The play called ‘The Book That Saved The Earth’ is brimming imagination. It introduces fascinating characters, as Think-Tank, Noodle, O, and Omega, who Martian beings. The is set in the 25 century and revolves around how a book becomes savior of Earth during potential Martian invasion.
-Tank, the supreme powerful and exceptionally clever leader, takes charge as the commander-in-chief To determine the invaders’, Think-Tankark’s on a manned space probe urging them to reveal whereabouts up close. Interestingly, they find themselves a vast library surrounded by an assortment of books.
However, the invaders fail grasp the significance of their surroundings. Trying to showcase his intellect, Think-Tank humorously suggests that the mysterious object before them is none other than a sandwich. Astonishingly, one of the crew members even takes a bite from the corner of a book to confirm Think-Tank’s hypothesis.
Som later, Noodle comes up with another suggestion for Think-Tank. He proposes that the object is not meant for eating but rather serves as a means of communication through the ears. But Noodle quickly realizes that his assumption was incorrect and proposes an alternative idea – the object could be intended for eye communication instead.
Curiosity piqued, they decide to open the books and attempt to read them. They struggle to understand the language within. Omega, however, takes charge and opens a sizable volume ‘Mother Goose’ in an attempt to decipher its contents. Noodle quips to Think-Tank, inquiring if the chemical department had provided them with vitamins to enhance their intelligence and enable them to comprehend the book like sandwiches.
As Oop begins reading a book of nursery rhymes to Think-Tank, the Martian leader starts experiencing a dilemma. He leaves the idea of invading Earth and instead focuses on safeguarding himself and his crew from the invading Earthlings. Think-Tank swiftly orders his team to depart from Earth immediately, while he himself seeks refuge and safety.
In a nutshell, ‘The Book That Saved The Earth’ takes us on an imaginative journey where resourcefulness, misinterpretations, and unforeseen choices shape the fate of both Martians Earthlings.
The Book that Saved the Earth Summary in Hindi
नाटक का कथानक बीसवीं सदी का है। नाटक के सभी पात्र काल्पनिक पात्र हैं और उनके अजीब नाम हैं जैसे शक्तिशाली चीफ थिंक टैंक, नूडल, कैप्टन ओमेगा, लेफ्टिनेंट आयोटा, सार्जेंट ऊप, आदि। थिंक टैंक जो खुद को सभी मार्टियंस के बीच सबसे बुद्धिमान मानते हैं उन्हें निर्णय लेना है। अपनी टीम के साथ पृथ्वी पर जाने के लिए. वह हमेशा सोचता है कि क्योंकि उसका सिर बड़ा है इसलिए वह सबसे बुद्धिमान है और इसके लिए वह हमेशा अपनी प्रशंसा पाना पसंद करता है। वे जानना चाहते हैं कि पृथ्वी के लोग (वे उन्हें पृथ्वीवासी कहते हैं) कैसे रहते हैं।
अगले दृश्य में वे सभी किताबों से भरी लाइब्रेरी में मौजूद थे. लेकिन वे सभी उस जगह को समझने में असमर्थ थे। तब शक्तिशाली थिंक-टैंक ने समझदारी दिखाने की कोशिश की और अपने दल को बताया कि वह चीज़ एक सैंडविच है। चूँकि पृथ्वी का मनुष्य बहुत कुछ खाता है इसलिए उन्होंने उन्हें यहीं संग्रहित किया होगा। फिर क्रू मेंबर्स में से एक सार्जेंट ऊप थिंक-टैंक के विचारों की पुष्टि करने के लिए एक किताब का कोना भी खा जाता है। लेकिन उन्हें इसका स्वाद पसंद नहीं आया और वे इस नतीजे पर पहुंचे कि यह भोजन के अलावा कुछ और भी हो सकता है.
