PPT: The Adventures of Toto

 Page 1


Adventures of Toto
-Ruskin Bond
Page 2


Adventures of Toto
-Ruskin Bond
About the Author: Ruskin Bond
• Birth- May 19, 1934 
At Kasauli, Punjab States Agency, British India
? Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. 
? He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, 
India. 
? The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his 
role in the growth of children's literature in India. 
? He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for 
Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, his novel in English. 
? He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma 
Bhushan in 2014.
Notable works:
• Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
• A Flight of Pigeons
• The Blue Umbrella 
• The Room on the Roof
Page 3


Adventures of Toto
-Ruskin Bond
About the Author: Ruskin Bond
• Birth- May 19, 1934 
At Kasauli, Punjab States Agency, British India
? Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. 
? He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, 
India. 
? The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his 
role in the growth of children's literature in India. 
? He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for 
Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, his novel in English. 
? He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma 
Bhushan in 2014.
Notable works:
• Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
• A Flight of Pigeons
• The Blue Umbrella 
• The Room on the Roof
Central idea
• The central idea of the unit revolves around the experiences of 
people who keep animals as pets and thus deals with the outcome of 
the interaction between humans and animals. It shows that not all 
animals can adapt themselves to the human way of life. It requires a 
great deal of patience and skill to train animals to acquire non-
destructive behaviour.
• The unit depicts the experience of an animal lover who is in trouble 
because of the troublesome monkey Toto that he had brought home.
Page 4


Adventures of Toto
-Ruskin Bond
About the Author: Ruskin Bond
• Birth- May 19, 1934 
At Kasauli, Punjab States Agency, British India
? Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. 
? He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, 
India. 
? The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his 
role in the growth of children's literature in India. 
? He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for 
Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, his novel in English. 
? He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma 
Bhushan in 2014.
Notable works:
• Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
• A Flight of Pigeons
• The Blue Umbrella 
• The Room on the Roof
Central idea
• The central idea of the unit revolves around the experiences of 
people who keep animals as pets and thus deals with the outcome of 
the interaction between humans and animals. It shows that not all 
animals can adapt themselves to the human way of life. It requires a 
great deal of patience and skill to train animals to acquire non-
destructive behaviour.
• The unit depicts the experience of an animal lover who is in trouble 
because of the troublesome monkey Toto that he had brought home.
Message
• The writer intends to convey the message that baby animals look cute 
and we are tempted to keep them as pets. However, we should not 
get carried away by their prettiness because each animal has its own 
characteristics. Some animals, like monkeys, are very mischievous. 
They can cause a lot of damage if one is not careful with them. So, 
one should not keep animals as pets unless one has adequate 
information and skill to train and handle them. 
• This lesson also gives a message about animal rights and their welfare 
that animals thrive better in their natural habitat.
Page 5


Adventures of Toto
-Ruskin Bond
About the Author: Ruskin Bond
• Birth- May 19, 1934 
At Kasauli, Punjab States Agency, British India
? Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. 
? He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, 
India. 
? The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his 
role in the growth of children's literature in India. 
? He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for 
Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, his novel in English. 
? He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma 
Bhushan in 2014.
Notable works:
• Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra
• A Flight of Pigeons
• The Blue Umbrella 
• The Room on the Roof
Central idea
• The central idea of the unit revolves around the experiences of 
people who keep animals as pets and thus deals with the outcome of 
the interaction between humans and animals. It shows that not all 
animals can adapt themselves to the human way of life. It requires a 
great deal of patience and skill to train animals to acquire non-
destructive behaviour.
• The unit depicts the experience of an animal lover who is in trouble 
because of the troublesome monkey Toto that he had brought home.
Message
• The writer intends to convey the message that baby animals look cute 
and we are tempted to keep them as pets. However, we should not 
get carried away by their prettiness because each animal has its own 
characteristics. Some animals, like monkeys, are very mischievous. 
They can cause a lot of damage if one is not careful with them. So, 
one should not keep animals as pets unless one has adequate 
information and skill to train and handle them. 
• This lesson also gives a message about animal rights and their welfare 
that animals thrive better in their natural habitat.
Value points
• This story shows that the narrator’s grandfather was very fond of animals. 
• Grandfather bought Toto that was a monkey from a tonga driver for five rupees.
• Toto’s arrival in the house was kept a secret from grandmother.
• Toto was a pretty monkey. He was very naughty and disturbing. Once he was to 
accompany grandfather to Saharanpur in a canvas bag. 
• He poked his head out from the bag and came in the notice of the ticket collector. 
Grandfather had to pay three rupees as a fine. 
• Toto was given a comfortable home in the stable. 
• He always troubled Nana which was the family donkey in the stable.
• He always enjoyed a warm water bath in cold winter evening. 
• The family members found it difficult to adjust with him because he created a lot 
of mischiefs . 
• Finally, grandfather decided to return Toto to the tonga driver for three rupees.