CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Toto was put in a closet opening into the narrator’s bedroom wall. He was tied securely to a peg fastened into the wall. He was kept here secretly because Grandmother created fuss whenever a new pet was brought into the house.

Detailed explanation-2: -So it was decided that Toto’s presence should be kept a secret from her until she was in a particularly good mood. Grandfather and I put him away in a little closet opening into my bedroom wall, where he was tied securely-or so we thought-to a peg fastened into the wall.

Detailed explanation-3: -Grandfather kept Toto in author’s bedroom’s closet. He completely ruined the closet. He turned the author’s school blazer into shreds. He was transferred to a cage in the servants’ quarters.

Detailed explanation-4: -Toto was owned by a tonga-driver who used to keep him tied to a feeding-trough. Grandfather felt that the monkey was out of place there. So, he decided to add the little monkey to his private zoo. He bought Toto from the tonga-driver for five rupees.

Detailed explanation-5: -Toto looked cute but his presence was kept a secret from the narrator’s Grandmother because she did not approve of any new additions to the already existing pets. Consequently, Toto was put in a closet opening into the narrator’s bedroom wall and was tied to a peg fastened into the wall.