कुछ समय बाद नूडल ने थिंक-टैंक को सुझाव दिया कि शायद इसका उपयोग कानों से संचार के लिए किया जाता है। कुछ समय बाद नूडल ने फिर से थिंक-टैंक को सुझाव दिया कि शायद यह आंखों के संचार के लिए है। क्रू के सभी सदस्य किताब खोलकर पढ़ने लगे। यह मदर गूज़ नाम की एक कविता पुस्तक थी।
लेकिन वे किताब को समझ नहीं पा रहे हैं. तो यह देखकर नूडल थिंक-टैंक से पूछता है कि रसायन विभाग ने उन्हें बुद्धि बढ़ाने के लिए विटामिन की गोलियाँ दी हैं, और वे सभी इसे लें और फिर सैंडविच पढ़ें। जैसे ही उफ़ ने नर्सरी राइम्स की किताब पढ़ना शुरू किया तो वे राइम्स का शाब्दिक अर्थ लेने लगे और परेशानी महसूस करने लगे।
थिंक टैंक ने अपनी मार्टियंस टीम को बुलाया और कहा कि उन्होंने पृथ्वीवासियों के बारे में कुछ जानकारी एकत्र की है, और उन्हें आक्रमण के विचार को स्थगित कर देना चाहिए। ऊप ने हम्प्टी डम्प्टी कविता पढ़ी, और उन सभी ने हम्प्टी की तस्वीर देखी जो थिंक टैंक की तरह दिखती थी। थिंक टैंक ने यह अनुमान लगाया कि पृथ्वीवासियों ने उसे पहचान लिया है और शीघ्र ही उसे मार डालेंगे। इसलिए, उन्होंने अपनी टीम को तुरंत वहां से भागने के लिए कहा और इस तरह तुकबंदी की एक धूल भरी किताब ने हमें मंगल ग्रह के आक्रमण से बचा लिया। नाटक की सीख यह है कि आधा-अधूरा ज्ञान हमेशा खतरनाक होता है।
The Book that Saved the Earth Summary in Assamese
নাটখনৰ কাহিনীভাগ বিংশ শতিকাৰ। নাটকখনৰ সকলো চৰিত্ৰই কাল্পনিক চৰিত্ৰ আৰু ইয়াৰ অদ্ভুত নাম আছে যেনে শক্তিশালী ছিফ থিংক টেংক, নুডল, কেপ্তেইন ওমেগা, লেফটেনেণ্ট আইঅ’টা, চাৰ্জেণ্ট উপ আদি।যিসকলে নিজকে সিদ্ধান্ত লোৱা সকলো মংগল গ্ৰহৰ লোকৰ ভিতৰত আটাইতকৈ বুদ্ধিমান বুলি ভাবে নিজৰ দলৰ সৈতে পৃথিৱীলৈ যাবলৈ। তেওঁ সদায় ভাবে যে তেওঁৰ মূৰটো ডাঙৰ আছিল বাবেই তেওঁ আটাইতকৈ বুদ্ধিমান আৰু তাৰ বাবে সদায় প্ৰশংসা পাবলৈ ভাল পায়।
তেওঁলোকে জানিব বিচাৰে যে পৃথিৱীৰ মানুহ (তেওঁলোকে পৃথিৱীৰ মানুহ বুলি কয়) কেনেকৈ জীয়াই থাকে। পৰৱৰ্তী দৃশ্যত তেওঁলোক সকলোৱে কিতাপেৰে ভৰা পুথিভঁৰাল এটাত উপস্থিত আছিল। কিন্তু তেওঁলোক সকলোৱে ঠাইখন বুজিব পৰা নাছিল। তাৰ পিছত শক্তিশালী থিংক-টেংকে বুদ্ধিমত্তা দেখুৱাবলৈ চেষ্টা কৰে আৰু তেওঁৰ ক্ৰুক কয় যে বস্তুটো এটা চেণ্ডুইচ। পৃথিৱীৰ ব্যক্তিজনে যেনেকৈ বহুত খায় গতিকে তেওঁলোকে নিশ্চয় ইয়াত জমা কৰি ৰাখিছে।
