after and loved by us.