How The Pig Became Ugly
Pig was once so beautiful that he became the envy of all animals. He was young and handsome and everything about him was exciting. To start with, he had a classic nose-small and nicely shaped snout. His voice was soft and sweet.
When he spoke, his voice was so melodious that few animals could extricate themselves from this presence. Indeed, most animals would brave anything to hear him speak and the admiration this charming animal got from his colleagues knew no bounds. Above all, it was crystal clear to everyone in the animal kingdom that pig was the fines piece of creation. Unfortunately, pig hated battering ram, and for no apparent reason. He greatly longed for the day he would exchange blows with battering ram. He started cursing ram, abusing him behind his back and inciting the small animals to throw stones at him. “An animal with such a big tail is good for nothing” he was heard telling his friends conversely, battering ram was a nice old soul. All the animals liked him. He was polite, kind and very sympathetic. Because battering ram was so humble, warthog one day decide to visit pig in his den, and as they talked he warned pig to leave battering ram alone. “This animal is a fighter” he warned pig. “When fighting, this animal is a perfect demon”. And it was true one day cow stalked battering ram from behind and threw him into the river. Battering Ram however swam to safety and red with fury, challenged cow to duel. All animals gathered to witness the fight rolling him in the dust. Despite this show of strength pig did not heed warthog’s advice and continued insulting battering ram. One day, battering ram ran out of patience and decided to teach pig a good lesson. The word went quickly around all the animals gathered to witness the fight. At first, pig just stood proudly there, looking completely unperturbed. Then suddenly he approached battering ram, hitting him on the side trying to bite his fat tail. Bantering ram employed the old saying “He who strikes last, strikes hardest.”. He retreated then came racing forward before pig could leap to avoid a collision, battering ram’s head caught pig’s beautiful nose. There was a big bhang and pig was seen rolling like a barrel, his nose completely flat. The blow made many animals take to their heels in terror. Pig didn’t wait for battering ram to finish. He turned his tail and fled. His throat was affected by the blow giving him a grunting voice and his nose became flat as a saucer and it has remained that ugly up to this day. Questions
Classify this narrative and give a reason for your answer ( 2 marks)
i) His voice was soft and sweet ( add a question tag) (1 mark) ii) An animal with such a big tail is good for nothing” He was heard telling his friends (Rewrite in reported speech) (1 mark iii) The blow made many animals take to their heels in terror (re write in the passive) (1 mark) iv) He had a classic nose and a nicely shaped snout ( Begin: Not only …………………..)(1 mark) v)How warthog advice to the pig proved true and what does this teach us? (2 marks) ………………………………… vi)Identify two features in this story that indicate that it is an oral narrative (4 marks) ………………………… vii)What does the story reveal about the character of the pig? (4 marks) ………………………………………… viii)Identify a figure of speech in the last paragraph and state its effectiveness .(2 marks) …………………………… ix)Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the narrative . (2 marks) a)Knew no bounds ………………………………………………………………. b) Completely unperturbed ……………………………………………………. Related Searches
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