তাৰ পিছত ক্ৰুৰ এজন চাৰ্জেণ্ট উপে আনকি কিতাপ এখনৰ চুকটো খাই থিংক-টেংকৰ মতামত নিশ্চিত কৰে। কিন্তু তেওঁৰ সোৱাদ ভাল নালাগিল আৰু তেওঁলোকে এই সিদ্ধান্তত উপনীত হ’ল যে এইটো খাদ্যৰ বাহিৰে আন কিবা হ’ব পাৰে। কিছু সময়ৰ পিছত নুডলে থিংক-টেংকক পৰামৰ্শ দিয়ে যে হয়তো ইয়াক কাণৰ সৈতে যোগাযোগৰ বাবে ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয়। কিছু সময়ৰ পাছত নুডলে আকৌ থিংক-টেংকক পৰামৰ্শ দিয়ে যে হয়তো চকুৰ যোগাযোগৰ বাবে।
সকলো ক্ৰু মেম্বাৰে কিতাপখন খুলি পঢ়িবলৈ ধৰিলে। মাদাৰ গুজ নামৰ ছন্দৰ কিতাপ এখন আছিল। কিন্তু তেওঁলোকে কিতাপখন বুজিবলৈ অক্ষম। গতিকে এই নুডলে থিংক-টেংকক সুধিছে যে ৰাসায়নিক বিভাগে তেওঁলোকক বুদ্ধিমত্তা বৃদ্ধি কৰিবলৈ ভিটামিনৰ বড়ি দিছে, আৰু তেওঁলোকে সকলোৱে ইয়াক খাই তাৰ পিছত চেণ্ডুইচবোৰ পঢ়িব লাগে। উপে নাৰ্চাৰী ৰাইমৰ কিতাপখন পঢ়িবলৈ আৰম্ভ কৰাৰ লগে লগে তেওঁলোকে ছন্দৰ আক্ষৰিক অৰ্থ লয় আৰু অসুবিধা অনুভৱ কৰে।
থিংক টেংকে তেওঁৰ মংগল গ্ৰহৰ দলটোক ফোন কৰি কয় যে তেওঁলোকে পৃথিৱীৰ মানুহৰ বিষয়ে কিছু তথ্য সংগ্ৰহ কৰিছে, আৰু তেওঁলোকে আক্ৰমণৰ ধাৰণাটো পিছুৱাই দিয়া উচিত। উপ সকলে হাম্পটি ডাম্প্টিৰ ছন্দটো পঢ়িলে, আৰু তেওঁলোকে সকলোৱে থিংক টেংকৰ দৰে দেখা হাম্পটিৰ ছবিখন দেখিলে।
থিংক টেংকে এটা অনুমান উলিয়াইছিল যে পৃথিৱীবাসীয়ে তেওঁক চিনাক্ত কৰিছে আৰু অতি সোনকালে তেওঁক হত্যা কৰিব। গতিকে, তেওঁ নিজৰ দলটোক তাৰ পৰা লগে লগে দৌৰিবলৈ ক’লে আৰু এইদৰে ছন্দৰ ধূলিময় কিতাপ এখনে আমাক মংগল গ্ৰহৰ আক্ৰমণৰ পৰা ৰক্ষা কৰিলে। নাটকৰ নৈতিকতা হ’ল আধা খোৱা জ্ঞান সদায় বিপদজনক।
Textual / Extra Questions and answers
Question 1.Why did Think-Tank wish to contact the space probe?
Answer:Think-Tank wanted to contact the probe because he wanted to find out what the crew of the probe had observed about Earth.
Question 2.What difficulty do the crew of the space probe face on Earth?
Answer:The space probe lands in a public library. The crew is shocked because the place looked very strange. They had no idea of books. They tought the library to be some kind of storage barn.
