CBSE Class 8 · English · Honeydew
This is Jody's Fawn
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 8 English.
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About the author
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896–1953) was an American author. This tender story from The Yearling shows a boy's compassion for an orphaned fawn.
Summary
Penny Baxter was bitten by a rattlesnake; they killed a doe to use its liver to draw out poison.
Penny Baxter was bitten by a rattlesnake; they killed a doe to use its liver to draw out poison.
Jody noticed the doe had a fawn; guilt and pity filled him.
Jody noticed the doe had a fawn; guilt and pity filled him.
He asked Ma and Pa if he could bring the fawn home.
He asked Ma and Pa if he could bring the fawn home.
Ma worried about feeding and the household burden.
Ma worried about feeding and the household burden.
Penny said the fawn would starve otherwise - Jody had saved his life.
Penny said the fawn would starve otherwise - Jody had saved his life.
Jody and Mill-wheel searched the scrub; the wobbly fawn followed Jody.
Jody and Mill-wheel searched the scrub; the wobbly fawn followed Jody.
Jody fed it milk and named it his own - a living gift born from tragedy.
Jody fed it milk and named it his own - a living gift born from tragedy.
Hard words & meanings
| rattlesnake | poisonous snake with rattles |
| scrub | bushes and low trees |
| protagonist | main character |
| narrator | person telling the story |
| conflict | struggle or problem |
| climax | most exciting point |
| noticed | see chapter context |
| worried | see chapter context |
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