UNIT
2
Prose
Trip to Ooty
Section I
READING
Listen to your teacher reading the
first part of the letter.
Dear Malli, Coimbatore
20.11.2017
Thanks for your letter
and it was great to hear from you. You asked me to tell you about my trip to Ooty
with my friends. I had the most wonderful time. Twenty girls and boys from class
six went on the trip. Our class teacher Geetha madam and two others took us.
My grandmother has told
me about the beautiful journey to Ooty by the toy train many times. She said that
it was a spectacular trip up and down the slopes with birds and trees dancing along.
Ooty is so close to Coimbatore but I have never been there nor seen that train.
So I was really thrilled when the school arranged this trip. You can imagine how
excited I was when I stepped into the toy train with my friends.
I looked around at the
wooden chairs with cushioned seats and oil painted walls as I put my bag on the
mesh of the luggage rack. I was bubbling
over with excitement.
“Hi Fatima, isn’t this
fun?” I called out as my friend came into the compartment. “Come, sit here. I have
kept a seat for you. You can keep your bag next to mine. What have you brought to
eat?” “Parotta and delicious chutney. Did you see the train? It’s so beautiful!”
Fatima replied.
Our teacher, Geetha
madam, came around to see if everyone was seated properly. “The train is about to
leave so take your seats everyone,” she said. Just then the train started with a
jerk. It moved very slowly, leaving the station with a long hoot. Everyone clapped.
The train went snaking up the steep hillside,
weaving its way through forests of tall trees swaying
in the breeze.
One of the boys, Muthu,
said, “It is going so slowly, I can walk along its side.” And he got up to go to
the door.
From the other end the
teacher saw him and said in a firm voice, “Muthu, go back to your seat at once.”
The girls sniggered and Muthu sat down
with a long face.
Read the following questions and answer them.
1. Where did the boys
and girls go?
The boys and girls went to Ooty.
2. Why did Muthu say
that he could walk along its side?
The train was moving slowly. So Muthu said that he could
along its side.
3. Why did the girls
snigger?
The teacher ordered Muthu to go back to his seat. At once
Muthu sat down with a long face. So the girls sniggered.
GLOSSARY
Mesh /meʃ/ - Material made of a network of wire or
thread
Swaying /ˈsweɪɪŋ/- Moving slowly or rhythmically
Snaking /ˈsneɪkɪŋ/- Moving like a snake
Sniggered /ˈsnɪgəd/- Laughed in a half suppressed way
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