Chap 1:

Paris and her uncle Franklin are at the departure lounge of an airport awaiting their
flight, but it is delayed. The strength of Franklins personality is made apparent by
the way he behaves and what Paris tells the reader about him.
Chap 2:
The setting changes and Shengo, an old monk, and his young disciple Tahr are
introduced. They live a simple life on the hillside praying and are visited by people
searching for a blessing or advice. From this point we know that Shengo has decided
that he and Tahr will be going on a journey. 'There is a life on the edge Shengo
says. Through this chapter and the next the reader explores the close relationship
between the master and the boy.
Chap 3:
The journey undertaken by Tahr and Shengo continues. The reader continues to
explore the relationship between the two. The reader also begins to infer and
deduce a little more about Tahr and his reaction to the helicopter. The chapter ends
with a dramatic climax when Tahr causes Shengo to lose his footing while crossing a
waterfall.
Chap 4:
The reader is back with Paris and her Uncle Franklin again. This time they have set
up camp with the others on their expedition, having trekked to reach a place out of
sight. The reader finds out about the others on the expedition, the very special
club; some information about the camp they have set up; and more about Paris and
Franklin. At the end of this chapter she encounters a boy who stumbles into the
camp.
Chap 5:
The reader finds out that the boy who stumbled into the camp is Tahr, who is lost
without Shengo. Through the dialogue the reader learns more about the visitors in
the camp and how they react to a stranger.
Chap 6:
Tahr tries to make sense of what has happened to him. Paris takes him on an
exploration of the camp and they encounter Franklin again. The hunting party leave
the camp and Tahr is left on his own. He thinks about escaping but realizes that he
has nowhere to go now that Shengo is dead. He meets Donald and Renaud as they
wait for the hunters to return.
Chap 7:
The hunting party are out in the forest, where Paris is subjected to a difficult time
from Gavin but defended by Harriet. The expedition group shoot a monkey and a
couple of ducks. That evening the Ultimate Diners Club transforms the campsite and
they eat the animals they have killed. We learn that the ducks were the last of their
species.
Chap 8:
Tahr undertakes jobs in the camp as the dinner party continues. He finds it difficult
when Paris demands his attention as he tries to get to his tent. He puts her
behaviour down to her being drunk. He promises not to run away but feels in danger
whether he stays there or runs away. Later he either dreams or thinks about the
incident at the waterfall which caused Shengo to fall. He cries out and is comforted
by Paris. Tahr tells Paris that he thinks he saw a yeh-teh by the waterfall.
Chap 9:
The morning after the Ultimate Diners Club has feasted the campers are a little
subdued. Paris tells them about the yeh-teh. She tells Tahr that they are going to

look for his master but he knows she has betrayed his trust. The expedition group
set off and find the waterfall where Tahr saw Shengo fall. Tahr is shocked to find that
everything is the same, which means someone has replaced the log that was used
as a bridge.
Chap 10:
The expedition group continue to try to track the yeh-teh. Finally they arrive at a
pool where they see two shapes crouching together. Tahr comes rushing through the
water to the body of Shengo the creatures have laid Shengo out in ceremony.
Through injuring the larger one, Shikarri and Gavin are able to capture the young
one.
Chap 11:
Having captured the yeh-teh the hunters explore and discuss what it could possibly
be. Tahr feels responsible and finds the situation very difficult. He asks if he can be
allowed to visit it. The camp feels uneasy with theyeh-teh there.
Chap 12:
Overview: Tahr is allowed to visit the yeh-teh. She is described in greater detail. He
chants to help calm her. Tahr is able to read the yeh-tehs thoughts.
Detailed summary:
Geng-Sun is tied in an animal pen.
Geng-Suns hands are tied, he is blindfolded.
Tahr feels bad for her and thinks that she might be an outcast of her species.
The room in which Geng-Sun was kept was tightly packed, to avoid her escaping.
Tahr recalls the time of Shengo; he remembers that Shengo used to help all the
animals.
Tahr feels that he could calm down Geng-Sun by chanting.
Tahr starts chanting.
Tahr wishes that Shengo would have taught him more chants, so he could have
helped Geng-Sun easily.
Nobody slept comfortably in the camp, everyone was scared of Geng-Sun, and
everyone had some weapon along with them.
Tahr felt that Geng-Sun can see him, despite being blindfolded.
Geng-Sun moves towards Tahr, he continues chanting.
Tahr thinks that he must free her.
Tahr takes out a gift which he brought for Geng-Sun.
Geng-Sun reached out for the gift and took it.
Tahr touched Geng-Sun carefully.
Tahr opened Geng-Suns blindfold.
Tahr and Geng-Sun start to communicate through thoughts.
Tahr could see the event of Shengos ceremony and open fire through Geng-Suns
eyes and from a completely different view.
Tahr is now sure that he saw Geng-Sun in the forest at the time Shengo fell in the
river.
Chap 13:
Paris reflects on Franklin and the camp. Tahr reluctantly discusses the yeh-teh with
Franklin and tells him that he thinks there are many of them, despite being able to
read the yeh-tehs thoughts about being the only one. Paris, with Tahr, meets
the yeh-teh, which she finds difficult, especially when she sees what the yehteh sees in her uncle. Paris agrees to help Tahr to release the yeh-teh.
Chap 14:

The escape is set up by Tahr and Paris. Tahr waits with the yeh-teh while Paris, on
guard duty, acts as if she thinks she sees something. The commotion allows Tahr
and the yeh-teh to escape.
Chap 15:
Tahr and the yeh-teh communicate through their thoughts. Despite reservations he
agrees that they can go back to the pool where the mother yeh-teh was injured and
Geng-sun (the young yeh-teh) was captured.
Chap 16:
Tahr and Geng-sun continue on their escape but are tracked down by Shikarris dog.
Trapped, with only one direction to go, Tahr is captured by a group of rebels who
force him to go with them.
17:
Tahr and Geng-sun continue on their escape but are tracked down by Shikarris dog.
Trapped, with only one direction to go, Tahr is captured by a group of rebels who
force him to go with them.
18:
Overview: Tahr is with the rebels, tied up and kept under guard. Having killed a
number of the hunting party, the rebels capture Paris. Franklin escapes. Tahr
pretends not to know Paris. Geng-sun manages to rescue Paris and Tahr.
Detailed Summary:
Tahr is in a cage, trapped by the Rebels.
Tahr converses with Gurung, the Rebel.
Gurung tells Tahr that he and his fellow rebels killed policemen, and then watched
TV shows on their TVs.
Franklins group is tracking Tahr and Geng-Sun.
Shikarris Mastiff smelled Geng-Sun and ran to chase it but Franklin stopped it as it
would lead them to other Yeh-Tehs.
Paris is confused, on one hand she wants to meet Tahr and Geng-Sun, and on the
other hand she wants them both to run away to safety, from Franklin.
Franklins group is attacked by the Rebels. Shikarris people and Gavin are killed.
Tahr showed them Rebels the way to Franklins group.
Rebels hit Shikarri and question him.
Paris fainted.
Paris finds herself hanged in mid-year by ropes.
Rebels changed Pariss clothes, from American clothes to Rebels clothes.
Paris looks around and finds Tahr hanging from in mid-year too, just like her.
Gurung was guarding. He was looking at Tahr and Paris.
Paris whispered to Tahr but Tahr acted as if he doesnt know Paris.
Tahr translated and conversed for Paris and Gurung.
Shikarri changes his side from Franklins to the Rebels.
Franklin had run away.
Gurung tells them that the Rebels will ask American Embassy money in exchange
for Pariss life.
Paris started to cry to gain mercy.
Geng-Sun was hiding in that place, camouflaged.
Soon he pounced, attacked and took down Gurung, who fainted.
Geng-Sun found an axe and he used it to cut the ropes of Tahr and Paris, to set
them free.
19:

Tahr, Paris and Geng-sun make their escape. Geng-sun helps them with a difficult
climb and cautiously they make their way back to the camp. Paris doesnt know if
she can trust Geng-Sun but Tahr tells her that she helped him and took care of him.
She asks them to stay behind while she goes to the campsite. Paris enters the
campsite alone to find that the camp has been messed and everyone had been
killed. All the tents have been raided and all valuables have been taken away.
Everyone is lying dead, dressed for a dinner party. Paris looks for Franklin, and
realises that he is not there. She is fearing that he might have been dead too. She
starts to go back towards Tahr and Geng-sun. Franklin speaks.
20:
At first relieved to see Franklin and then, Paris is frightened by his character.
Franklin talks weird saying it was the end of everything, he cheers with Paris for
nothing, Paris thinks he's drunk, but she cant find any alcohol around. Paris wonders
why Franklin is talking so evil. Tahr pulls Paris away and Paris leaves the camp with
Tahr and Geng-sun.
21:
Geng-sun hunts for her mother. She finally finds her dead, having crawled into a
deserted cave. Geng-sun gets a sign while sleeping that there is a safe place for
Yeh-Tehs. Geng-sun then communicates to Tahr that there is a safe place for
the yeh-teh that she hasnt been to, the Ice Fortress. She doesnt know the way but
she tells Tahr that it is above the skyline, between 3 mountains. Geng-sun gives her
mother a death ceremony. Paris falls asleep during the ceremony. Tahr also sleeps.
22:
Tahr and Paris are woken by the sound of a helicopter and gunfire. The smoke from
the incense that Geng-sun is using for her mother makes them a clear target. Paris
and Tahr shelter from the gunfire while Geng-sun throws rocks that bring down the
helicopter. The helicopter falls Paris and Tahr find her injured. Undeterred, she still
insists that they carry on. Tahr offers Paris to stay behind while he takes Geng-sun
to the Ice Fortress, but Paris disagrees and wants to go with them. Tahr tries to
convince Gengsun to get well before they move on, but Gengsun doesnt want to
stop. Paris learns the sign language Tahr uses.
23:
On the trek to the Ice Fortress, someone is following them. Tahr, Paris and Gengsun encounter Franklin. Again he acts strangely. He finally shows his real intentions
of the journey. To capture the Yeh-Teh and use her DNA for cloning and controlling.
As the ice bridge he is standing on collapses, he falls a great distance. Paris is saved
by Tahr and Geng-sun. They continue with the journey to the Ice-Fortress.
24:
The three continue with their journey but, as they approach where the Ice Fortress
should be, they cant see it. Geng-sun looks around but cant see anything.
Suddenly, Geng-sun's attitude changes and she chases them away with a spear.
Tahr and Paris turn back and move back to where they came from. They are rescued
by a shepherd. Paris wants Tahr to go to America with her, but he sends her off. Tahr
goes to live with the shepherd and his family and Paris is taken to a trekking point to
be transported home to her parents.

Chapter 1 (The Girl in the Ice):

The title of the chapter refers to the imaginary side of Paris mind. Paris and her uncle Franklinare at the
departure lounge of an airport awaiting their flight, but it is delayed. The strength of Franklins personality
is made apparent by the way he behaves and what Paris tells us about him. He is powerful as in selfcontrol, and according to Paris he can solve anything. Paris thinks that only she and Uncle Franklin are the
ones who are the most mature. He goes to a police officer and calmly explains everything. In the meantime,
Paris is looking into a fountain and sees a reflection of herself. She sees how still and motionless the reflection
is, as if she was a girl trapped in ice, and couldnt speak, until someone got her out. This is shown as a sign
that Paris is yet unsure of herself, and she needs realization by someone else in order to become more
mature. Then Uncle Franklin comes and takes her with him.

Chapter 2 (The House of the Snows):

The setting changes and Shengo, an old monk, and his young disciple Tahr are introduced. It shows the
other side of the world; the power of Uncle Franklin and Paris versus the simple living of Shengo and Tahr.
The monks live a simple life on the hillside in the Himalayas praying and are visited by people searching for
a blessing or advice. From this point we know that Shengo has decided that he and Tahr will be going on
a journey. 'There is a life on the edge Shengo says. Through this chapter and the next we explore the
close relationship between the master and the boy. The young monk depicts the start of a new life;
from childhood to maturity. At the start of his life, Tahr asks Shengo many questions, which eventually
path his way towards his mature life. Shengo sometimes answers the questions, sometimes gives good advice
instead. At the start of their journey, Shengo orders Tahr to untie the goats because he knows they will never
return to the gompa again. They climb up the mountains and valleys towards the top, which was full of snow
and was called the House of the Snows by Shengo. They find a small shelter and seek refuge for the
night, as it is very cold.

Chapter 3 (Iron Dragonfly):

The title refers to the helicopter that Tahr vaguely remembers. The journey undertaken by Tahr and Shengo
continues. The chapter continues to explore the relationship between the two. They are both still in the
shelter, and it is night-time. Tahr asks Shengo to tell him about the Mountain Spirits or yeh-teh who roam the
mountains. Shengo replies by telling him that they are calm and sentient beings, they do not harm humans.

Then Shengo tells him a very big secret he had kept all his life. He says he wants to tell Tahr before he dies,
which means he knows he will die on this journey. He tells Tahr that he hadnt grown up to be a monk, he had
once been in the army of HM (His Majesty). His name Shengo meant sergeant. Tahr is excited after
hearing the story and thinks about the Wheel of Life, where there were Gods and Titans, Hungry Ghosts
and more beings, all depicting the people on Earth and their different personalities. The next morning
they continue their journey. They travel through mountains, valleys and forests. Suddenly they are intercepted
(disturbed) by a helicopter. Tahr suddenly gets a panic attack. Shengo explains to him after he cools down.
We find out Tahrs story. The chapter ends with a dramatic climax when Tahr sees something in the bushes and
causes Shengo to lose his footing while crossing a waterfall, and dies.

