Mijbil the Otter

Mijbil the Otter

Q.1. What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom ? What did Mijbil do two days after that?
Ans. When Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom he fumbled with the taps and went mad with joy on seeing full flow of water. He played, splashed and thoroughly enjoyed like a hippo in water. After two days, he went itself and fumbled at the chromium tap with his paws. He turned on the tap from trickle to full flow.

Q.2. What special characteristic of Mijbil did Maxwell learn after he took him to the bathroom?
Ans. When Maxwel took Mijbil into the bathroom, he went wild with joy in the bathroom. He kept playing with water for half an hour. He kept playing and rolling in the bathtub. Thus Maxwell t learnt that he very much fond of water.

Q.3. What is the most common characteristic of an otter ?
Ans. The most common characteristic of an otter is that it is much fond of water. He loves to plunge and roll in water. He goes mad in water. He does not want the water to be stored. He acts to keep the water on the move so as to spread and extend every drop of water about the place.

Q.4. What guesses did the Londoners make about Mijbil ?
Ans. According o the writer the average Londoner does not recognize an ottor. They made a variety of guesses as to what kind of creature Mijbil was. They guessed that it was a baby seal, a squirrel, walrus, a hippo, a beaver, a bear cub, a leopard or a brontosaurus.

Q.5. Give an example from the text to show that Mijbil is an intelligent animal.
Ans. Mijbil is really an intelligent animal. His intelligence and sense of logic is reflected in his turning on the tap to get a flow of water. He went into the bathroom and struggled with the chromium tap till it had a full flow.

Q. 6. What game had Mijbil invented ?
Ang. The writer had a damaged suitcase. Its lid remained a t a slope from one end to the length of the suitcase. Mij discovered that if he put the ball on the high end, it ran down the length of the suitcase. Mij would place the ball at one end and then catch it before it dropped at the other end.

7. Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? What do you think how he felt when he did this?
Ans. Maxwell put the otter in the box because the airline had asked him to put the animal in a box during the flight. I think Maxwell must have felt pity for the poor creature.

Q.8. Why does Maxwell say, “The airhostess was the very queen of her kind.”
Ans. Maxwell says “The airhostess was the very queen of her kind” because she listens to his problem patiently. Ahe allowed him to take his otter out of the box. She said that he could keep it on his knee. She did not get angry when the otter escaped and cerated quite a str in the plane. She also offered to bring the animal back to him.

Q. 9. What 'experiment' did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
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When and why did Maxell think of keeping an otter?
Ans. When Maxwell went to Basra in 1956, a thought came into his mind that he should keep an otter instead of a dog. He thought that that Camusfearna, ringed by water, would be a suitable spot for this experiment.

Q. 10. Why does Maxwell go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
Ans. He goes to Basra to collect and answer the mail from Europe. He waits there over a weeks. When he finds that his mail hasn’t arrived, he cables to England. It remains unresponsive for three days. He receives his mail after five days.

Q. 11. How does Maxwell get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
Ans. On the day, he receives his mail, he goes to his bedroom to read it. There, he finds two Arabs with the otter in the sack. They hand him over a note from his friend and the otter.
Yes, he likes it. The words - 'a thraldom to otters, an otter fixation’ tell me this.

Q.12. Why was the otter named as Maxwell’s otter?
Ans. The otter was named as Maxwell’s otter because it was otter of a rare species. Scientists had never seen it before. Thus they named it after Maxwelll’s name and called it Maxwell’s otter

Q.13. How was Mij to be transported to England?
Ans. Mij was to be transported to England by a flight to Paris, and from there to London. When the British airline did allow animals on its flight, the author had to make arrangements with another airline. The airline insisted to pack Mij into an eighteen inches square box. And it was to be kept on the floor at the feet.

Q.14. What did Mij do to the box?
Ans. The author put Mij into the box and left for a hurried meal. Mij found itself imprisoned in the box. He tried to come out of the box. He tore the lining of the box to shreds and wounded himself.

Q.15. Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think felt when he did this?
Ans. Maxwell put the otter back in the box because he was getting late for the flight. Only ten minutes were left and the airport was five miles away. I think that Maxwell must have deep pity for the poor creature.

Q.16. What happened when the box was opened? 
Ans. When the box was opened, Mij was out of it in a flash and he disappeared at high speed down the aircraft. He caused squawks and shrieks in the aircraft.