JKBOSE 9th Class English Solutions chapter – 14 CART DRIVER

This poem depicts the love of a mother for her young ones. In the darkness of the night, the footfalls of a bulbul are heard. It is moving its steps in a very careful and cautious manner. It is looking for food for its four little ones who are in the nest.

The bulbul is moving about fearfully. It doesn’t want to be noticed by anyone. It hears a sound and gets disturbed. It has a grain in its beak and wants to reach its nest quickly. Its little ones don’t know what this sound is and continue chirping in the nest.

It is the sound of a bullock cart passing through the forest. The bulbul hides itself in the bushes. The bullocks are moving, but the driver is asleep. His eyes are covered with his turban. He is snoring. If his hookah overturns, there can be a fire in the forest. The bulbul imagines that there is a fire and at once the a T tries to fly to its young ones in the nest. But out of fear, it can’t lift its legs and fly.

Thus this poem reveals the love of a mother for her children and also her concern for her own life.

यह कविता एक मां के अपने बच्चों के लिए प्यार का चित्रण करती है। रात के अन्धकार में एक बुलबुल के कदमों की आहट सुनाई देती है। यह बड़े ध्यानपूर्वक और सावधानी से अपने कदमों को आगे बढ़ा रही है। यह अपने चार बच्चों के लिए खाना ढूंढ रही है जो घोंसले में हैं।

बुलबुल डरी हुई सी इधर-उधर घूम रही है। यह नहीं चाहती कि कोई उसे देखे। उसे एक आहट सुनाई देती है और वह घबरा जाती है। इसकी चोंच में अन्न का एक दाना है और वह जल्दी से अपने घोंसले में पहुंच जाना चाहती है। इसके बच्चे नहीं जानते कि यह कैसी आवाज है और वे अपने घोंसले में चहचहाते रहते हैं।

यह जंगल में से गुज़र रही एक बैलगाड़ी की आवाज है। बुलबुल स्वयं को झाड़ियों के पीछे छिपा लेती है। बैल आगे बढ़ रहे हैं, परन्तु बैलगाड़ी चलाने वाला सो रहा है। उसकी आँखें उसकी पगड़ी से ढकी हुई हैं। वह

खर्राटे मार रहा है। यदि उसका हुक्का उलट जाए तो जंगल में आग लग सकती है। बुलबुल कल्पना करती है कि आग लग गई है और वह उड़ कर तुरन्त अपने घोंसले में अपने बच्चों के पास जाना चाहती है। परन्तु डर के मारे यह अपने पैर नहीं उठा पाती और उड़ नहीं पाती है।

इस प्रकार यह कविता मां का अपने बच्चों के प्रति प्यार और स्वयं की जान की परवाह को दिखाती है।

This poem reveals the love of a mother for her children. A mother may be a human being, a bird or an animal, the feeling of love is the same in every case. A bulbul sees the danger of fire in the forest. It at once wants to fly to its young ones and save them from any harm. But the feeling of fear paralyses its feet and it finds itself unable to fly.

In the fearful silence of the forest

I hear

The sound of the footfalls

Of a careful bulbul

Out in the night shaking the feathers on its head

To find food for its four little ones

Hungry in the nest.

Explanation : There is a fearful silence in the forest. The poet hears the footfalls of a careful bulbul. It is out in the night looking for food for its four little ones. The little ones are in the nest and are hungry. The bulbul is shaking its feathers that are on its head.

1. Name the poem and the poet.

2. What sound does the poet hear ?

3. What is the bulbul doing ?

4. Where are the little ones ?

1. The name of the poem is ‘Cart Driver’. The name of the poet is Padma Sachdev.

2. She hears the footfalls of a bulbul.

3. It is looking for food for its little ones.

4. They are in the nest.

Moving slowly, afraid,

its ears pricked to pick

some sound somewhere

with the grain in its beak

it hastens to the nest

its twittering fledglings do not know

the forest is in the throes of fear

they continue chirping.

The bulbul treambles

Moves with its head raised

Alert, all ears.

Explanation : The bulbul is moving slowly. It is afraid. It has raised its ears. It has heard some sound somewhere. It hastens to its nest with the grain in its beak. Its little ones are twittering in the nest. They don’t know that the forest is in danger. They continue with their chirping. But the bulbul trembles in fear. It moves with its head raised and it is all alert.

(A) (i) Why is the bulbul moving slowly ?

(ii) What is it trying to do?

(iii) What do its fledglings not know ?

(B) Choose the most appropriate options:

(i) The word ‘fledgling’ means a bird that ………. .