Question 3.How does Think-Tank explain the books to his probe crew?
Answer:Think-Tank told his crew that the books were sandwiches. He even ordered his crew to eat them. Then, he called them communication devices .Later he said that they were meant for watching.
Question 4.Why do the space probe crew take vitamins?
Answer:Think-Tank wanted the probe crew to find out what was in the books. So, the probe crew take vitamins to increase their intelligence. They are able to read the books after taking those vitamins.
Question 5.What is Think-Tank’s interpretation of words like ‘shells’, ‘silver bells’ and ‘garden’ from the nursery rhyme? What is its impact?
Answer:Think-Tank interprets the given words to mean that the earthlings grew shells and silver in their gardens. This caused him to withhold their planned invasion of Earth as he felt that Earth was more advanced than Mars.
Question 6.Think-Tank thinks that Earthlings are after him. What is the reason?
Answer:Think-Tank crew read about Humpty-Dumpty’s fall in the rhyme and showed the picture to Think-Tank. Think-Tank’s head resembled that of Humpty-Dumpty. This makes Think-Tank feel that earthlings were planning to invade Mars and capture him.
Question 7.Mention any two striking qualities of Noodle.
Answer:The apprentice of Think-Tank, Noodle, comes out as an interesting figure in the story. He is very polite and smart. He corrects the mistakes of his ruler very humbly by giving indirect suggestions. Also, he is very wise and well informed.
Question 8.Elaborate the escape that Think-Tank plans for.
Answer:Think-Tank orders his entire fleet to evacuate Mars. He gets a capsule for himself. They decide to move to the distant star Alpha Centauri to escape invasion by earthlings.
Question 9.Describe Think-Tank in your our words.
Answer: Think-Tank is the ruler of the planet Mars. His head is huge and egg shaped. He wears a robe decorated with stars and circles. He is very proud of his intelligence and might.
Question 10.How did one old book of nursery rhymes save the Earth from a Martian invasion?
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How did a book change Think-Tank’s opinion about the Earthlings?
Answer:This book is totally misunderstood by the Martians.
The Martians thought that earthlings were planning to invade Mars. So, they cancelled their invasion of Earth and went back. Think-Tank totally misunderstands the book. Phrases like ‘shell’, ‘silver’, ‘garden’ gave him a false idea that earthlings grew silver and weapons. He starts thinking that earthlings are very advanced technologically.
They immediately cancelled their plan and decided to leave without leaving any imprints.
11.How did Noodles describe the so-called “sandwich”?
Ans: Noodles hesitated to tell Think tank that the sandwich might contain some insignificant information. It might not be used for eating but it can be used as a material of communication with eyes.
Short Question and answers
(1) Who is Noodle?
Ans: Noodle is the apprentice to Think-Tank, the ruler of Mars.
(2) What does the extract reveal about Think-Tank?
Ans: The extract reveals Think-Tank to be a vain and self-centered (egoistic) creature.
(3) Find a word from the extract which means ‘feeling or showing irritation’.
Ans: ‘Peevishly’ from the extract means ‘feeling or showing invitation’.
(4) What is the opposite of ‘powerful’?
Ans: It opposite is ‘weak’
(5) What could Iota not figure out?
Ans: Iota could not figure out what the books were because he had never seen a book before.
(6) Where was Iota?
Ans: Iota was at Centerville Public Library on Earth.
(7) Find the antonym of the word ‘ordinary’ in the extract.
Ans: The antonym of ordinary is peculiar.
(8) What part of speech is ‘peculiar’ as used in the extract?
Ans: It is an adjective.
(9) Why did the Historian chuckle?
Ans: The historian chuckled at the idea that the misinterpretation of the book that saved the Earth.
(10) Which word in the extract is a synonym of ‘Conquer’?
Ans: ‘Invasion’ from the extract is the synonym of ‘conquer’.
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