Chapter 4 (Paris on Location):

Paris has reached the Himalayas with her uncle and some famous and rich celebrities in an
expedition. The expedition members were as following (excluding Paris and Franklin):

Donald from London

Renaud from Paris

Harriet from Central Africe

Gavin from the Karakoram

Shikarri (and his dog) from the local area

the porters from the local area

She tagged along because Franklin had insisted her father to let her go with him. Paris was delighted but she
didnt show it because she wanted to be mature. There is more about Paris and Franklins personalities. It was
October and Paris had no idea why they were here, but she agreed to come because she adored Franklin and
wanted to be one of his ideal characters. Everything about the trip had been suspicious, as if Franklin and his
expedition didnt want anyone to know they were here. Paris just wants to make a movie of her trip. She is
thinking about this when suddenly Tahr appears out of the bushes. He is frightened and need
help. Shikarri tries to kill him as an imposter but Paris stops him. They all move inside the tent where a
discussion takes place between the expedition members.

Chapter 5 (The Other Side of Somewhere):

The title refers to Tahrs feelings as he wants to go anywhere else but in the expedition. Also 'The Other
Side of Somewhere' is a reference to the meditation done by Tahr and the other side where he had gone
during the meditation. There is a discussion in the tent. At first Tahr doesnt understand but later he talks in
English and tells everyone about Shengo and how he died. He says that Shengo was his master. No one
believes him as monks didnt live in that particular area and Tahr was far from his home. They suspect him
a spy because he spoke English and was in restricted area. They decide not to let him go as now he knows
about the expedition and will tell others. It was meant to be secret. Paris decides to take responsibility of
Tahr just to impress Franklin. She says she will interrogate him and he will help her find her way in the jungle.
Paris gives him his own tent and Tahr goes to meditate on a rock. Paris watches him from far away and when
she comes close she realizes he is crying. She comforts him and he tells her about Shengo.

Chapter 6 (Gods and Titans):

Tahr recalls what had happened to him the other day; how he had lost Shengo and how he had reached here.
He knows that the Wheel of Life is turning and it is his turn to experienceeverything, and that Shengo has
now just remained a memory for him to help him on his way. Then he remembers what Shengo had said
about meeting Gods and Titans. Maybe these people were also gods and titans as they were lucky, rich,
powerful and blessed. Then he thinks about Paris. He had never met a more stubborn and weird girl than her,

with her loud voice and man-like clothes. Maybe the gods did things like this? Sometimes Paris enjoyed being
with him and sometimes she ignored him. Then Paris takes him to the edge of the clearing and shows him
therebels of the area fighting the government. He hears the helicopter and sees the smoke and gunfire
and gets another panic attack. Paris soothes him and suddenly Franklin approaches them and gets angry.
They have a discussion and Franklin forgives her as he says they are the same species. Then Paris
remembers how different she and Franklin had been from other people. Then he turns to Tahr and speaks to
him in a kind way. But Tahr feels threatened. Franklin invites Paris for hunting and they leave Tahr behind.
Paris tells him more about the expedition then leaves. He is left alone. He thinks about running away but
realizes that if he goes Paris will be sad. Then Donald approaches him and asks him about food. Tahr thinks
that Donald is a HungryGhost (as seen on the Wheel of Life).
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Chapter 7 (The Ultimate Diners Club):

The expedition team is hiking in the forest for hunting. Gavin and Harriet as usual are arguing. Harriet is
training Paris how to use a rifle. Paris cracks a shot for the first time under the supervision of Harriet, aiming at
pigeon and hunts it. Almost the day had passes and the teamhasn't hunted anything. It was about to return
back to the camp site that Paris hears shots cracking back to back quickly. A troop of dark monkeys passes
over their heads into the tree branches and Gavin and Harriet are cracking shots after them. One of the
monkeys gets hurt and falls. It was hung on the pole. On the other hand Franklin and Shikarri come with
their prey in the bags. It was something very special according to Franklin. Along with the monkey, pigeon
and that special prey, the team returns to the camp site. Everyone gets well dressed to celebrate their victory
and a very expensive dinner set is brought out. The best wine and utensils are put out. The wine is poured
into crystal glasses. The Ultimate Diners Club had met. From that moment Paris learns that the Ultimate
Diners Club meets every year to dine on exquisite and endangeredspecies, just for the fun of living
illegally. Renaud roasts the pigeon and serves monkey meat to everyone. Paris knows that it is against the
animal rights to kill endangered species just for pleasure and her Uncle Franklin had done violation and
committed a crime. This was the adventurous aim of Uncle Franklin enveloped in crime. Then Franklin
introduces the special prey as the very last of the pink headed ducks or Rhodonessa caryophyllacea. It was
a species thought to be extinct and they had killed the last of it. Everyone enjoyed the every last morsel of
the birds' meat except Paris who reluctantly tasted the meat as she was emphatically asked to taste by
Franklin. Tahr got himself busy along with porters and didn't join the diners celebration.

Chapter 8 (Lights-Out):
Tahr is busy out there in Renaud's kitchen camp assisting him in packaging precious crockery. Renaud was
frequently warning him to be careful in handling the glass crockery. The dinner celebration is over. The forest is
pitch dark and everyone goes to sleep. Tahr after finishing his task, he takes his way to his camp. Paris calls
Tahr. He saw she was sitting cross-legged in the entrance of her tent. She forces him to sit beside her and asks
him what he was thinking about her eating the meat. Tahr says nothing but he gets the point that she
is drunk. She expresses all her concealed thoughts about the celebration. She says to Tahr that the monks
live their lives in peace by themselves but it couldn't deny the reality that humans are the killer species who
kill innocent animals and violate their rights. Her overwhelming emotions welled up her eyes and she
expressed her embarrassment by being outrageous (extremely angry). She is embarrassed to taste the

pink-headed ducks which deserved to be preserved. She is embarrassed to be called as Homo sapiens.
Tahr tries to relax her by chanting. Paris feels better and apologizes Tahr for being outspoken to him. Tahr
told her that he would run away. Paris feared to lose a companion and she asks Tahr topromise that he
wouldn't go anywhere. Tahr goes and tries to sleep but he can't. He thinks about the face of a mountain
spirit Yeh-teh.....he recalls what Shengo had told him about mountain spirits....suddenly the flap door parted
and Paris entered and asked him what had happened. Tahr told her about yeh-teh. She tells Tahr that she
knew about them as Big Foot but that was just asuperstition. Tahr tells her that they really existed and
were a sentient beings like them living in families and he had seen a face of little Yeti. Paris believes him and
get interested in the yeh-teh.

