CBSE Class 10 English Chapter 8 – Mijbil The Otter – Dwonload PDF
Mijbil the Otter is an exciting chapter of class 10th English textbook First Flight. In the lesson, the author talks about his experience of domesticating an Otter. He describes his journey with Mijbil the Otter from Iraq to London and how he developed an emotional bond with him during this journey. The story depicts the genuine relationship between a pet animal and its owner. To study it from the perspective of examination, students can refer to the PDF Noted provided by GharPeShiksha. Students can supplement their reading with the PDF Notes provided by GharPeShiksha. The study material available at the website of GharPeShiksha has helped numerous students enhance their understanding of this chapter and its teachings. The material contains the chapter’s vocabulary with meaning, textbook exercise questions with solutions, previous year questions with solutions, important questions that may come in the exam, teachings of the chapter, model answer sheet, and many more things compiled by expert teachers. You can download the PDFs through the website of GharPeShiksha.
Fog
The poet, through this poem, describes the arrival of the fog. The fog, which is generally noticed through the winters, has been compared with the movement of a cat. The poet Carl Sandburg explains how the fog engulfs the city silently like a cat enters a house. This poem is significant from the perspective of exams. Thus, to prepare it, GharPeShiksha is ready to help you. The best way to understand the poem is to study it from the PDF notes provided by GharPeShiksha. The PDF Notes contain a summary of the poem in easy language, vocabulary with meaning, textbook exercise questions with solutions, previous year questions with solutions, important questions that may come in the exam, literary devices used in the poem, rhyming scheme analysis, and many more things all compiled by expert teachers of GharPeShiksha. This study material is available at the website of GharPeShiksha.
Mijbil the Otter- Introduction
In this lesson, the author tells us how his life changed after he decided to domesticate an otter after he lost his pet dog. He takes us through his journey of adjusting, playing and travelling with Mijbil (or Mij) the otter, from Iraq to London and how during this journey, he developed an inseparable bond with him.
Mijbil the Otter- Summary
The story begins with the author travelling to Basra along with his friend. During their journey, the author expresses his desire to domesticate an otter because after he had lost his pet dog, life had become lonely for him. His friend suggested that he should get one from the Marshes along river Tigris in Iraq. When they reached the destination, they found that only the friend’s mail had arrived. After a few days, the friend left while the narrator was still waiting to receive his mail. Upon receiving it, he went to his room only to find an otter (brought to him in a sack), accompanied by two Arabs with a note. It was a gift from his friend. He named the otter Mijbil or shortly, Mij. It took some time for Mij to open up and get acquainted with his surroundings. He was covered in mud to an extent that it took almost a month of cleaning and washing to reveal his actual colour. Mij loved playing with water so much so that he even learned to open the tap on his own. He believed that each drop of water should be squished and splashed till the bowl had been emptied. Everything was going smoothly in Basra, but now it was time to fly back to London. British airlines did not allow animals, so he had to book another flight that allowed Mij with a condition that he had to be carried in a box. The narrator put him in a box an hour before the flight so that Mij could get accustomed to it and then left for a quick meal. When he returned, he found that the box was still and Mij had created a mess by destroying the inner lining. As a result, blood was dripping out of the holes. Scared as he was, he hurried. They were far away from the airport and there were only ten minutes left for the flight to take off. He cleaned it all, hurried in a cab and managed to reach just in time. He explained the series of events to a very kind and generous air hostess who advised him to keep the box on his lap. Gavin developed extreme admiration for the air hostess for she was very kind to him. As soon as he opened the box, the otter leaped out and disappeared thereby creating a chaos. Passengers were frightened. A lady climbed up her chair and in an attempt to get a hold of Mij, the author got himself covered in curry. The air hostess offered help and brought him back to Gavin and finally, they reached London. Mij was fond of playing with ping-pong balls and marbles. He even developed a game with the author’s damaged suitcase. It could keep him engrossed for a long period of time. Narrator took him for walks while taking the lead and played with him. People of London, being unfamiliar with otters, had wild guesses about what Mij was. Some thought it to be a baby seal, squirrel or even a hippo. The most shocking reaction came when a labourer digging the hole asked the author, “what is that supposed to be?”
