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The efforts made by the other creatures of the bog to still the frog's determination 'to display his heart's elation'.

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Other creatures hate the croaking frog. They take recourse to stoning him, praying to him to stop croaking and use sticks. However, the frog refuses to budge. They also insult him publicly, complain against him or throw stones at him. Still, everything is futile to silence him.

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Divide yourselves into groups of four or five and brainstorm on any one of the given situations in order to create an imaginary dialogue or a comic strip. Keep in mind the characters and situations while doing so. Representatives from each group could then present the dialogues / read them to the class.

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(a)	The efforts made by the other creatures of the bog to still the frog's determination 'to display his heart's elation'.
(b)	The first time the Nightingale sings.
(c)	The nightingale is awestruck when the frog introduces himself.
(d)	The practice session when it is raining.
(e)	The nightingale is reprimanded by the frog when the box office crashes.

Answer the following questions briefly.

(a) How did the creatures of Bingle bog react to the nightingale's singing?

(b) Which are the different ways in which the frog asserts his importance?

(d) Why was the frog angry?

(e) How did the frog become the unrivalled king of the bog again?

The following is a summary of what happened in the story, in mixed order. Write the events in their correct order to form a continuous paragraph.

(a) As a result, her voice lost its beauty, and the other creatures stopped coming to hear her sing.

(b) Soon the nightingale became famous, and creatures for miles around came to hear the nightingale sing.

(d) He offered to train the nightingale, so that she could sing even more beautifully.

(e) So the frog could once more sing at night in his bog, unrivalled.

(f) The next night, the frog introduced himself.

(g) The frog charged an admission fee, and earned a lot of money from these concerts.

(h) A frog croaked all night in a bog, in a loud unpleasant voice.

(i) But the frog made the nightingale rehearse too much, and in the rain.

(j) One night, a nightingale suddenly began to sing.

(k) Finally, the nightingale burst a vein and died.

How did the creatures of Bingle bog react to the nightingale's singing?

The following is a summary of the poem but it is jumbled up. Write out the events in their correct order to form a continuous paragraph.

(a) As a result, her voice lost its beauty, and the other creatures stopped coming to hear her sing.

(b) Soon the nightingale became famous, and creatures from miles around came to hear her sing.

(d) He offered to train the nightingale, so that she could sing even more beautifully.

(e) So the frog could sing unrivalled in the bog once more.

(f) The next night the frog introduced himself.

(g) The frog charged an admission fee, and earned a lot of money from these concerts.

(h) A frog croaked all night in a bog, in an unpleasant voice.

(i) But the frog made the nightingale rehearse continuously in the rain.

(j) One night a nightingale began to sing in a melodious voice.

(k) Finally the nightingale burst a vein and died.

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Situations The efforts made by the other creatures of the bog to still the frog's determination 'to display his heart's elation'.

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The efforts made by the other creatures of the bog to still the frog's determination 'to display his heart's elation'.