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| My Own True Family |
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My Own True family
Ted Hughes
The author and the text:
Edward James "Ted Hughes (1930-1998) was a noted English poet, and had been the Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1984 till his death. His famous works include Birthday Letters, The Hawk in the Rain and Tales from Ovid.
The poem describes the magical experience of a young child in an oakwood, and indicates that human beings and trees should thrive as a single family. It focuses strongly on the need to protect our natural environment for the welfare of man-kind.
লেখক ও পাঠ্য:
এডওয়ার্ড জেমস "টেড" হিউজ (১৯৩০-১৯৯৮) ছিলেন একজন বিখ্যাত ইংরেজ কবি এবং ১৯৮৪ সাল থেকে আমৃত্যু গ্রেট ব্রিটেনের রাজকবি ছিলেন। তাঁর বিখ্যাত কাজগুলোর মধ্যে রয়েছে 'বার্থডে লেটার্স', 'দ্য হক ইন দ্য রেইন' এবং 'টেলস ফ্রম ওভিড'।
কবিতাটি একটি ওকবনে এক ছোট্ট শিশুর জাদুকরী অভিজ্ঞতার বর্ণনা দেয় এবং ইঙ্গিত দেয় যে মানুষ ও গাছকে একটি একক পরিবার হিসেবে বিকশিত হওয়া উচিত। এটি মানবজাতির কল্যাণের জন্য আমাদের প্রাকৃতিক পরিবেশ রক্ষার প্রয়োজনীয়তার উপর জোরালোভাবে আলোকপাত করে।
Read the following:
নিম্নলিখিত অংশটি পড়ো:
Once I crept in an oakwood-I was looking for a stag.
একবার আমি একটি ওকবনে হামাগুড়ি দিয়ে ঢুকলাম—আমি একটি হরিণ খুঁজছিলাম।
I met an old woman there-all knobbly stick and rag.
সেখানে আমার সাথে এক বৃদ্ধার দেখা হলো—পুরো শরীরটা ছিল এবড়োখেবড়ো লাঠি আর ছেঁড়া কাপড়ের মতো।
She said: 'I have your secret here inside my little bag.
তিনি বললেন: ‘তোমার গোপন রহস্যটা আমার এই ছোট থলেটার ভেতরে আছে।’
Then she began to cackle and I began to quake.
তারপর তিনি খিলখিল করে হাসতে লাগলেন আর আমি ভয়ে কাঁপতে শুরু করলাম।
She opened up her little bag and I came twice awake-
তিনি তার ছোট থলেটা খুললেন আর আমি যেন দ্বিতীয়বার জেগে উঠলাম—
Surrounded by a staring tribe and me tied to a stake.
চারিদিকে একদল অপলক দৃষ্টির ভিড় আর আমি একটা খুঁটির সাথে বাঁধা।
They said: 'We are the oak-trees and your own true family.
তারা বলল: ‘আমরাই ওকগাছ আর তোমার আসল পরিবার।
We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye.
আমাদের কেটে ফেলা হয়, আমাদের ছিঁড়ে ফেলা হয়, আর তুমি চোখও ফেলো না।
Unless you make a promise now now you are going to die."
এখনই যদি তুমি একটা প্রতিশ্রুতি না দাও, তবে তুমি মরতে চলেছ।’
'Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two.
‘যখনই তুমি কোনো ওকগাছ কাটা দেখবে, শপথ করো যে তুমি দুটো গাছ লাগাবে।
Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you And root you among the oaks where you were born but never grew."
যদি তুমি শপথ না করো, তবে কালো ওকগাছের ছাল তোমার ওপর কুঁচকে যাবে আর তোমাকে ওকগাছগুলোর মধ্যে গেঁথে ফেলবে, যেখানে তোমার জন্ম হয়েছিল কিন্তু তুমি বেড়ে ওঠোনি।’
This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me.
গাছের ডালপালার নিচে এটাই ছিল আমার স্বপ্ন, যে স্বপ্ন আমাকে বদলে দিয়েছিল।
When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company, My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.
যখন আমি ওকবন থেকে বেরিয়ে এলাম, মানুষের ভিড়ে ফিরে এলাম, আমার হাঁটাটা ছিল একজন মানুষের শিশুর মতো, কিন্তু আমার হৃদয়টা ছিল একটা গাছের মতো।
Word nest (শব্দকোষ)
stag : male deer পুরুষ হরিণ
knobbly unsteady এবড়োখেবড়ো
swear : promise শপথ করা
altered : changed পরিবর্তিত
| English Word | Bengali Translation | |
| Knobbly | গাঁটযুক্ত / গিঁটপাকানো | |
| Boughs | গাছের ডালপালা | |
| Stag | পুরুষ হরিণ | |
| Quake | থরথর করে কাঁপা | |
| Altered | পরিবর্তিত | |
| Felled | কেটে ফেলা |
My Own True family : Comprehension exercises
1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following
sentences:
(a) Creeping in an oakwood, the poet was looking for a-
(i)goat
(ii) rhinoceros
(iii) stag
(iv) buffalo
Answer: Creeping in an oakwood, the poet was looking for a – stag.