Mijbil the Otter- Question and Answers
Q1. What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
A. Maxwell thought that as Camusfearna was close to water, it was suitable for an experiment to domesticate an otter.
Q2. Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
A. He had gone to Basra to the Consulate-General to receive and answer his mail from Europe. Unfortunately, only his friend’s mail had arrived. Therefore, he tried connecting to England via telegraph and telephone but could not associate due to waiting period, holidays and technical glitches for another couple of days. His mail arrived after waiting for 5 days.
Q3. How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
A. When the author came to his room to read the mail, he found two Arabs with a sack that was twisting again and again. One of them handed the author a note from his friend that said the otter was a gift from him.
The author liked the otter very much. This is evident from the fact that he later uses words like “otter fixation” which means a strong connection between the otter and the owner. This feeling is shared by other otter owners as well.
Q4. Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter’?
A. Otters are of a race previously unknown to science, and were at length named by zoologists as Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli, or Maxwell’s otter.
Q5. Tick the right answer. In the beginning, the otter was
• Aloof and indifferent
• friendly
• hostile
A. In the beginning, the otter was aloof and indifferent.
Q6. What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?
A. When Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom, for half an hour he went wild with joy in the water, plunging and rolling in it, shooting up and down the length of the bathtub underwater, and making enough slosh and splash for a hippo. Two days later, it escaped into the bathroom and Maxwell saw it opening the tap, all by itself.
Q7. How was Mij to be transported to England?
A. Mij was to be carried in a box, not more than eighteen inches square, to be kept on the floor at the author’s feet. British airlines did not allow transporting animals, so they booked another flight to Paris and from there to London.
Q8. What did Mij do to the box?
A. Mij had torn the inner lining of the box to shreds. The lining was made of metal, thus, in the process of tearing off the lining, he hurt himself and started bleeding.
Q9. Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think he felt when he did this?
A. Maxwell removed every bit of the shredded inner lining so that Mij won’t hurt himself. He then kept the otter back in the box as they had to reach the flight on time. He must have felt pity and be worried about Mij.
Q10. Why does Maxwell say the airhostess was “the very queen of her kind”?
A. When Maxwell boarded the flight, he took the air hostess into confidence about the latest incidents. Being understanding, friendly and kind, she advised him to keep the box on his lap. Thus, the way she listened and helped him, led to an admiration that made the narrator say that she was “the very queen of her kind”.
Q11. What happened when the box was opened?
A. As soon as he opened the box, Mij flashed out of it and disappeared. Everyone in the flight panicked and a lady even climbed her chair. Finally when he saw Mij’s tail disappearing beneath a turbaned man, he tried to catch hold of him and in the process, ended up covering his face with curry. After having created such a chaos, the air hostess advised him to go to his seat while she brought Mij back to him.
Passages For Comprehension
I. READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS:
Early in the New Year of 1956 I travelled to Southern Iraq. By then it had crossed my mind that I should like to keep an otter instead of a dog, and that Camusfearna, ringed by water a stone’s throw from its door, would be an eminently suitable spot for this experiment.
When I casually mentioned this to a friend, he as casually replied that I had better get one in the Tigris marshes, for there they were as common as mosquitoes, and were often tamed by the Arabs.
Questions:
1. What pet did Maxwell think of keeping?
2. Where could Maxwell easily get his pet and why?
3. Which phrase in the passage means the same as ‘at a short distance’?
II. READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS:
Two days later, Mijbil escaped from my bedroom as I entered it, and I turned to see his tail disappearing round the bend of the corridor that led to the bathroom. By the time I got there he was up on the end of the bathtub and fumbling at the chromium taps with his paws. I watched, amazed; in less than a minute he had turned the tap far enough to produce a trickle of water, and after a moment or two achieved the full flow.