Chapter 9 (Mornings After):

The next morning Paris wakes up and sees her uncle and other team members having breakfast. She goes
and asks him what they were planning to do then. Expedition was over and now she wanted to leave for home.
They decide to observe the land without Paris and Tahr. As Paris hears this she feels insecure and reveals
Tahr's secret about yeh-teh (Yetis). Franklin and all the others get keenly interested in what Paris had said.
Franklin orders Shikarri to investigate Tahr and get all details about yeti and then the expedition team set
out for a new adventure. Paris could see a glint of pain in Tahr's eyes as she had broken his trust. She didn't
believe in existence of mountain spirits but just wanted to impress Franklin. Tahr says his master had never
lied. She justifies that she actually wants to find Shengo. Tahr was quiet and doesn't say anything. He is asked
to lead the team towards where yeh-teh had appeared and Tahr leads them to the place where he had lost his
master. He shows them the place where face had appeared in bushes. To Tahr's surprise the log that had fallen
along with Shengo into the river was replaced at the river crossing by someone. Gavin was investigating the
place meticulously. The team thought of primitive apes or chimpanzees who would be living around there as
they have the sense of using tools like humans. Tahr is thinking of mountain spirits and Shengo. Franklin at
time had an earnest desire to meetyeh-teh and know details about them.

Chapter 10 (Bloody Eden):

Expedition team was looking for yeh-teh near the waterfall. It was a long time and Paris is deadly tired and
sees that Tahr was silent and not talking to her. She thinks he is angry of her because she told the secret.
Gavin found a big foot mark in scuffed (scratched) mud and all of them went downhill. They see a beautiful
turquoise blue river and it was like heaven on the earth (Garden ofEden, like the chapter title). All of them
keep going downhill. When they approach a flat stone, they find a creature with red-brown fur on its entire
body. On the other side of the river two yetis are cooking something. Harriet shouts and points towards them
and disturbs them. Everyone drifts back but Tahr keeps moving ahead as he had seen the dead body of
Shengo. Paris follows Tahr and sees that Shengo's dead body was wrapped in monk's robe. Both arms are
neatly folded on his chest. Smears are made on the hands and feet. There is red mud splashed everywhere. It
seems as if yeh-teh were performing last ritual ceremony on dead body. Gavin and Harriet thought that
spirits had killed someone for purpose so they start cracking shots at them. Tahr is speechless to see his
master lifeless but Paris tries to stop them and yells not to shoot as they didn't kill Shengo. The big yehteh gets hurt and falls into the river while the little yeh-teh iscaptured by the expedition team. Harriet and
Gavin clumsily drag it and Franklin is excited to know about the creature. Thus the "Garden of Eden" is turned
into a bloodbath. The yeh-teh is then taken at camp site and imprisoned in store tent.

Chapter 11 (It):

The title refers to the question in the minds of everyone: What is this creature we have captured? The
expedition team is perplexed about the yeh-teh and the members are asking different questions about it as they
are getting desperate to know about the facts of their imprisoned creature who has been blind folded and
gagged and tied as per the security measures.

Was yeh-teh male or female?

Should yeh-teh be sold or donated to London zoo?

Was yeh-teh harmful or harmless?

Was yeh-teh of Homo sapiens specie or it was an animal?

Was it even a different specie or was it just a deformed child?

Was it a great ape?

How it would be to taste it?

Were they rare or they are more?

Did it have a name or a scientific name?

They conclude that the yeh-teh was a female because she wore a scarf and clothes and that the species was
not animal but Homo sapiens neanderthalensis. It is also a young child. They decide to interrogate her and find
out more information. At night the yeh-teh cried at high pitch inside the store-tent. Tahr understood that it was in
trouble and he was the one who was responsible for all this trouble. Tahr blamed himself for all this and felt
sorry for yeh-teh. Tahr got a chance to run away but he didn't run. How could he leave the poor yeh-teh on the
mercy of those cruel people who were so mean that they could do any harm for the sake of their pleasure?
Tahr thought yeh-teh were so kind that they gave Shengo a final death ritual to calm his soul and he got yehteh captured. How rude and mean! Renaud approaches Tahr as he is scared. Tahr asked Renaud to let him go
in store tent where yeh-teh was imprisoned. Renaud asked him the reason which he told that yeh-teh would be
hungry or thirsty. He could make yeh-teh calm down and relax. Tahr tried hard but no one let him go so he
became quiet and waited for everyone to sleep.

Chapter 12 (A Cave of Eyes):

The title of the chapter refers to the dark cave of the yeh-tehs eyes, looking through them Tahr could see what
was going on in her mind (self-control). When everyone slept Tahr went into the store tent. One guard was
vigilant and watching over yeh-teh. Tahr made a humble request to him and sat on the floor. His mind recalled
what Shengo used to say about those sentient beings: The noblest of all creatures, tough, graceful and free,
living where nobody could i.e. snowy mountains and were noble-quiet lords of the mountains with massive built
and power. What Tahr saw as a reality didn't go with words of Shengo. Tahr was perplexed that either his
master lied or his eyes are concealing the truth. He kept looking at the yeti who was tied to the tent's pole and
was endeavoring hard to get herself free. But he knew these were only feelings and he had to let them go. Tahr
observed that his thoughts had power. He chanted to soothe down the yeti. As he started thinking of her and
felt pity on her she settled down and relaxed. She was blindfolded so couldn't see him. She could only listen
him but he wasn't expressing his thoughts aloud. Tahr realized they had achieved a connection between minds
called the Power of Mind. She was worried about her mother as she was hurt and wanted to go home. Tahr
knew this his thoughts were providing comfort to her. Tahr started chanting spiritual words and yeh-teh was
completely relaxed. Yeti rose her head to see him but she couldn't see him. She wanted that Tahr take off her
blindfold. Tahr saw by that time guard was asleep. He approached the yeti. He first gave her blue (tunic) to her
which he picked up where she was captured. She took the cape and reflected innocence and didn't panic. He
unfolded her blindfold. Tahr looked into the deep amber colored eyes of yeti. There was a depth of sadness in

her eyes. She was worried about her mother. She recognized him as the boy who had caused all this, but she
forgave him. Tahr recognized her as the face he had seen in the bushes which made Shengo die.
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Chapter 13 (Whats Unspoken):

The title refers to the yeh-teh that it cannot speak. The chapter starts with the personality of Franklin as an
unsettling man and a person who is always passing through. Franklin calls Paris so she can join them to
interrogate the yeh-teh for valuable information through physical or mental torture. But Harriet disagrees, as
she believes that the yeh-tehs cant talk. When they reach the tent, Paris holds back because of the smell and
leaves to join Tahr. Tahr tells Paris about what had happened the other night, how he had communicated with
the yeh-teh. Paris blames herself for bringing the yeh-teh and seeks forgiveness from Tahr. She says that she
just wanted to impress Franklin. Tahr forgives her by saying No blame. Franklin approaches Tahr and tells him
to talk to the creature and feed it and keep it alive, because Franklin wants to do research on it, find out what is
going on in its head, its structure etc. Franklin asks Tahr if the yeh-tehs are rare/endangered and he replies with
a lie. He says there are many so that Franklin loses his interest in the creature or gets afraid. He then
remembers what he had seen in the yeh-tehs eyes and he is more determined to set it free. He and Paris go
into the store-tent. Paris gives the yeh-teh water to drink and looks into her eyes. They are both frightened.
Tahr soothes them down and tells Paris to look into the yeh-tehs eyes. Paris realizes that the yeh-teh was also
a living being and it was wrong to capture her. She tries to be the yeh-tehs friend. Paris asks Tahr what she
could do to help the yeh-teh. Tahr suggests that she help him set the yeh-teh free.

