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Mijbil the Otter

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 10 · English

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Chapter Overview and Story Line

  • Gavin Maxwell travelled to Southern Iraq in early 1956.
  • He considered keeping an otter instead of a dog because Camusfearna was ringed by water and suitable for such an experiment.
  • A friend suggested that otters were common in the Tigris marshes and were often tamed by the Arabs.
2

Mijbil's Behaviour and Character

  • Mijbil was intelligent, playful, and affectionate.
  • He loved water and went wild with joy in the bathtub for half an hour.
  • He liked water to be spread and moved; static water was wasted and provoking.
3

Transport to London and the Airplane Episode

  • The British airline to London would not fly animals.
  • Maxwell booked a flight to Paris on another airline and then from Paris to London.
  • Mijbil had to be packed into a box not more than eighteen inches square.
4

London Episode and Human Reactions

  • Mij and Maxwell stayed in London for nearly a month.
  • Mij played for hours with toys such as ping-pong balls, marbles, rubber fruit, and a terrapin shell.
  • He invented a game using a sloped suitcase lid and a ping-pong ball.

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After Jonnie diedA friend suggests that ottersMijbil first appears like a smallAt first he is aloofMij plays with a rubber ball

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