Questions:
1. How did the author notice Mijbil escaping from his bedroom?
2. What did he try to do there?
3. Which word in the passage means the same as ‘surprised’?
III. READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS:
Mij and I remained in London for nearly a month. He would play for hours with a selection of toys, ping-pong balls, marbles, rubber fruit, and a terrapin shell that I had brought back from his native marshes. With the ping-pong ball he invented a game of his own which could keep him engrossed for up to half an hour at a time. A suitcase that I had taken to Iraq had become damaged on the journey home, so that the lid, when closed, remained at a slope from one end to the other.
Questions:
1. What were the pastimes of Mij?
2. What did it do with the ping-pong ball?
3. Find a word in the passage which means same as ‘busy’.
Suggested Answers Of Passages
Comprehension Passage I – Answers
1. Maxwell thought of keeping an otter.
2. He could easily get his pet in the Tigris marshes because there they were as common as mosquitoes and were often tamed by the Arabs.
3. A stone’s throw.
Comprehension Passage II – Answers
1. The author noticed Mijbil escaping from his bedroom by making his tail disappear round the bend of the corridor leading to the bathroom.
2. He fumbled at the chromium taps with his paws.
3. Amazed.
Comprehension Passage III – Answers
1. There were toys, ping-pong balls, marbles and rubber fruits, etc.
2. It invented a game of its own.
3. Engrossed.
NCERT Solutions: Ch 8 Mijbil the Otter First Flight
Page No: 106
Oral Comprehension Check
1. What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
Answer
Maxwell thought that he would keep an otter instead of a dog. Camusfearna, ringed by water a very short distance from its door, would be an eminently suitable spot for the experiment.
2. Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
Answer
He went to Basra, to the Consultate-General, to collect and answer his mail from Europe. He had had to wait there for five days. To start with his mail didn’t reach on time. Then he tried to make a telephone call. This incident is of those days when one had to book an international call 24 hrs in advance. The telephone line was not working properly on the first day. Next day it was some public holiday so it was not working. Finally after a tortuous wait of five days his mail arrived.
3. How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
Answer
When he received his mail, he carried it to his bedroom to read. There, he saw two Arabs and beside them was a sack that twisted from time to time. They handed him a note from his friend saying that he had sent him an otter.
Yes, he liked it. We know this because he uses the term ‘otter fixation’ to refer to his feeling towards the otter. He felt that this otter fixation or this strong attachment towards otters was something that was shared by most other people who had ever owned one.
4. Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter’?
Answer
The otter was of a race previously unknown to science and was at length named by zoologists Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli or Maxwell’s otter.
5. Tick the right answer. In the beginning, the otter was
aloof and indifferent
friendly
hostile
Answer
In the beginning, the otter was aloof and indifferent.
6. What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?
Answer
When Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom, it went wild with joy in the water for half an hour. It was plunging and rolling in it, shooting up and down the length of the bathtub underwater, and making enough slosh and splash for a hippo.
Two days after that, it escaped from his bedroom to the bathroom. By the time he got there, Mijbil was up on the end of the bathtub and fumbling at the chromium taps with its paws. In less than a minute, it had turned the tap far enough to produce some water and after a moment, achieved the full flow.
Page No: 108
Oral Comprehension Check
1. How was Mij to be transported to England?
Answer
Maxwell booked a flight to Paris and from there he would go on to London. The airline insisted that Mij should be packed in a box (not more than eighteen inches square) that was to be placed on the floor, near his feet.
2. What did Mij do to the box?
Answer
The box was lined with metal sheet. Mij didn’t find it comfortable to be there so tried to escape. In its attempt to escape Mij tore into the metal lining of the box. As a result it hurt itself and started bleeding.
Page No: 109
Oral Comprehension Check
3. Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think he felt when he did this?
Answer
As there was no other way to carry Mij to London so the author had put it back into the box. He must have felt pity on the way the otter had hurt itself. Moreover, he must be worried as well.
4. Why does Maxwell say the airhostess was “the very queen of her kind”?
Answer
Maxwell said that the airhostess was “the very queen of her kind” because she was extremely friendly and helpful. He took her into his confidence about the incident with the box. She suggested that he might prefer to have his pet on his knee. Hearing this, he developed a profound admiration for her, for she understood the pain of both the otter and its owner.
