Ruskin Bond's lesson

1. A Tiger in the house
- Ruskin Bond

2. 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.

4. Before starting the actual.....
 Have you ever thought of having a
pet....that to a Tiger...?

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

7. Characters
 Author
 Author’s Grandfather
 Timothy the tiger
 Author’s Grandmother
 Cook Mahmud
 Keeper
 superintendent

8. 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.

9. Hi
Timothy...!

10. 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.

11. Location 03
Lucknow zoo
 The tiger is shifted to Lucknow
Zoo which was the nearest one.
 The tiger and grandfather part
away their ways.

12. 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.

14. 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 grandfather
what he was doing then he
replies that he was speaking
with timothy his pet.

15. 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.

16. Continued....
 After the revelation, grandfather says goodnight
timothy and returns home staggering and dis-
heartened.

17. (If you have any doubts kindly ask Preetha Mam)