Chapter 14 (Into the Dark):

The title of the chapter refers to Tahr and the

yeh-teh running away. Tahr is allowed in the

store-tent to feed the yeh-teh. He has hidden a meat knife, stolen from Renauds kitchen, up his sleeve. Paris is
allowed to patrol (take guard duty) outside on behalf of Uncle Franklin, along with other guards. Paris and Tahr
are acting according to a plan they made to help set free the yeh-teh.Timing would have to be at its best for the
plan to work. The yeh-teh had been cleaned and Tahr acts as if he is feeding her. All the guards are on high
alert, but are patrolling outside the tent. The two were alone. Tahr tries to tell the yeh-teh that he has a knife
and he is going to free her. According to plan, Paris starts to shoot randomly, to divert the attention of everyone,
and Tahr takes advantage of the chaos and panic. He hurriedly cuts the ropes the bind the yeh-teh and she
stumbles around, confused. Tahr thinks she is going to attack him but instead she picks Tahr up and escapes
through the back of the store-tent. The guard at the door hears everything and runs from the outside if the tent.
He tries to attack Tahr but the yeh-teh hits him hard and he falls. Theyeh-teh pulls Tahr up and they run into the
jungle as shots are fired at them and the mastiff (dog) is let loose. They climb up a cliff and rest in a ledge
between two rocks.

Chapter 15 (Survivors):
Tahr has a bad dream about losing his master. When he opened his eyes he sees a very beautiful morning.
Tahr looked around. He couldnt see the yeh-teh anywhere. He becomes sad but is happy since she is a wild
creature and would want to return to the wilderness. Tahr gets up to his feet and hears a singing note and
turns to look around to see where the voice was coming. To his surprise he saw yeh-teh perched uphill. He
waves his hands towards her. She looks at Tahr and smiles. He climbs uphill and sees that she had arranged
some edible shrubs, berries and roots for the breakfast. He thanks his caring friend. Both have their breakfast.

While they were doing their breakfast Tahr thought that did people have breakfast with those mountain spirits?
Did ever Shengo did so? Tahr is thinking that who must this creature be. Tahr and yeh-teh were having
communication but still they were unaware of each others names. He tells the yeh-teh that his name is Tahr.
She starts laughing, as she thinks it is funny to be named after something so different. Tahr meant wild
mountain goat or sheep. When he asks the yeh-teh her name, she is puzzled. She realizes that a name
describes your personality, so she mimed so that Tahr could see a patch of snow which had survived all the
winters, snow-surviving or Geng-sun. Tahr could read her mind that she was the only one left and her
mother would be worried about her. Geng-sun held his hands and pointed towards her valley that was beyond
the campsite. Tahr saw that wherever humans went they destroyed everything. He relaxed Geng-sun and
assured her that they would go to her mother.

Chapter 16 (Idees Fixes):

The title of the chapter refers to the French words which describe an idea that dominates one's mind especially
for a prolonged period or an obsession. This chapter explains about what idees fixes the characters had at that
moment when Tahr and Geng Sun had run away. Paris has idees fixes in her mind that she would definitely be
punished for creating a panic. Everyone came back and sat in one of the camps arguing with each other but
what? That is what Paris is thinking because she was asked to stay outside. Her idees fixes made her
confused. She goes in her tent when Renaud comes in an angry mood and rumbles about Franklin that he
thought of himself as a monsieur (a man of high rank who wants everyone to follow him). He says to Paris that
her uncle has an idees fixe that he needed what he wanted and he wanted to fetch that creature back. Harriet
had an idees fixe that they humans had done already so bad with them and they should let her go. Gavin
wanted to go because his idees fixe was that he hated the mountains as he had lost his three fingers traveling
in those mountains. Renaud says that and leaves for his kitchen. Paris goes outside and she sees Franklin.
Franklin was angry but he is still clam as he says he will follow the yeh-teh and track down all her family. He
tells Paris that she should help them in finding Tahr and yeti as that monk had broken Franklin's trust. Franklin,
Gavin and Shikarri go in search of the yeh-teh. Donald, Harriet and Renaud stayed back as they refused to go
with them. On the other hand Tahr and Geng-sun continue their journey and reach a village where there were
small stone huts. Both of them scavenge some food and they see that the village had been destroyed by
rebels. The smell of burning and the memory of his old burnt village cause him to get another panic attack. He
remembers more about what had happened to his home.

Chapter 17 (Dont Look Back):

The chapter starts with Tahr unconscious due to his panic attack. He feels someone soothing him and
thinks....My Mother! When he sees Geng Sun rubbing him and singing her mother-song he feels sad and thinks
of his mother. Why did she leave him? Why was he deprived of the warmth of his mother's lap? These were the
unanswered questions of his life. On the other hand when he sees yeti worried for her mom he calms her by
saying that he would help her in finding the big kind yeti, but he didn't find the miming gesture for mother
because of the conflict about the word mother he was always reluctant to utter(speak) the word mother. He tells
Geng-sun that they would have to escape far away so they needed to run as fast as they could. Geng Sun
wants to go the waterfall where her home was located but Tahr says that it would be risky as to reach yeti's
valley they needed to go through the camp site where they would get captured. Tahr and Geng-sun run as fast
as they could. They reach a beach where Geng Sun stays for a while as she can sense that the team from the
camp had passed there. Tahr moves further where he gets captured by rebellions who speak Tahr's language

i.e. Paali. They investigate him but he doesn't tell them about Geng Sun as he doesn't want her to get in trouble
again. Tahr is taken into one of the deepest caves by the three rebellions who are Darwa, Gurung and VJ.

