4. Main points
■ Both the girls were brought to the orphanage to be put under the care of Mrs
Singh.
■ They had rough skin on their body.They would use their hands and feet to
■ run.They lapped up the milk with their tongues.
■ Both the girls were given names.
■ Mrs Singh guessed Kamala’s age to be eight and Amala several years
■ younger than her.
■ How they had survived in the jungle for so long remained a mystery.
■ The Reverend Singh and his wife decided to keep the discovery of the
■ children a secret.
■ Scanning the first section
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6.
7. Main Points
Both the girls kept on behaving like wolves, and
they reacted by
attacking people when they tried to make friends
with them.
The secret of both the girls was disclosed very
soon.
Mrs Singh found it very difficult to teach Amala
and Kamala not to
behave like wolves.
For weeks both children ignored the attempts
made by Mrs Singh to
befriend them.
8.
9.
10.
11. Main points
The younger girl, Amala died of kidney disease.
The elder girl, Kamala went into a shock and refused to eat for many
days.
With the care and patience of Mrs Singh, Kamala gradually
startedtrusting humans, especially the couple.
Mrs Singh massaged Kamala’s thin legs everyday and she started
walking slowly.
Kamala started to understand most of the things said to her and she
also managed to speak about 50 words.
Kamala loved to speak and sing to flowers and animals.
12.
13. Main points
Mrs Singh had to leave the orphanage for several weeks, as her aunt
was seriously ill.
In her absence, Kamala went into a shell of loneliness.
She refused food and stopped singing during the time Mrs Singh was
away. Kamala was overjoyed to see Mrs Singh back and did not let her out
of her sight for the rest of the day.
Reverend Singh was happy for Kamala because she had learnt to love a
human being.
Kamala died in 1929 due to kidney failure, and she was mourned by
Mrs Singh and the rest of the children in the orphanage.