5. What happened when the box was opened?
Answer
When the box was opened, Mij went out of the box. He disappeared at a high speed down the aircraft. There were cries all around. A woman stood up on her seat screaming that there was a rat. He saw Mij’s tail disappearing beneath the legs of an Indian passenger. He dived for it, but missed. The airhostess suggested him to be seated and that she would find the otter. After a while, Mij had returned to him. It climbed on his knee and began to rub its nose on his face and neck.
Page No: 110
Oral Comprehension Check
1. What game had Mij invented?
Answer
Mij had invented a game with ping-pong ball. He would put the ball at one end of a sloping lid and then grab it as it ran to the other end.
2. What are ‘compulsive habits’? What does Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of
(i) school children
(ii) Mij?
Answer
Compulsive habits are usually strange act or behaviour which a person does without clear reason.
On their way to and from school, children make it a habit to place their feet exactly on the centre of each paving block. Similarly, Mij had made it a habit to jump on to the school wall and go galloping all along its length of thirty yards.
3. What group of animals do otters belong to?
Answer
Otters belong to a comparatively small group of animals called Mustellines, shared by the badger, mongoose, weasel, stoat, mink and others.
4. What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?
Answer
According to Maxwell, the average Londoner does not recognize an otter. The Londoners who saw Mij made different guesses about who Mij was. They guessed, among other things, that it was a baby seal, a squirrel, a walrus, a hippo, a beaver, a bear cub, a leopard and a brontosaur.
Thinking about the Text
1. What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun-loving animal who needs love?
Answer
Mij was an intelligent animal. It invented it own game out of the ping-pong balls. It screwed the tap till water began to flow and then it would play and splash in the water. Though it was aloof and indifferent in the beginning, it soon became very friendly. It formed a special attachment with Maxwell. It responded when Maxwell called out his name. It grew desperate when Maxwell left it in a box and it got hurt while trying to come out of it. After Maxwell took it out, it clung to his feet. It was a fun-loving animal. It enjoyed playing all kinds of games. It would play with a selection of toys, ping-pong balls, marbles, rubber fruit, and a terrapin shell. It required love and affection from Maxwell and it got that readily.
2. What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?
Answer
Otters belong to a comparatively small group of animals called Mustellines, shared by the badger, mongoose, weasel, stoat, mink and others. Maxwell’s otter was of a race previously unknown to science and was at length named by zoologists Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli or Maxwell’s otter. They are found in large numbers in marshes. They are often tamed by the Arabs. It is characteristic of otters that every drop of water must be extended and spread about the place; a bowl must at once be overturned, or, if it would not be overturned, be sat in and splashed in until it overflowed. For them, water must be kept on the move. Otters love playing various games, especially with a ball.
3. Why is Mij’s species now known to the world as Maxwell’s otter?
Answer
Maxwell’s otter was of a race previously unknown to science and was at length named by zoologistsLutrogale perspicillata maxwelli or Maxwell’s otter.
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4. Maxwell in the story speaks for the otter, Mij. He tells us what the otter feels and thinks on different occasions. Given below are some things the otter does. Complete the column on the right to say what Maxwell says about what Mij feels and thinks.
| What Mij does | How Mij feels or thinks |
| Plunges, rolls in the water and makes the water splosh and splash | – |
| Screws the tap in the wrong way | – |
| Nuzzles Maxwell’s face and neck in the aeroplane | – |
Answer
| What Mij does | How Mij feels or thinks |
| Plunges, rolls in the water and makes the water splosh and splash | went wild with joy |
| Screws the tap in the wrong way | irritated and disappointed |
| Nuzzles Maxwell’s face and neck in the aeroplane | distressed chitter of recognition and welcome |
5. Read the story and find the sentences where Maxwell describes his pet otter. Then choose and arrange your sentences to illustrate those statements below that you think are true.
Maxwell’s description
(i) makes Mij seem almost human, like a small boy.
(ii) shows that he is often irritated with what Mij does.
(iii) shows that he is often surprised by what Mij does.
(iv) of Mij’s antics is comical.
