CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The tonga-driver used to keep the little red monkey tied to a feeding-trough, and the monkey looked so out of place there that Grandfather decided he would add the little fellow to his private zoo. Toto was a pretty monkey.

Detailed explanation-2: -Describe Toto the monkey that Grandfather bought from the tonga-driver. Answer: Toto was a pretty monkey with bright eyes that sparkled with mischief under deep-set eyebrows. He had pearly white teeth which he bared in a smile that frightened old Anglo-Indian ladies.

Detailed explanation-3: -The tonga driver had tied the little red-coloured monkey to a feeding trough, so that he could not run away.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: → Tonga driver means a person who drive or control tonga. Basically A tonga is a light carriage or drawn by one horse used for transportation in the Indian subcontinent. The passengers reach the seats from the rear while the driver sits in front of the carriage.

Detailed explanation-5: -The narrator and his grandfather were not too well-to-do and realized that they could not afford the loss of household items on a frequent basis. It is for this reason that the author’s grandfather sold Toto back to the tonga-driver that too only for three rupees.