Moments: Iswaran the Storyteller · Class 9 · CBSE English
Describe the incident of the mad elephant as narrated by Iswaran to Mahendra.
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Describe the incident of the mad elephant as narrated by Iswaran to Mahendra.
Answer: Iswaran narrated that a mad elephant broke loose, wandered into the town, and destroyed everything in its path. While everyone panicked, Iswaran bravely grabbed a cane from a teacher and whacked the elephant's third toenail, causing it to collapse unconscious.
Solution
Iswaran used dramatic action, sound effects, and physical gestures while narrating how he supposedly paralyzed a raging elephant using a small cane.
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