(a) has become adult (b) has just (c) goes to hunt for food (d) learnt to fly has laid an egg.

(ii) The bulbul is on the alert while ……. .

(a) looking for food (b) hunting worms (c) laying eggs (d)  searching for a nest.

(iii) The term ‘all ears’ means the bird ……

(a) is listening intently (b) has two ears (c) has lost its hearing (d) has regained its hearing.

(C) What do the fledglings do while waiting to be fed ?

(A) (i) It is moving slowly because it is afraid. It is moving cautiously in order do bonot to fall a prey to some predator.

(ii) It is trying to hear the sound that is coming from somewhere.

(iii) They don’t know that the forest is full of dangers.

(B) (i) (b) has just learnt to fly (ii) (a) looking for food (iii) (a) is listening intently.

(C) Unaware of the dangers in the forest, they keep chirping in their nest.

Suddenly there is a sound of wheels

The sound of dry leaves crackling

The sound rising and subsiding

The bulbul hides itself in the bushes.

It sees

A bullock cart laden with goods

Bullocks moving by themselves

Heads down

The driver asleep, snoring

Eyes covered with the head of his turban.

Explanation : Suddenly there is a sound of wheels. It is the sound of dry leaves crackling. It rises and then subsides in turn. The bulbul hides itself in the bushes. It has seen a bullock cart. It is laden with goods. The driver is asleep. He is snoring His eyes are covered with his turban that was on his head. The bullocks are moving by themselves with their heads bent downwards.

1. What sound did the bulbul hear ?

2. Where did the bulbul hide itself ?

3. What was the driver doing ?

4. What were the bullocks doing doing ?

1. It was the sound of wheels moving on dry leaves.

2. It hid itself in the bushes.

3. He was asleep.

4. They were moving by themselves with their heads bent downwards.

What if the cart stumbles

The cart driver’s hookah overturns

The forest catches fire

It imagines the forest on fire

Wishes to run towards its nest

To save its young ones

But cannot lift its legs

Out of fear.

Explanation : The bulbul is filled with fear to think that the cart could stumble and the cart driver’s hookah could overturn. Then the whole forest could catch fire. The bulbul imagines that the forest is already on fire. It wishes to run towards its nest, and save its young ones. But it cannot lift its legs out of fear.

(A) (i) What could happen if the cart stumbled ?

(ii) What does the bulbul imagine ?

(iii) What does the bulbul want to the bulbul want to do and why ?

(B) Choose the most appropriate options:

(i) What does the bulbul start thinking ?

(a) The hookah may overturn.                  (b) The forest may catch fire.

(c) The bulbul’s nest may burn.                (d) All the above.

(ii) The bulbul is unable to lift its legs because …….

(a) it is filled with fear                              (b) it has been wounded

(c) some bird has hit her                          (d) its legs are swollen.

(iii) Choose the word(s) written correctly:

(a) cannot (b) can’t (c) can not (d) both (a) and (b).

(C) Why cannot the bulbul fly ?

(A) (i) The hookah could overturn and then the forest could catch fire.

(ii) It imagines that the forest is already on fire.

(iii) It wishes to run to its nest and save its young ones.

(B) (i) (d) All the above. (ii) (a) it is filled with fear (iii) (d) both (a) and (b).

(C) The bulbul is so afraid that it is unable even to lift its legs.

Ans.— It is afraid because it has heard some sound. It wants to hasten to its nest because its little ones are there and it doesn’t want any harm should come to them.

Ans.— It hides itself in the bushes because it has heard the sound of wheels moving on dry leaves.

Ans.— It imagines the forest is on fire.

Ans.— It arouses feelings of pity in the readers.

Ans.— It is because of the foolish driver’s irresponsible act that the poor bulbul is filled with fear. The poet wants the readers not to commit the folly of the cart driver. That is why the poem has been named ‘Cart Driver’.

Ans.— Once while passing through a forest at night, I heard all sorts of sounds. They filled me with fear. I don’t know if the fear was real or imaginary.

Ans.— The following images create an atmosphere of silence and fear in the poem :

1. fearful silence of the forest

2. its ears pricked to pick some sound somewhere

3. throes of fear

4. the cart driver’s hookah overturns

5. imagines the forest on fire

6. cannot lift its legs out of fear.

Ans.— The love of mother for her children is but natural. But the love for one’s own life is also but natural. So I don’t think there is any tussle between these two kinds of love. The mother does t try to fly to its little ones, but she can’t lift her feet of fear. There is no tussle in her mind.Follow on Facebook page – Click Here

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