(v) shows that he observes the antics of Mij very carefully.
(vi) shows that he thinks Mij is a very ordinary otter.
(vii) shows that he thinks the otter is very unusual.
Answer
(i)He spent most of his time in play.
(iii)I watched, amazed; in less than a minute he had turned the tap far enough to produce a trickle of water, and after a moment or two achieved the full flow.
(v)A suitcase that I had taken to Iraq had become damaged on the journey home, so that the lid, when closed, remained at a slope from one end to the other. Mij discovered that if he placed the ball on the high end it would run down the length of the suitcase. He would dash around to the other end to ambush its arrival, hide from it, crouching, to spring up and take it by surprise, grab it and trot off with it to the high end once more.
(vii)It is not, I suppose, in any way strange that the average Londoner should not recognize an otter, but the variety of guesses as to what kind of animal this might be came as a surprise to me. Mij was anything but an otter.
Thinking about the Language
I. From the table below, make as many correct sentences as you can using would and/or used to, as appropriate. (Hint: First decide whether the words in italics show an action, or a state or situation, in the past.) Then add two or three sentences of your own to it.
| Emperor Akbar | would used to | be found of musical evenings. |
| Every evening we | take long walks on the beach | |
| Fifty years ago, very few people | own cars. | |
| Till the 1980s, Shanghai | have very dirty streets. | |
| My uncle | spend his holidays by the sea. |
Answer
1.Emperor Akbar used to be fond of musical evenings.
2. Every evening we used to take long walks on the beach.
3. Fifty years ago, very few people used to own cars.
4. Till the 1980s, Shanghai used to have very dirty streets.
5. My uncle would spend his holidays by the sea.
6. My uncle used to take long walks on the beach.
7. My uncle used to be fond of musical evenings.
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II. Noun Modifiers
1. Look at these examples from the text, and say whether the modifiers (in italics) are nouns, proper nouns, or adjective plus noun.
| (i) | An otter fixation | (iv) | The London streets |
| (ii) | The iron railings | (v) | soft velvet fur |
| (iii) | The Tigris marshes | (vi) | A four-footed soccer player |
Answer
(i) Noun
(ii) Noun
(iii) Proper noun
(iv) Proper noun
(v) Adjective plus noun
(vi) Adjective plus noun
Chapter 8 Poem – Fog
Introduction to the lesson
Fog is a very small poem written by Carl Sandburg. He has described the process of arrival of the fog into a city and the harbour. He has very beautifully compared it to a cat.
Summary of the Poem
The poet says that the fog which is generally seen during the winter season is coming towards the city and the harbour just like a cat. This means that it is approaching the city in a very silent manner so that no one can notice its arrival. He has compared its arrival to that of a cat because a cat always enters a place silently. Next he says that the fog has covered the whole of the city and harbour and it appears as if it is sitting by folding its legs and looking around just the way a cat does when it sits on the haunches and looks around. At the end, he describes the departure of the fog which very silently and unpredictably, again, similar to the departure of the cat, vanishes.
Fog Class 10 Poem Question and Answers
Q1-
1. What does Sandburg think the fog is like?
Ans- Sandburg thinks the fog is like a cat that comes silently so that no one can sense it arrival.
2. How does the fog come?
Ans- As per the poet the fog comes very silently like a cat.
3. What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?
Ans- ‘It’ refers to the fog
4. Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat.
Ans- The three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat are as follows:
- The fog comes on its little cat feet: This means that the fog enters silently just like cat.
- It sits looking over harbour and city: The fog is compared to cat as cats also like to sit and look here and there and fog is also looking while it sits over the city.
- On silent haunches and then moves on: The fog sits on her bended legs just like cat and then moves away very quickly and silently, just like a cat.
Q2- Does this poem have a rhyme scheme? Poetry that does not have and obvious rhythm or rhyme is called ‘free verse’.
Ans- There is no rhyme scheme in the poem. It has neither internal nor external rhyme scheme. Hence, we can say that it is in free verse.
