Should Wizard Hit Mommy ?

Should Wizard Hit Mommy ?

Q. 1. Why was Roger Skunk's mommy angry on seeing his smelling like roses ?

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What plea did the mommy give for retaining the original smell? (V.V. Imp.)

Ans. On having the rose smell Roger Skunk was very happy. But his mother got angry as soon as she learnt about it. She asked Roger Skunk who had done that. Roger told about the Wizard. She took an umbrella in her hand and took Roger to the wizard. Though Skunk pleaded that other animals would not play with him but she said she did not care. She hit the wizard right over the head. The wizard changed Roger Skunk into its foul smell back again.

Q.2. What made Jo feel that the story was over ?

Ans. Jack was telling her a story about a stinking Skunk, who was teased by other animals for his bad smell. He felt hurt and lonely because no body played with him. He went to a wise owl and he sent him to the Wizard. The Wizard changed the stinky Skunk into a Skunk smelling of roses. Now all the animals started playing with him and he felt happy and joyful. Jo thought that it was a happy end of the story.

Q.3. Why did the 'mommy' go to the Wizard and with what result? (Expected)

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How did the Skunk's mother get his old smell back? (CBSE Outside, 2008)

Ans. When Roger Skunk's mommy came to know of the new smell of Roger Skunk, she got angry. She resented it sternly. She took an umbrella in her hand and went to see the Wizard. She hit the Wizard right over his head. The wizard changed Roger Skunk into its foul smell. Now Roger Skunk had no smell of roses. He began to smell very bad again.

Q.4. How did the 'mommy' conduct when Roger Skunk got the usual smell ?

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Write down the reactions of the 'mommy' on finding Skunk in original smell ?

Ans. The Wizard changed Roger Skunk into its foul smell back. The mother was much elated and they returned home. They heard the train whistle bringing Dady Skunk home from Boston. Then they had a nice supper. When Roger Skumk was in bed, Mommy Skunk hugged him showered affection.

Q.5. Why does Jack insist that it was the Wizard that was hit and not the as mother ? (Imp.)

Ans. In Jack’s view the elders are always right. He wants that the children obey their parents at all cost. He thinks that the only mother Skunk knows what is good or bad for her son. Since, the baby Skunk loves his mother more than anything else so it is correct that Wizard should not hit the mommy.

Q.6. What makes Jack feel caught in an ugly middle position ? (Imp.)

Ans. Jack feels himself to be caught in an ugly middle position on the point whether the children should be allowed to have free choice for their career or the parents should impose their moral codes on them. The narrator Jack does not want to tell a story in which a mother gets beaten or insulted. He wants to impose Jo that elders are always right.

Q.7. Why is an adult's perspective on life different from that of a child ? (M.Imp.)

Ans. An adult is mature and thought provoking. He can make the best judgement of things. He has his own moral values and prejudices. On the other hand, a child is immature. He hasnot worldly experience. He doesn’t judge thing in a right direction.

Q.8. What is the moral issue that the story raises ? (Imp.)

Ans. The story raises the issue whether the parents should be allowed to impose their authority over their children or the children have the freedom to work according to their own choice. Here the mother of Skunk did not allow her son Skunk for the rose smell so that other animals might play with him.

Q.9. How did Jo want to end the story like and why? (CBSE Delhi, 2008) (Imp.)

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How did Jo want to the story to end ? Why? (CBSE Comptt. Delhi 2008)

Ans. Jo did not want the mommy Skunk to take Roger Skunk back to the Wizard for changing his smell. She must realise his problems of playing and having the company of other animals. She was unhappy at the end of the story. She wanted her father to tell the story that the wizard hit the mommy.

Q.10. Why did Roger Skunk's mommy angry with? What did she finally tell him? (CBSE 2010)

Ans. Roger Skunk had go the smell of his body changed into the smell of roses by the wizard. When his mommy came to know of this she got very angry with him. She took him back to the wizard to have his old smell back. 

Q.11. Why did Jo think Roger Skunk was better off with the new smell? (CBSE 2010)

Ans. Jo thought that, with the new smell, Roger Skunk could play together with the other little animals in the woods. They no longer ran away from him. That was shy she thought Roger Skunk was better off with the new smell.