Friday, January 25, 2019

The Tiger in the zoo - VIII std

The Tiger in the zoo
       -Leslie Norris 
George Leslie Norris  (21 May 1921 – 6 April 2006), 
was a prize-winning Welsh poetand short story writer. Norris is considered one of the most important Welsh writers of the post-war period, and his literary publications have won many prizes.


Content :
The Tiger in the zoo is a pathetic sight. 
It is kept inside a concrete cell behind the bars.  It simply walks to and fro in the cage. In the jungle , the Tiger is free. He lurks in the shadow. He slides through the tall grass.  He waits at the water hols and kills deer for food. At times the tiger comes into a village near the forest. His snarls around the house. He bares his teeth and claws at the villagers. The sight fills them with fear. But a caged tiger misses everything. It becomes an object of show. The jungle is the apt place for the tiger to live with grandeur and ferocity. 

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