NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 6 – This is Jody’s Fawn

The rattlesnake had bitten Jody's father.

When Penney Jody's father was bitten by a rattlesnake, he killed a doe and used her liver and heart as folk medicine to suck out the venom. Penney's life was therefore saved by the doe.

Jody killed the fawn's mother to save his father's life, so the fawn is now an orphan. However, he afterward felt bad and worried about the fawn that was left alone. He wants to bring the fawn to repay the debt because he is the one who orphaned the fawn.

Jody's father explained that the spots on a male fawn are all in a line, whereas the spots on females are arranged randomly. This knowledge assisted him in identifying the fawn as a male.

Mill-wheel was not welcome with Jody for two reasons. The first reason was that if Fawn was dead, Jody didn't want Mill-wheel to notice his disappointment. The second reason was that if the fawn was still alive, Jody did not want to share his joy with anyone else.

Jody had never been in the woods before. Mill-wheel did not want to leave Jody alone because he was frightened he would get lost or bitten by a snake.

Jody didn't want to startle the deer, so he kept his distance. That's why he gently stroked its neck before wrapping his arms around it. He then scooped it up and carried it through the dense undergrowth. He attempted to protect its face from the jagged vines. On his way home, he took a break. He noticed the fawn following him after a short walk. After that, he'd either carry the fawn or put it down and let it follow him on its own. It refused to ascend the stairs when they got home. He then took it inside the home after picking it up.

Jody was overcome with emotion when he discovered the fawn. When he stroked the animal's neck, he became 'delirious.' He was "lightheaded with excitement" when he realized it was now his fawn.

Penny noticed "the boy's eyes were as bright as the deer's" when he eventually brought the fawn into the home.

Jody's milk was consumed by the deer. When Jody presented milk to the fawn in the gourd, it butted it out of nowhere, smelling the milk and unsure what to do with it. Jody then placed his fingers in the milk and pushed them into the fawn's soft, wet mouth, encouraging it to drink.

The deer is an untamed creature. It is accustomed to living in the woods. Because of the strangeness of the house, the steps, and everything, the fawn did not follow Jody up the steps when it arrived at Jody's house. This is comparable to how it reacted to the gourd's milk. It was simply at a loss for what to do.

Penny let Jody go find the fawn and raise it since he thought it was ungrateful to let the fawn starve. He agreed with Jody that the doe had been slaughtered for their benefit, and the fawn had been orphaned through no fault of its own. They couldn't let the fawn die of hunger. They felt a sense of obligation to it.

Penny had slain the doe to save his own life. As a result of the doe's actions, its fawn needed to be looked after and saved from starvation. Leaving it alone would be ungrateful. Doc Wilson was correct when he stated that "nothing in the world comes for free."

After accepting the burden of caring for the fawn, Jody treated it as if it were his child. He put out one hand and placed it on its velvety neck when he first discovered it. He then encircled its body with both arms. He covered its face from the thorny vines as he carried it home. Despite his exhaustion, he carried it for most of the journey. When he got home, he gave it the milk that was supposed to go to him. When the fawn refused to drink the milk from the gourd, he fed it with his own hands. As a result, one could conclude that Jody handled his responsibilities admirably.

When Jody's mother learned that he was planning to bring the deer home, she was taken aback and inquired about the fawn. He went on to say that it was the fawn whose mother they had slaughtered to save his father's life. She exclaimed and expressed her displeasure with the concept. She sadly informed him that they had run out of options and that he would have to give up the milk they had given him to feed the fawn.

She reacted in this manner because she was not present at the scene where Penny had been bitten and the doe had been murdered. Because she hadn't seen the fawn, she wasn't as concerned as Penny and Jody were. Besides, they didn't have much in their house to feed the fawn, and she might have been concerned about how she would feed the fawn.

(i) Penny asked his son if he really wanted it.

(ii) Mill-wheel asked if he would ride back with him.

(iii) He asked Mill-wheel if he thought the fawn was still there.

(iv) He asked Mill-wheel if he would help him find him.

(v) He asked if it was up there that Pa had got bitten by the snake.

(i) Intransitive

(ii) Intransitive

(iii) Transitive

(iv) Transitive 

(v)Transitive

(vi)Intransitive,Transitive

(vii)Transitive

(viii)Transitive

(x)Transitive

(xi)Transitive

(xii)Transitive

(xiii)Intransitive

(xiv)Transitive

(xv)Transitive

(xvi)Intransitive

(d) Jody was worried about the fawn

(b) Penny felt hemmed when Jody proposed to bring the fawn home.

(b)His parents did not want the fawn because of the expenses of feeding the animal

(a) Jody’s mother held the coffee pot in mid-air because she was stunned at what Jody had said

 (b) Dr. Wilson and Mill supported Jody