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Why is Mij's species now known to the world as Maxwell's otter?

Maxwell’s Otter was of a race previously unknown to science and was at length named by zoologists as Lutrogale Perspicillata Maxwell or Maxwell’s Otter.


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What things does Mij do which tells you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun loving animal who needs love?

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What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?

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Maxwell in the story speaks for the otter, Mij. He tells us what the otter feels and thinks on different occasions. Given below are some things the otter does. Complete the column on the right to say what Maxwell says about what Mij feels and thinks.



















What Mij does



How Mij feels or think



Plunges, rolls in the water and makes the water splash and splash




Screws the tap in the wrong way




Nuzzles Maxwell’s face and neck in the aeroplane.



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Read the story and find the sentences where Maxwell describes his pet otter. Then choose and arrange your sentences to illustrate those statements below that you think are true. Maxwell description

(i) Makes Mij seem almost human, like a small boy.


(ii) Shows that he is often irritated with what Mij does.


(iii) Shows that he is often surprised by what Mij does.


(iv) of Mij's antics is comical.


(v) Shows that he observes the antics of Mij very carefully.


(vi) Shows that he thinks Mij is a very ordinary otter.


(vii) Shows that he thinks the otter is very unusual.