Questions and Answers
NCERT Solutions
Thinking about the Poem (Page 115)
Question 1 : a) What does Sandburg think the fog is like?
b) How does the fog come?
c) What does ‘it’ in the third line refer to?
d) Does the poet actually say that the fog is like a cat? Find three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat.
Answer : a) Sandburg thinks that the fog is like a cat.
b) The fog comes silently like a cat on its small feet.
c) ‘It’ refers to fog.
d) The poet does not actually say that the fog is like a cat, but he uses the metaphor of a cat for comparison.
Three things that tell us that the fog is like a cat are:
i) It comes silently like a cat on its small feet.
ii) It looks over like a cat.
iii) It sits on its haunches like a cat.
Question 2 : You know that a metaphor compares two things by transferring a feature of one thing to the other.
a) Find metaphors for the following words and complete the table below. Also try to say how they are alike. The first is done for you.
Storm : Tiger
Train :
Fire :
School :
Home :
Answer :
Storm : Tiger – Pounces over the fields; growls
Train : Snake – Long rope like body
Fire : Sun – Symbol of power
School : Temple – Teaches moral values, virtues
Home : Shelter – Safety, warmth
b) Think about a storm. Try to visualise the force of the storm, hear the sound of the storm, feel the power of the storm and the sudden calm that happens afterwards. Write a poem about the storm comparing it with an animal.
Answer : Do it yourself.
Question 3 : Does this poem have a rhyme scheme? Poetry that does not ave an obvious rhythm or rhyme is called ‘free verse’.
Answer : This poem does not have a rhyme scheme as the sentences do not end with like sounds. There is no pattern of similarity in the sounds of the ending words of any of the sentences, therefore the poem is written in free verse.
Extra Questions
Extract Based Questions
Read the following extract carefully and choose the correct option.
Question 1 :
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbour and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
i) How does the fog come or spread?
a) Quietly
b) Making noises
c) Disturbing everyone
d) All of these
ii) Why poet has compared Fog with Cat?
a) Both walk or enter silently
b) Both are unpredictable
c) Both are independent
d) All of the above
iii )Which poetic device has been used in the line………….It sits looking over………….
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Paradox
d) Alliteration
iv) In these lines what does the phrase ‘Look over’ mean?
a) To study
b) To examine
c) To visit a person or place
d) To roam around
Answer : i) a) Quietly
ii) a) Both walk or enter silently
iii) b) Metaphor
iv) c) To visit a person or place
Short Questions and Answers
Question 1 : How does the poet compare fog to a living being?
Answer : The poet compares the fog to a cat.The silent steps of a cat and the way it sits on its haunches is very similar to the way fog comes and surrounds the city and looks over it.
Question 2 : What image does the poet give to the fog?What are the similarities between that image and the fog?
Answer : The poet looks at fog as a living creature and compares it to a cat.The fog moves like a cat on its feet and sits on haunches like a cat.A cat is generally a very cautious creature and therefore it cannot sit and relax in one place.The fog is also a temporary visitor to earth and that shows very clearly in its movements.
Long Questions and Answers
Question 1 : Difficulties come but they are not to stay forever.They come and go.Comment referring to the poem ‘Fog’.
Answer : Difficulties.when faced by people,tend to leave them hopeless and shattered.It takes a lot of courage to overcome any problem and to solve it.If we take a clue from the poem and compare difficulties to fog,we find that just like fog,difficulties also come and go.One need not be hopeless and lose courage when problems come,one should rather think of it as fog,meaning that it has not come to stay but will always leave,like fog.Problems are also temporary and they will go away like fog as they cannot stay or trouble anyone permanently.
Question 2 : Nature has many wonders that people take for granted and never pay attention to. How is the poem ‘Fog’ different from this perspective?
Answer : The poet has taken utmost pleasure in nature and natural phenomenon like fog. Fog is so special to the poet that he cared enough not only to write about it, but also thought of its resemblance with other things in the world. In his close attention to fog, he found fog resembling a cat, in the way it moves and sits on its haunches. The fact that such a resemblance was found by the poet shows how connected he is to various things in nature. This poem serves as a motivation for people, who take nature for granted to find such interesting comparisons and similarities around them.
