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Arthur William Ryder (March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1938). Arthur William Ryder was a professor of Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley. He translated a number of Sanskrit works into English, including the Panchatantra and the Bhagavad Gita. He was a member of the American Oriental Society and the American Philological Association.

THE MICE THAT SET THE ELEPHANTS FREE(1-3)1. There was once a ruined village. The mice were

the old settlers there. They occupied the chinks in

the floors of houses and temples with their children

and grandchildren. They found happiness in a variety

of festivities.

2. Into this scene came an elephant king, whose

retinue numbered thousands. He, with his herd, had

started for the lake in search of water. As they

marched through the mouse community, the

elephants crushed the faces, eyes, heads, and necks

of many.

3. The mice held a convention. ‘We are being killed,’

they said, ‘by these lumbering elephants. Curse them!

If they come this way again, there will not be mice

enough for seed. Therefore, let us find an effective

solution to this crisis’.

DIFFICULT WORDS

RUIN - /ru:in/ - The physical Destruction of Something

CHINK - /tʃInk/ - Small Holes in a Wall

HERD - /h3:d/ - A Large Group of Animals that Live

Together

SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS

1. Who were the old settlers in the ruined village ?

2. Who march through the mice community?

3. Why did the mice hold a convention?

GROUP WORK

Write a conversation between mice and the elephant king

REVIEW

Who were the old settlers in the ruined

village ?

What happened to the mouse?

What did they do?

ASSIGNMENT

Imagine and write about the decision which theelephant might have taken against the request made by the mice community?