Chapter 18 (A Cage of Roots):

Tahr is tied to the ropes and Gurung is ordered to keep an eye on him. Darwa and VJ along with other
rebellions leave the cave. Tahr observes that those people were very sharp and had killed so many people
living in the native village. Rebels were fully armed and had lots of weapons. Gurung offers Tahr to join them
and be a rebellion. In response to that Tahr tells him that he is a Buddhist monk and wasn't born to kill people
who were innocent. Gurung and Tahr's argument went on and suddenly there was a noise of cracking shots.
After a while Tahr saw that rebellions had captured Paris too. Expedition team had trekked the footprints of Tahr
and had had an encounter with rebellions. They had a fight. Gavin and Shikarri are killed, but Franklin has a
narrow escape. Paris gets captured. When Tahr sees Paris he is happy that his friend is alive, but he is
also sad to see Paris in trouble. Paris sighs when she sees Tahr alive. She resists but is kept quiet at gun-point.
Paris and Tahr communicate in English and she tells Tahr what had happened outside. Tahr acts as if he
doesnt know her so the rebels dont take him as a traitor. Suddenly a shadow appears at the entrance of the
cave who attacks at Gurung and makes him unconscious. It was Geng-sun! She cuts the ropes of Tahr and
Paris and sets them free.
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Chapter 19 (No Way But Up):

Tahr asks Geng Sun where she had come from and she jumps up with excitement and points upwards to the
cave to go out. Paris and Tahr get scared but this makes yeti feel angry and she roars and starts to climb and
thus Paris and Tahr are compelled to follow her. Geng Sun helps them to climb up towards the edge. She tied a
rope around Paris waist and held its other end in her hand and starts climbing swiftly. Behind them was Tahr.
After a long hard struggle with wounded and bruised bodies Tahr and Paris reach the edge. Geng Sun is also
there with them. Tahr looks at Paris who was badly hurt. Tahr makes gestures to thank her and Paris tries to
imitate the gestures of Tahr. She wants to show Geng Sun that she is also her friend. Geng Sun smiles at her
and then runs away towards her valley. The edge provided complete vision of the forest to the two friends and
they could see the campsite. Paris steps down towards campsite and Tahr follows her. When they reach the
campsite both are flabbergasted (shocked till death). All their hopes wane. Everything is messed up. Donald,
Renaud and Harriet are on the Ultimate Diners Club table and are dead. Franklin is also there. The crockery is
messed up and gun shots had damaged the camps. Everything had been ransacked. Paris is shocked. She
can't utter a single word. Her eyes well up with tears. She looks at Uncle Franklin and suddenly he moves.

Chapter 20 (The View from the Edge):

The title of the chapter refers to the main idea of the book, the edge of everything; the edge of insanity
(Franklin), the edge of extinction (Geng-sun) and the edge of maturity (Paris and Tahr). Paris gets a bit of
satisfaction when she sees her uncle but the very next moment it vanishes away. Franklin has gone insane and
is talking at random. He says that everyone had been killed and he and Paris would be killed too; they are the
last adventurous Homo sapiens who would die soon. Paris screamed and yelled to bring her uncle in his
senses. Franklin says that he has implanted his ideas in Paris and now he would live forever in Paris mind and
that she was his heir. She remembers of her family and leaves Franklin to run. When they reach back to the
edge Paris cries and accuses Tahr of everything they are encountering, but then she realizes that Franklin had

always crazy. She doesn't want to be like her uncle anymore. She starts to hate her uncle. Paris and Tahr step
down and found yeti was perched on the rock. They hear the mastiff approaching but see that it has been badly
injured and is looking for its master, Shikarri, who is hanging from a tree with a TRAITOR sign around his
neck. They notice that a candle flame in the campsite has gone out, meaning that Franklin has left. Paris and
Tahr follow Geng-sun towards her home.

Chapter 21 (Mother-Song):
Geng Sun moves fast and quietly. She finds her home and points down towards the cave (her home). Paris is
reluctant (unwilling) to follow her but Tahr convinces her by saying that they had to trust her because she was
familiar of the forest and could lead them to the safe place. Paris agrees and then Yeti takes them near the
entrance of one of the caves. When Tahr and Paris led by Geng Sun enter the cave, they see that there is a
tiny village inside the cave for the yeh-teh. Geng Sun goes towards one direction. They follow her. Geng Sun
stops and makes anxious little cry. Tahr and Paris are surprised to see the big yeti lying beside the big rock. It
was mother of Geng-sun. She had been badly hurt and is curled on the floor, dying. Geng Sun runs into the
forest among sparse (thinly scattered) trees. Tahr and Paris observe that the cave was like the hall- higher and
deeper than any building. Tahr thinks of gompa, Shengo had once told him that mountain spirits build their
gompas. At times Tahr couldn't get the true picture of gompa but now he got everything. Paris and Tahr's eyes
were wide opened. After a while Geng Sun comes with a bowl of water and starts washing her mother's face.
Tahr fetches some wood to light the fire and Paris takes the bucket to bring more water and helps Geng Sun.
The wound on mother's leg had festered (worsen). After the light is lit they both sit cross-legged beside Geng
Sun who is looking at her mother and singing a sweet sad song, maybe to tell her mother how much she liked
her and how much she missed her! Mother yeti succumbed (because of the worsening of wounds) to death.
Geng Sun kept looking into her mother's eyes but she was dead. Paris saw for the first time someone dying
before her eyes. She stays quiet as she doesnt know what to say. Tahr meditates for the peace of her mother's
soul.

Chapter 22 (A Slingshot at an Eagle):

Paris is deadly tired so she sleeps unintentionally. When she wakes up she sees that Geng-sun is arranging
fire sticks around her mother's dead body and is giving final ritual to her. Tahr is standing at the entrance of the
cave and hears some noises of the helicopter. He rushes inside and warns Paris about the rebellions and tear
gas. Outside the government helicopter are searching for them as Geng Sun had lit a fire for the ritual and it
was attracting the attention of them. They try to stop her but Geng Sun couldn't compromise with her ritual
ceremony and she was doing all this to give peace to her mother's soul. She becomes angry and pushes them
aside and lights the fire.
Smoke raises and now the government helicopter surrounded the cave. They are in danger. The gunman on
the helicopter starts to crack shots at them. Geng Sun climbs to the top of the edge from the cave and uses her
strength. She starts to throw heavy massive rocks like the slingshots at the helicopter. They crack shots at yeti
but she is courageous enough to face them. Massive rocks hit them and their helicopters crashes and bursts
into fire. Tahr and Paris come out of the cave and climb towards the edge where they come to know that Geng
Sun's leg has been hurt by bullets. Tahr and Paris dress up her wound. Geng Sun through miming tells Tahr
about the FORTRESS OF ICE; the place where yetis rule and live; the place made up of ice and snow; where
no human can reach, up in the top of the Himalayas. Tahr and Paris both decide to go with her because she is

hurt and needs their help to reach her Fortress Of Ice. Her injured leg disables her from swift movements and
she needs their cooperation.

