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we had faced the snow leopard. ‘We tried our

best to save the goat,’ I cried.

She was shocked and in tears. She could not
believe that we had been brave enough to shoo

the leopard away with merely a stick and a few
stones. She hugged us both and told us to be
more careful the next time.

She also explained to us why it was important
to tell the villagers about such incidents and
chided us for not having done so.

It was only much later when I began to work
in conservation that I realised that the ideal

thing to do when a snow leopard kills an
animal is to let the carcass lie undisturbed so that it can feed on it.

This makes sure that the snow leopard doesn’t kill more animals the next day.

My brother and I had done so, but only because we had not been able to carry the
carcass back with us.

Nowadays, thanks to conservation efforts, people leave the

carcass untouched, allowing the leopard to eat. This had chided: spoke to someone
severely because they
worked out for the leopard, the villagers and for us! behaved badly

—Sherab Lobzang, illustrated by Tanushree Roy Paul

Time to answer

A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. Who is the narrator of the story?

Nurbu Nurbu’s sister

Nurbu’s father Nurbu’s mother

2. Where does the story take place?

in Kumdok, Ladakh in Lamayuru, Ladakh

in Nubra Valley, Ladakh in Leh, Ladakh

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