(b) Whenever an oak tree is felled, the number of trees the poet must plant is-
(c) When the poet came out of the oakwood, his heart was
that of a-
Supporting statement: “I have your secret in my little bag “
(b) The tree tribe said that the poet is bothered to see the chopping down of oak trees.
Supporting statement: ____________________
Answer: The tree tribe said that the poet is bothered to see the chopping down of oak trees. [False]
Supporting statement: “we are chopped down , we are torn up,
you do not blink an eye.”
(c) The poet never came out of the oakwood.
Supporting statement: _____________________
Answer: The poet never came out of the oakwood. [False]
Supporting statement: “when I came out of the oakwood, back to human company.”
3. Answer the following questions:
(a) When did the poet come twice awake?
Answer: When an old woman opened up her little bag to show magic then the poet came twice awake.
(b) What would happen to the poet if he failed to make the promise?
Answer: If the poet failed to make the promise then he would die.
(c) What was it that altered the poet?
Answer: It was the poet’s dream that altered the poet.
My Own True family : Grammar in use
4. Change the following into indirect speech:
(a) Rahul asked Dipa, “Will you go to school today?”
Answer: Rahul asked Dipa if she would go to the school that day.
(b) Rita said to Ayesha, “Please give me a glass of water.”
Answer: Rita requested Ayesha to give her a glass of water.
(c) The old man told the little girl, “May you be happy!”
Answer: The old man wished that the little girl might be happy.
5. Do as directed:
(a) Ranjan said, “Who does not know the name of
Rabindranath?” (Change into affirmative sentence)
Answer: Ranjan said that everybody knows the name of Rabindranath.
(b) Sangeeta runs faster than any other girl in her class. (Rewrite using the positive degree of ‘faster’)
Answer: Sangeeta is as fast as any other girl in her class.
(c) Kaushiki blamed her friend for the trouble. (Rewrite using the noun form of ‘blamed’)
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Answer: Kaushiki gave the blame to her friend for the
trouble.
6. Read the following composition carefully:
Tejhati J.M High School
NOTICE
10.07.2015
Music Competition
Students are hereby informed that our school is going to
organize an inter- school music competition on 3 September, 2015 in the school
auditorium. The competition will be on several categories of music. Students of
class VIII to XII can participate in the competition. There will be a screening
prior to the competition. Interested students should register their names with
the music teacher before 22 July, 2015. The categories in the competition are:
Hindustani Classical, Rabindra Sangeet and Folk. A student can compete in any two
categories. No registration fee is required for participating in the
competition. For any further information the undersigned may be contacted.
Countersigned. sd/
Headmaster Student-secretary
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7. Your school is going to host the Inter-school District
Sports Competition. Suppose you are the Secretary of the Sports Club of your
school. Write a notice (within 100 words) calling students to participate in
the competition. Mention the time, date and venue of the competition. Your
notice should be countersigned by the Headmistress/Headmaster of your school.
Answer:
Tejhati J.M High School
NOTICE
10.03.2024
Inter-school District Sports Competition
It is hereby notified to all the students of our school that
an Inter-school District Sports Competition will be held on 17.03.2024, Sunday
in our school playground. In this very year, our school has got the opportunity
to host the programme. The competition will start at 10 AM after singing the
national anthem and the brief speech of our chief guest, district sports
minister and our headmaster on the importance of sports. Sports like running,
high jump, long jump, throwing etc are included in the competition. On the
behalf of our headmaster and of mine all the willing students are being
requested to take part in the competition and also to enroll their names within
14.03.2024. Students are also reminded that success will depend on their
discipline and co-operation not only in the case of winning the competition but
also in the case of hosting reputation.
Countersigned
Ratnajit Sutradhar
Kalyanmoy Dakua Sports Secretary Headmaster
XYZ High School
Tejhati J.M High School
Summary of the Poem
The poem describes a magical and dream-like experience of a child who enters an oak forest. While searching for a stag, the child meets a strange old woman who reveals a powerful secret. Suddenly, the child finds himself surrounded by oak trees that speak to him and call themselves his “own true family.”
The oak trees accuse humans of destroying forests without caring. They warn the child that unless he promises to plant two oak trees for every one that is cut down, he will be punished by being turned into a tree himself. The child makes the promise, and the dream ends.
When he returns to the human world, he is still physically a child, but his heart has become one with nature. The experience changes him forever.
Themes of the Poem
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Man and Nature as One Family
The poem shows that humans and trees are deeply connected and should live together like a family. -
Environmental Protection
Ted Hughes strongly highlights the danger of cutting down trees and destroying forests. The poem is a warning against environmental destruction. -
Transformation and Realization
The dream transforms the child’s thinking. Though he looks human, his heart now belongs to nature. -
Responsibility of Humans
Humans have a duty to protect trees and maintain balance in nature for the future of mankind.
Message of the Poem
The poem teaches us that destroying nature is equal to destroying ourselves. Trees are not lifeless objects but living beings connected to human life. We must protect forests, plant more trees, and live responsibly with nature.
Explanation of the Ending
The final lines—
“My walk was the walk of a human child,
But my heart was a tree.”
mean that although the child remains human in appearance, his thoughts, feelings, and values are now rooted in love and respect for nature.
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