Chapter 23 (A Tongue of Ice):

The chilled air is stinging but the three souls brave to move towards the skyline where there was the highest
edge and then from there they have to move towards the Ice Fortress. They travel long and hard and each time
when Paris and Tahr look at Geng Sun she would say that it was too far. The journey seemed to be never
ending. Fortress Of Ice is appearing to be a mystery! They notice that someone is following them and they
hurry on. Finally the three reach a place where there is a large glacier (tongue of ice) which is slippery. They
decide to go around it. When they reach a small bridge on the side the see Franklin standing there! He had
been following them all the way! Paris called her uncle to tell the mystery of the fortress but Tahr stopped her.
Franklin knew he had wanted wrong all his life and now he knows it is time for his end, and he wants to take
Paris with him. He was acting crazily and was laughing loudly and madly but his laughter didn't last long.
Suddenly the snow bridge falls down and Franklin along with his laughter gets buried in the snow. Paris feels
bad but is also happy that is was over for Franklin. They cross the lake with great difficulty. Tahr and Paris look
at Geng Sun. She gestures that they had to carry on and not stop. She is excited. They carry on with their
journey. Paris is deadly tired and her muscles are aching (paining). Geng Sun could feel that but she is forcing
them not to stop. Finally after a tiring journey they see three mountains facing each other at certain angle.
Geng Sun jumps in excitement. She points there and gestures that behind the mountain is her fortress. She
takes swift steps and goes out of sight within minutes. Tahr and Paris perch on the rock. After a while they see
that Geng Sun is back. She is upset. She gestures that her fortress is not there. They are astonished! Gengsun realizes that what her mother had meant as a safe place for her was to keep her away from the life at the
bottom of the mountain as she was the last of her kind and the mother yeti wanted Geng-sun to live in peace as
a sentient being.

Chapter 24 (The Fastness):

The title of the chapter refers to how fast life can pass by, but in the end we have to leave what we love most.
Tahr asks Geng Sun to come with him and live with him in his gompa because he was also alone in the world
but Geng Sun hugs both of them like a good friend, then wraps her arms around them, as she was with them
for the last time, because she is the last of her species. Suddenly she drives them away, she reacts harshly,
she shouts at them and looms at them. Tahr and Paris couldn't understand why she had changed herself, but
later they realize she wanted them to go on and live own lives, forget about her, as there is no way
to save her now. They run as fast as they can and finally reach a valley and enter into one of the huts. It
is shepherd's hut. They request him to let them stay there. He keeps them there as they are sick and weak.
He cares for them. After four to five days when they get better Tahr and Paris after ages take a breath of relief
as the never ending journey ends. They look at each other. They are grown up by now. Tahr decides to
send Paris back to her family and shepherd tells him that he would take her to thetrekkers (mountaineers)
who would take her to the airport. Finally the day arrives when Paris has to leave. The two souls were now
more than friends. They love each other but Paris has to go. She has to say good-bye to her sincere friend.
She asks him to come along with her to America but Tahr loves his valleys, mountains and rivers. He loved
Paris too but little more than that he loved his native land. Paris is sent back and Tahr stays back. Then they
break apart as to find moreopportunities and that they have finally experienced/seen life in it's true form
other than what they both had seen before.

The Lastling | Questions & Answers

Q&A

Q1. What do you mean by frozen girl?

Ans: Paris looked into the water and thought that the water was a sheet of mirror. Everything
was flickering but her image was still and expressionless.
Q2. What kind of character is portrayed through Franklin?
Ans: Franklin is confident, firm, bold, caring, loving, responsible and dutiful.
Q3. "Shengo called journey!" Tell us what Tahr thought of it surprisingly.
Ans: Tahr thought that maybe Shengo got the message in the tea or the melting of butter on
the greenish liquid. He thought that no one came here to give the message so it came from
the tea or butter.
Q4. Write about the gradual development of Tahr and Paris's relationship.
Ans: When Shikarri and the guide found Tahr behind the bushes, Paris was the only one to
recognize he was injured. Everyone thought that Tahr was a spy but Paris thought he was
innocent by the look on his face. Paris got to know that he didn't have a family but loved his
master Shengo. She realized that he was not a spy but an innocent and good boy. They
became friends and Tahr felt that he was kind.
Q5. What do you understand by the wheel of life as described by Shengo?
Ans: I understand by the 'Wheel of Life' that on top were the Gods. Down on one side were
the Titans. On the other side were the People, below them were Beasts. Then the Hells and
in the last part of the wheel were the Hungry Ghosts. The wheel is trying to tell us that
whoever comes to the top after moving will be in power and strength.
Q6. Relate your answer in your own words the incident when Shengo fell down the ravine.
Ans: Shengo was misbalanced by the log when Tahr shouted. He slipped when he looked at
what Tahr was pointing towards. There was only the noise and the foam on Shengo's face
when Tahr looked down the ravine. Shengo was dead.
Q7. Why did Tahr start feeling sick upon hearing the sounds of the helicopter?

Ans: Tahr started feeling sick upon hearing the sounds of the helicopter because of the noise
and hovering of the helicopter. Tahr had never felt such pressure and noise as he lived on
the edge of a mountain and he had never seen such a thing.
Q8. Shengo loved Tahr as a father. Give two evidences to support your answer.
Ans: Shengo loved Tahr as:
He gave Tahr some honey sweets when Tahr was hungry.
He put his hand on Tahr's shaved head and rubbed it softly.
He gave his cloak to Tahr when they were in the hut and it was very cold.

Q9. Why did Paris idealize her uncle and held him in higher esteem that her father?
Ans: Paris idealized her uncle because he was firm but caring and loving. He agreed with her
on everything. Meanwhile her pop gave her freedom to do whatever she wanted but never
cared about her.

Q10. Paris is a kind girl. Give evidences to prove your answer.

Ans: Paris is kind because:
She saved Tahr from Uncle Franklin and Shikarri when they were prisoning him.
She guarded him as he wasn't a spy.
She made a tent for him.
She taught him good English words.
She felt sympathetic towards the dead monkey and pigeon.

Q11. Draw a comparison between western and eastern life style and culture.
Ans: Paris had a luxurious life and lived in a bricked house with all the possible necessities.
Tahr lived a simple life with a simple hut called a monastery with little necessities. Paris ate
every delicious food type while Tahr ate bread, brown rice and potatoes. Paris wore stylish
clothes while Tahr wore a simple robe.

Q12. Who was the hungry ghost and why?

Ans: Donald was the hungry ghost because he was always talking about recipes and making
food. He even ate a lot of food during the dinner.

Q13. What is the significance of Ultimate Diners Club?

Ans: The significance is that they were dining in a very dangerous and wild place but even
then they were having dinner in a very royal and decorated tent. They were all united for the
dinner which was the celebration of hunting.

Q14. That night the camp-site had become another world. Explain.
Ans: The camp-site had become another world because everyone had come out of their
tents to enjoy the dinner. New tables and chairs were taken out with silver shining cutlery.

Q15. What was the secret confided to Paris by Tahr?

Ans: Tahr told Paris that once Shengo saw the yeh-teh with a family of two adults and a little
one. Both Tahr and Paris wanted to save them as they were extinct.

Q16. Reflectively, write the characteristics of the yeh-teh.

Ans: When it moved, it muttered, roared and stayed scarily quiet as it cut down deep among
the rocks. It could hide in the deepest bushes and dangerous places where people could not
pass and cross. It could swerve, duck and drop away somewhere people could not follow. It
was broad-shouldered, hunched and looming. Its posture was upright. Its skin was largely
hairless. Its face had a sloping forehead, heavy eyebrow ridge and was slightly snout-like.

