A Tiger in the house - Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond (1934-Present) Better perceived as the Indian ‘William Wordsworth.’ Ruskin Bond started displaying his writing talent in England and wrote his first novel ‘Room on the Roof’ at 17 years of age. And inspired many people by his works. His distinctive writing and mastered words made his novels and stories were tremendous and simple. He won many fans globally and is famous for describing flora and fauna in his writings.

Before starting the actual.....

Have you ever thought of having a pet....that to a Tiger...?

A pet Tiger....sounds awesome...! Life with a pet tiger..... <3 <3 <3

Characters

Author Author’s Grandfather Timothy the tiger Author’s Grandmother Cook Mahmud Keeper superintendent

Scene 01

Location –

Terai Jungle Dehradun Siwalik Hills

Author’s Grandfather discovers a tiger cub which was 18 inches long during his camping hours.

Grandfather describes the animals which were spotted there...they include peacocks, elephants, wild boars etcetera.

The grandfather brings the cub to their home.

The grandmother names the cub as ‘TIMOTHY’

The cub began to grow and did many antics..and the cook used to feed it with milk and other products.

Hi Timothy...!

Location 02

Author’s home

After 6 months ..... The cub began to grow and is a

full grown retriever now. The family found difficulties

having the grown cub. the tiger was not so friendly

anymore. The Grandfather decides to

shift it to zoo.

Location 03

Lucknow zoo

The tiger is shifted to Lucknow Zoo which was the nearest one.

The tiger and grandfather part away their ways.

After 6 months

Lucknow Zoo

After 6 months grandfather visits the zoo to see his tiger.

He finds a fully grown tiger in a cage and thinks it was his child.

After 6 months Grandfather approaches the tiger in the cage

and starts to play with it and puts his hands around it’s neck and the tiger starts to lick his hands.

A keeper asks the grandfatherwhat he was doing then hereplies that he was speaking with timothy his pet.

Continued..... There a leopard keeps on snarling at him and

he shooed it away. Grandfather asks the superintendent to

change timothy’s cage away from the leopard. He gets to know from the superintendent that

the tiger with whom he was playing wasn't timothy but a newly caught tiger, in fact timothy dies two months ago as he was infected by pneumonia.

Continued.... After the revelation, grandfather says

goodnight timothy and returns home staggering and dis-heartened.

Thank you :-D

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