UNIT – 2 SUPPLEMENTARY READER
TITLE – ZIG ZAG
AUTHOR – Asha Nehemiah
THEME – Pets –
Compassion – free environment
CHARACTERS - Zig
Zag (parrot), Dr Krishnan, Somu (friend)
Visu (cook) & Mrs Krishnan
INTRODUCTION
This story is
about a pet parrot. The family is totally taken up by the commotion it creates
at home. Humor is the strong element of the story. It vividly explains the
fact that birds and animals deserve a natural happy environment.
PARAGRAPH
Dr Krishnan’s clinic
is always full of tiny kids cries & yells. The clinic was a busy tiring
place. Mrs Krishnan was an artist. Somu was their family friend and he had a
pet parrot named Zig Zag. Somu requested Krishnan to take care of the parrot
for a week. Zig Zag was a special parrot which can sing and talk in about 21
languages. It was about one and half feet tall with a crown of pink feathers.
Visu the cook brought the parrot. The whole family was eagerly waiting
for Zig Zag to talk or sing. But it was dump, bored and grumpy. It neither
talked nor sang. It simply ate fruits & perched on curtains and fans. Then went
to sleep and snored. The snoring was so loud and unbearable. As days passed the
family got frustrated and decided to return Zig Zag.
Dr Krishnan took the parrot to his clinic with a plan of send-off the
snoring parrot. To everyone’s surprise Zig Zag started to speak and sing. The
patients enjoyed and kids were happy. The clinic environment became a happy
peaceful place for kids. Meanwhile Mrs Krishnan informs that her painting
fetched a large amount. The half-eaten fruit from the fan sprayed on the
painting giving it a new dimension. Both of them wanted to retain the
parrot Thus Zig Zag became a
part of the family and all ends well.
MORAL - Life always brings us surprises, so live
with the flow
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