Introduction to Bringing up Kari
The NCERT Book for the students of Class 7 English is named An Alien Hand which has Chapter Number 2 - Bringing Up Kari which is available for reading or download on the Vedantu’s website. The students who are currently in Class 7 or are preparing for any exam based on Class 7 English An Alien Hand can refer to the website for the Summary of Bringing up Kari.
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The name of the chapter Bringing up Kari sounds like a child being raised but it isn’t the case here, as Kari is a baby elephant who has his journey of being grown-up that is beautifully written by the author. In this chapter, the author explains the training of an elephant on various habits like sitting, eating, walking, speed of walking, etc.
About the Author - Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Dhan Gopal Mukerji wrote short storybooks for children. He has written numerous books and stories, most of which described the life of animals in India. He was an Indian writer and interpreted Hindu folklore and philosophy.
Theme
The story of ‘Bringing up Kari’ is a narrative description of a small elephant whose name was Kari. The narrator raised the elephant and trained him with the basic instincts of elephants like how to respond to certain gestures and calls. The narrator also tells the readers about the growth and habits of the elephant.
Summary of Class 7 English Bringing up Kari
The narrator was a nine-year-old child who was given a duty to look after a five-month-old elephant named Kari. During the first two years, the boy could reach the back of the elephant with ease. Kari lived in a pavilion with a thatched roof. Kari fed on forty pounds of twigs to chew and play with. Kari was taken to a river for a bath by the narrator. He rubbed sand on Kari’s back for an hour, then he was put into the water. Kari enjoyed bathing and after a long bath, he would come out with pleasure and shining skin.
While coming back, the narrator led him by the ear to the border of the jungle. The narrator then went inside the jungle leaving Kari at the border to collect luscious twigs for his dinner. The narrator says that he had to be very careful while breaking the twigs because elephants don’t like to eat distorted twigs.
One spring day in March, when the narrator was gathering food from a banyan tree, he heard Kari’s call. He ran to the border where he had left him but he did not find Kari there. The narrator sensed that Kari was in danger. He rushed to the riverbank. First, he thought that some black creature was struggling to get out of the water. When the creature rose a little above the water, the narrator realized that it was Kari’s trunk.
He thought that Kari was drowning and so he jumped into the river. Then, he realized that Kari was trying to save a boy who got drowned in the river. They both struggled to get the boy to the shore. Kari saw the narrator was getting swept away by the current. He rushed into the water and spread out his trunk around his neck. He then pulled them both out to the riverbank.
Next, the narrator tells the readers about the mischievous act of Kari. Kari was like a baby. He was mischievous and naughty. He had to be trained to be disciplined. One day somebody fed Kari some ripe bananas and ever since then he developed a great love for bananas. For a few days, ripe bananas were disappearing from the fruit bowl, which was placed on the dining table near the window. First, the family thought that the servants were eating but when the fruits continued to disappear, the family thought that the narrator was eating. He couldn’t convince his parents that he was innocent. The elders were ignorant of Kari’s act. Then one day, when Kari was stealing the bananas slyly with his trunk through the window, the narrator saw it. Unaware of such intrusion, he felt scared. He followed Kari to his pavilion and on the investigation, he found mashed bananas in his pavilion. He pulled Kari’s ear and revealed the truth to his parents. He scolded Kari for his act and after that incident, Kari never stole any bananas. Kari understood his mistake and why he was scolded.
The narrator wanted to teach Kari all signals and sounds during his childhood. Kari was a fast learner, and very soon he learned the words ‘Dhat’ and ‘Mali’. ‘Dhat’ was a signal to sit down and ‘Mali’ meant to walk. Kari learned the word ‘Mali’ very fast but he took almost three weeks to learn the word ‘Dhat’. The narrator says that the most difficult thing to teach an elephant is the master call. Kari took five years to learn it properly.
The master call is a signal to save oneself if one gets lost in the jungle. It is a kind of a strange hissing and howling sound as if a snake and the tiger are fighting with each other. Once the elephants hear this sound, they will pull down all trees in front of them and scare all the animals like monkeys and stags. Even the tigers feel scared of elephants. They make an easy way for home even in the wild. Kari learned this very well.
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FAQs on Summary of Bringing Up Kari: A Short Story by Kenneth Anderson
1. ‘Animals are Equally Sensitive to Humans’. What do you mean by this statement, keeping the lesson in mind?
The chapter teaches us that humans and animals are quite similar and It is a fact that humans and animals possess some common characteristics like sensitivity, understanding, compassion, and consideration. Kari struggled once to save a drowning boy. Likewise, when Kari was scolded for stealing bananas, he understood his punishment and after that, he never stole anything. It was an unpardonable offense for Kari if anyone punished him without being reasonable. He could smell danger and go to any extent to save his master.
2. How did Kari Enjoy his Morning Bath in the River?
In the chapter, Bringing up of Kari, the author very beautifully explains a lot of insights about elephants and their training. One such incident is when the baby elephant takes a bath, the whole exercise is described in a way that feels experiential to the reader. Kari enjoyed his mud bath a lot. He lay down on the sandbank and the narrator rubbed clean sand on Kari’s back and then Kari would immerse himself in water for an hour. He washed his body and made joyful sounds.
3. Who was Wrongly Blamed for the Theft of the Bananas? Who was the Actual Culprit?
The chapter brings along many interesting insights about the world of animals and during that describes a few experiences about the baby elephant Kari, which are mischievous but enjoyable. An incident from the same chapter is about when bananas were stolen again and again. First of all, the narrator’s family blamed the servants for eating all the fruits. Next time, his family blamed the narrator for the theft. Both the narrator and the servants were wrongly blamed. Kari was the actual culprit. He stole bananas because he developed a great love for ripe bananas.
4. Give a Character Sketch of Kari.
Kari was a five months old baby elephant. He lived in a pavilion with a thatched roof. He was fond of chewing and playing with luscious twigs. He enjoyed his sand bath and playing in the river. He was a very sensible elephant. He once made a call to the narrator when he saw a boy drowning in the river. He helped the narrator in saving the drowning boy. He was very naughty and mischievous. He took pleasure in making mischief. He had a great love for ripe bananas. He slyly stole bananas. He very obediently did not steal anything after he got scolded by his master. He understood his master’s signals and gestures. He was a fast and good learner. He learned all the signals and calls that his master taught him.
5. When did Kari start liking ripe bananas and what happened later in the summary of the chapter Bringing up Kari?
On one fine day, somebody fed Kari with a few bananas, and the baby elephant very soon developed a great love for the ripe bananas. Later, Kari began stealing bananas from the large plates of fruit on a table that was near a window in the dining room of the house. And finally, he got caught red-handed while stealing bananas but from then on, Kari never stole any other thing from the dining table. The students can find the complete summary of the chapter along with other study material for free from Vedantu’s website.
