THE BOND OF LOVE BY KENNETH ANDERSON

PREPARED BY

S.N.HANSDAH

JNV,PURULIA,(W.B.)

THE NARRATOR FINDS AN ORPHAN BEAR

Narrator found a bear cub by chance when he and his friends were passing through fields of sugarcane near Mysore.

People were driving away the Wild pigs from their fields.

Then they spotted sloth bear. His friend shot towards the bear and it died. After the sloth bear died, her cub ran around her dead body making a sad noise. The narrator caught the bear and gifted it to his wife.

Narrator’s wife felt so happy. She named him Bruno .He ate porridge vegetables, fruits

eggs and

nuts, meat , rice, drank tea, milk,

beer and

coffee

INCIDENTS WITH BRUNO

Once the narrator put a rat poison in the library. And

Bruno ate it. He suffered a stroke of

paralysis.

He dragged himself to

the narrator’s wife.

They took him to veterinary doctor and he recovered after some time.

one gallon of old

Another time Bruno drank engine oil but

it had no ill-effect on him.

BABA: NEW NAME OF BRUNO

As Bruno grew, he learnt some tricks and at the narrator’s wife’s command, he could perform them. He could hold a stick like a gun.

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When she said wrestle or box, he did the same. She changed his name to Baba when he grew up.Baba

had to be chained as there were children in the house.

As Baba grew in size and equalled the two dogs in height, so the narrator and his friends advised the narrator’s wife to send him to zoo in Mysore because he needed a bigger and open space.

But

she was not ready but later she agreed.

EFFECT OF SEPERATION ON NARRATOR’S WIFE & BABA

• The narrator’s wife was in grief for weeks after Baba left.

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• She wrote letter to the curator of the zoo to know about Baba. The

that

curator replied replied that

he was fretting and not eating.

She decided to meet him after three months.

REUNION

The narrator took his wife to zoo. Some of her friends told her that Baba would not recognise her but when she went to the zoo, Baba recognise her. They sat together for three hours.

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She gave him food. She urged the curator to send Baba with her but he was helpless and suggested

her to ask the superintendent for that.

BABA RETURNS HOME HAPPILY

• The superintendent allowed her to take Baba and he was hoisted on the top of the narrator’s car.

At home a twenty feet long and fifteen feet wide island was made for him.

A wooden box was kept for Baba and he was happy to be at home again.

Narrator’s wife and Baba spent hours sitting there.

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