The Adventures of Toto -Ruskin Bond

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About the Author

● Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author of British descent.

● He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, India.

● The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his role in the growth of children's literature in India.

● He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, his novel in English.

● He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Introduction

This is a humorous and adventurous story of a naughty monkey named ‘Toto’. The writer’s grandfather bought the monkey from a tonga driver. The pranks played by Toto have been narrated in an interesting way and make the story a must read for us.

● The story narrates the adventures that followed after the narrator’s grandfather, who was an animal lover, bought Toto, a monkey

● The story begins with Grandfather buying Toto from a tanga- driver for five rupees

● Toto was pretty and looked so out of place that Grandfather decided to add him to his private zoo.

● He was, however, afraid of Grandmother who did not like him bringing home as many pets as he liked.

● So, the narrator and Grandfather brought Toto home and decided to keep him as a secret from Grandmother.

● Toto was extremely mischievous.

● The narrator, at one point of the story, writes that “if there is a part of the brain especially devoted to mischief, that part was largely developed in Toto”

● Toto, on his first day, ripped open the peg to which he was tied, shredded the narrator’s blazer and tore up the wallpaper that Grandfather had chosen for the walls.

Q. What did Toto do with the writer’s school blazar?

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● Toto was then transferred to the servant’s quarters where he lived with the other pets.

● Usually, most of Grandfather’s pets got along well with each other.

● However, Toto kept all other awake at night.

● As grandfather had to go to Saharanpur for work, he decided to take the monkey along with him.

● He carried Toto in a strong bag made of canvas and closed the zip nicely so that Toto could not escape.

● He and Toto made it through most of the trip without any incident, but at the railway turnstile, Toton suddenly poked his head out of the bag and scared the ticket collector.

● The ticket collector thought Toto was a dog and charged poor Grandfather three rupees extra.

● Grandmother finally accepted Toto and gave him a comfortable home at the stable.

● His companion was their donkey, Nana.

● However, when the Grandfather came to the stable to make sure that Toto was comfortable, he saw poor Nana struggling because Toto had jumped on her head and bitten her ear.

● Toto loved the warm baths that Grandmother prepared for him.

● It was a treat for him.

● He would expertly check the temperature of the water and then enter the bath one foot at a time.

● Then he would soak and soap himself.

Q. How did Toto have his bath in winter?

● Once he almost boiled himself because he did not realise that the kettle was still on the fire.

● He was saved by the Grandmother who pulled him out of the kettle just in time.

● One day Grandmother had made pullao.

● When everyone entered the dining room, they saw Toto sitting on the table, stuffing himself with rice.

● He threw a plate at Grandmother who had screamed at him.

● He also threw a glass of water at one of the narrator’s aunts.

● Then, Toto jumped out the window with the dish of pullao.

● He climbed all the way up the jackfruit tree and ate all the rice while everyone watched.

● Finally, to take revenge on Grandmother who had screamed at him, he threw the dish down the tree and laughed when it broke into pieces.

● This incident made everyone especially Grandfather, realise that they could not keep Toto for long.

● He was becoming very expensive for them to keep because he kept destroying things.

● They could not keep replacing them all the time.

● So, Grandfather took Toto back to the tonga-driver but he could only sell him back for three rupees.

Important Questions & AnswersQ. Describe Toto’s mischief at lunchtime. How did the author’s family get rid of Toto in the end?

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