About the Author:
Ralph Waldo Emerson –
Birth: May 25, 1803, Boston, USA.
Education: Harvard Divinity School
Famous Book: ‘ Concord Hymn’, ‘Brahma’, ‘Collection of Essay’s’ etc.
Death: April 27, 1882
About the poem:
The mountain and the squirrel are quarrelled. The mountain called the squirrel a small prig. The squirrel replied that the mountain was undoubtedly big but all big things like a year and a sphere were but the sum total of small things. So squirrel was not ashamed of his smallness and position because everything in nature had a place and function. The squirrel could not make a squirrel track like the mountain or carry a forest on its back. But, on the other hand, the mountain could not crack a small nut like the squirrel.
FABLE
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Important suggestion:
Questions and Answers:
1) Who had a quarrel with the squirrel?
Ans- A mountain had a quarrel with the squirrel.
2) What is not a disgrace to the squirrel?
Ans- Occupying his own place as a small creature is not a disgrace to the squirrel.
3) What is it that the squirrel doesn’t deny?
Ans- The squirrel does not deny that the mountain can make a pretty squirrel track.
4) Between whom was there a quarrel?
Ans- There was a quarrel between the mountain and the squirrel.
5) What did the mountain call the squirrel?
Ans- The mountain called the squirrel little prig.
6) Who is referred to as ‘former’ in the poem?
Ans- The mountain is referred to as ‘former’ in the poem.
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7) What appears doubtless to the squirrel?
Ans- It appears doubtless to the squirrel that the mountain is big.
8) What must be taken together to make a year?
Ans- All sorts of things and weather must be taken together to make a year.
9) What thing other than a year is created by taking together all sorts of things?
Ans- A sphere is created by taking all sorts of things together.
10) Why is not occupying his place a disgrace to the squirrel?
Ans- Because he thinks that everything in nature has particular place and function.
11) What does the squirrel think about occupying his place?
Ans- The squirrel thinks that occupying his place is not a disgrace.
12) How is the squirrel track?
Ans- The squirrel track is very pretty.
13) What can not the squirrel deny?
Ans- The squirrel can not deny that the mountain can make a pretty squirrel track.
14) Who is not half as energetic as the squirrel?
Ans- The mountain is not half so energetic as the squirrel.
15) What does squirrel think about talents?
Ans- Squirrel thinks that talents differ from person to person.
16) Who makes the squirrel track?
Ans- The mountain makes the squirrel track.
17) Where does the mountain carry forests?
Ans- The mountain carries forests on its back.
18) What is the mountain unable to do?
Ans- The mountain is unable to crack a nut.
19) What is the squirrel unable to do?
Ans- The squirrel is unable to carry a forest on its back.
20) Who is referred to the ‘little prig‘ in the poem?
Ans- The squirrel is referred to the ‘little prig’ in the poem.