Around a Medicinal Creeper Questions and Answers

Comprehension I.

1. What did Mara do when they found the creeper?

Ans: He tied one of the tendrils to a nearby tree.

2. Mention the curse about the medicinal plant.

Ans: When someone needs this plant, they shall not find it.

3. What surprised the white man?

Ans: There was no blood and no wound on Mara’s hand.

4. How did the mongoose and cowcal cure themselves of snakebite?

Ans: When they were bitten by the poisonous snakes they would immediately chew the leaves of the medicinal creeper and would cure themselves.

5. Why had Mara lost his teeth on the right side?

Ans: He brushed his teeth with a small stick from a nearby plant on the right side a third or a fourth time. As he rinsed his mouth and spat water out, the teeth that had been touched by the stick tumbled out.

6. What did Mara’s wife find on opening the packet of meat?

Ans: She found a live wild buck.

7. What happened when the milk was mixed with the juice of the creeper’s leaves?

Ans: The mix had become firm and rubbery.

8. When would the medicines lose their potency according to the belief of native doctors?

Ans: According to them when they told others about their medicines, the medicines would lose their potency.

II. 1. How long did it take the narrator to learn the facts about the medicinal creeper? What does it signify?

Ans: “Around a Medicinal Creeper” is an enlightening story written by one of the most talented and versatile Kannada writers K.P. Poornachandra Tejaswy. The story stresses the importance of indeginous system of healing and showcases unique properties of our medicinal plants grown in our forests. The narrator in the story says that it has taken almost twenty years for him to learn some facts about the medicinal creeper that he weaves the story around. It signifies the importance attached to such medicinal plants and the writer’s long labour in researching such treasure in our backyard. In fact, the narrator tries to understand the innocent villagers who have a lot of knowledge about the rare plants with medicinal properties but because of superstitious beliefs attached, their worth is shrouded in mystery.

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