CLASS: XA ASSINGMENT: ENGLISH POEM:1
THE FROG AND THE NIGHTINGALE

I Complete the following paragraph which is the summary of the poem, with only one word /phrase

Once a frog lived in a (1)…………………..called (2)…………………… The frog thought that he was a good (3)…………………… Every night he sang which was (4)…………………..by the birds and the (5)…………………..of the bog. They did (6)…………………..to stop the frog from(7)………………….. They prayed to him, (8)…………………..him, even (9)…………………..stones at him. But theses (10)…………………..did not deter the frog from singing which he claimed as the expression of his heart’s (11)…………………..
But the picture changed one night when a (12)…………………..came to the bog and perched upon the (13)………………….. under whose foot the (14)…………………..sang every night. The bird sang and it was well(15)……………………. Animals and birds (16)………………….. her singing while the frog sat with a (17)…………………… The entire bog (18)…………………..her song when she had ended. They praised her song telling (19)…………………..and (20)………………….. and requested her to (21)…………………… So the bird (22)…………………..to such appreciation, sang till (23)………………….
When the nightingale was about to sing next (24)…………………..she was(25)…………………..by a (26)…………………..from behind. She looked back and saw the(27)…………………… She asked (28)…………………..whether it was (29)…………………..who spoke. The frog(30)…………………..that indeed he spoke and told her that he was the (31)…………………..of the tree where she had perched. He also introduced himself as a singer of the bog who was (32)…………………..for his (33)…………………… The frog also told the bird that he was also a (34)…………………..who composed for the (35)…………………..named(36)…………………..The nightingale asked him (37)…………………..he (38)…………………..her singing. The frog commented that her(39)…………………..was(40)…………………..but it was(41)…………………… He praised her (42)…………………..of singing but commented it lacked some(43)…………………… The bird replied that she did not think her song was(44)…………………..but she was happy since it was her(45)…………………… Hearing this the frog became angry and asked the bird there wasn’t anything to (46)…………………..about her song. She could not improve unless she (47)…………………..training provided by a few trainers like the(48)………………….. The bird was very (49)………………….. and commented that she felt she was in a (50)…………………..and considered the frog as (51)…………………..the legendary(52)…………………..who lived in (53)…………………… The frog replied that he would be training her but he would charge(54)…………………… but he promised that it wound (55)…………………… ,that she could understand that point. (The poet is using an (56)…………………… in these lines).
Now ,the nightingale (57)…………………… by the trainer words, (58)…………………… confidence given by the trainer, ignited by the spirit to excel in her (59)…………………… and of course, the praise that the (60)…………………… showered on her , sang and it was a huge (61)…………………… . In fact the frog was not at all interested in the training or development of the nightingale’s skills but to (62)………………………….the nightingale by (63)………………………….training. Next morning in the(64)………………………….the frog started her training although the nightingale expressed her (65)………………………….to sing in the (66)………………………….weather. But the frog asked her to (67)………………………….her scarf and sash and to (68)………………………….as he did as ‘ Koo-oh-ah! Ko-! ash Koo ash…..’ The training was such a (69)………………………….one that it tired the nightingale thoroughly. In spite of the hard training, she was forced(70)………………………….at night and all the titles ‘people’ of that bog came to enjoy her song. The frog observed others enjoying the song with a feeling which was both (71)……………………. He was feeling bitter because of the attention and adulation the nightingale got from the animals of the bog, but felt sweet since he was getting money by her singing and thinking of the ultimate result of his (72)……………………of her.
Every day, the frog scolded her for not singing (73)…………………….He asked her to practice so that her voice was (74)……………………like him. Hearing the scolding, day by day, the nightingale became more (75)……………………and (76)……………………. By this time her singing had become so (77)……………………that the animals and bird lost (78)……………………in her singing. The ticket office gross too (79)…………………… as no body came to listen. Since there wasn’t any (80)…………………… to her song, she felt so (81)…………………… to sing alone.
Now the frog (82)……………………up with rage scolded her terribly. He (83)……………………her to puff out her (84)……………………with emotions and sing. The nightingale (85)……………………him in silence. She was (86)……………………as her eyes were filled with tears and she was (87)……………………to fail. The poor bird (88)……………………bursting a vein while trying to (89)……………………the instructions of the Frog. After the death of the bird, the frog commented that the bird was really (90)……………………and he only tried to (91)……………………. But she was (92)……………………and (93)……………………always. She was always influenced by everyone and everything. He also commented that she should have (94)……………………the vital lesson of the life that one’s(95)……………………must be one’s own. He said that was the (96)……………………of his success. Thus the frog, cunningly eliminating the (97)……………………became once more the (98)……………………singer of the bog.


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