THE MICE THAT SET THE ELEPHANTS FREE

Translated from Sanskrit by

ARTHUR W RYDER

THEME

• A fable about mutual understanding and friendship

VOCABULARY ITEMS

RUINED-DESTROYED

OCCUPY-LIVE IN

CHINK-CRACK/GAP

FESTIVITY-CELEBRATION

RETINUE-ESCORT

HERD-GROUP

CRUSHED-squeeze

Lumbering-moving in a slow and awkward way

Crisis – problem

Questions

• What remedy would the mice think of?

• What would be the feelings of the mice when the elephants came near the chinks?

Discourse

• Prepare a complaint letter to the king of the forest about the destruction made by the elephants.