Q17. Summarize the whole scenario of finding the yeh-teh'sfootprints.

Ans: Franklin pointed to the bush beside them. The berries on it were eaten. Down on one
side were the footprints. Everyone clustered in to form a group to see the foot-mark. The
mark was clear and unmistakable. It was as long as Gavin's size 13 combat boot. It was
broad and bare. It was a freshly trodden foot-mark not more than an hour.
Q18. Show gradual development of Tahr and Paris's surety about their seeing.
Ans: Under the waterfall, in the cave, there was a ledge and on it the dead body of Shengo,
full of blood everywhere. When Tahr saw it, he ran splashing towards it, hands out, shouting
'Shengo, Shengo'.
On the other hand was Paris, she was watching for the trees above. She saw the yehteh which was broad-shouldered, hunched and looming. It leaped towards Shengo, hopping
rock to rock. It was more animal than human. Both were seeing two different things at the
same time.

Q19. Describe Shengo's appearance of kneeling body on ledge.

Ans: Shengo's body laid on a flat tone on the ledge. Shengo had hands which were trimmed
around the edges; he wore a robe like a hood. He was old. He had his limbs, both arms
neatly folded on his chest. His feet were bare and poking out beneath the robe. There was
blood all over and it splashed over the water. It looked very ghastly and horrifying.

Q20. What does the sentence 'A cave of eyes' represents?

Ans: 'A cave of eyes' represents the shiny, glowing eyes of the yeh-teh. The yeh-teh wanted
Tahr to know the whole story of how Shengo dies, with her eyes. She wanted to tell Tahr that
she was the one responsible for Shengo's death.

Q21. Reflectively, describe the effect of chanting on Tahr.

Ans: When Tahr started chanting, he forgot about all the waste smell and started
concentrating on his chanting and how he would calm the yeh-tehand be friends with her.

Q22. Collectively, write your views upon Tahr's disrespectful thoughts towards Shengo.
Ans: Tahr thought that he was 12 and Shengo should've taught him all the chants and rituals
because he was growing-up. He thought that maybe Shengo had been making all the things
up and lied about being a monk. Then he thought that Shengo said that the yeh-teh is the
mountain spirit which is very noble but Franklin said that it is an outcast of our species,
retarded and deformed which was right. He thought that maybe Shengo was lying about
other things too.

Q23. What do you mean by "their own bargain between sleep and bad thoughts"?
Ans: Franklin, Harriet, Renaud, Donald, Shikarri and other porters were scared that maybe
the other tribes of the yeh-teh attack them because they had captured their young one.
Many of them had a loaded gun beside them. Renaud had his case of knives in case he
needed them if the other yeh-teh's attack. And Franklin just lay straight on his bed with his
eyes open thinking about what they would do if the other yeh-teh'sattack, where would they
run off and hide to etc.
Q24. Whose fault is shown being responsible in Shengo's fall?
Ans: Yeh-teh's fault is shown being responsible in Shengo's fall because she was the one
behind the bushes which made Tahr look towards her, shout, make Shengo frightened,
misbalance from the log and fall down in the ravine.

Q25. How can you tell that yeh-teh was more like a human than an animal? Give three

reasons to support your answer.

Ans: The yeh-teh is more of a human than an animal because:
She had a motherly figure. She had parental qualities as she cared for Tahr and saved him
and Paris from Shikarri and later on from the tribe/rebels.
She wore clothes as she respected her body.
She made a braid with her hair.
She brought Tahr some food and even played with him when he was depressed.
She did the incense for her mother with all the rituals and ceremonies.
She threw rocks at the helicopter to bring it down to help Paris and Tahr escape.

Q26. How did Tahr earn the trust of the yeh-teh when she was imprisoned?
Ans: Tahr earned the trust of the yeh-teh by calming her when she was imprisoned, by giving
her food and water when she was hungry and thirsty and by helping her escape from the
guards.
Q27. What did the rebels do to the people in the campsite?
Ans: The rebels tied up Tahr and Paris with a full-time guard watching them as the rebels
thought that Tahr was a spy. They killed Renaud, Donald, Harriet, Gavin and Shikarri very
harshly. Renaud, Donald and Harriet were killed by a knife in their chests at the camp-site.
Shikarri was hanged. They treated them all harshly.
Q28. Tahr pretended not to recognize Paris at the rebel's camp. What does this show about
Tahr's character?
Ans: This shows that Tahr is a very clever, intelligent, cunning and quick-witted boy. He knew
that if he recognized Paris, the rebels would've killed both of them. He did not want any
harm to Paris.
Q29. Reflect how the characters have changes as a result of situations they have found.
Ans: Franklin's real side is shown, he is very negative and acting very strange and rude.
Paris is scared of Franklin. She thought of him as a fatherly figure, but he was totally the
opposite. Paris is hurt and lost in her thoughts.
Tahr is acting like a fatherly figure to Paris. He is now calming and soothing Paris when Paris
herself used to calm Tahr.
Tahr and Paris wanted to save Geng-sun as it was extinct but now Geng-sun is saving them
as their lives were in danger.
The mastiff was very faithful now, first it was after Tahr and Paris but now it was showing
them that Shikarri was hanged. Even it's one eye was missing; it was scratched and had
blood all over its body.
The campsite was not in order, not in a proper and decorated manner. It was very messed
up, everything had broken or misplaced.
The tents were looted, even in the kitchen. The entire cutlery was broken and shard.
Renaud's shelf of knives and special cutlery was now shard and everything was misplaced.

Everything and everybody changed from Franklin, Paris, Tahr, and Geng-sun, mastiff to the
tent, campsite and kitchen. It's like there is a total change in the story and the character's
behaviours.
Q30. How can you explain the theme 'courage and grief' in relation to Geng-sun?
Ans: The theme 'courage and grief' come in relation to Geng-sun because she was very bold
and calm while burying her mother while if it were for us, we would be yelling and crying out
loud, making a fuss all over. She was very calm and quiet.
Q31. Which is the safe place for Geng-sun?
Ans: The Ice Fortress is the safest place for Geng-sun.
Q32. What is the theme of Chapter 24? Explain.
Ans: The theme 'preservance' explain us that Tahr found the shepherd just like Shengo. He is
preserved with the shepherd's family. Paris is preserved in her home in America. Geng-sun is
preserved with the otheryeh-teh in the Ice Fortress.
The theme 'courage' demonstrates the courage of Tahr to live with the shepherd's family. It
demonstrates the courage of Paris going with the trekker's to America. It also demonstrates
the courage of Geng-sun living with the other yeh-teh's in the Ice Fortress.
The theme 'life on the edge' means that Tahr is once again living on the edge with the
shepherd instead of Shengo as before.
Q33. Briefly tell us about Tahr's feelings of shepherd as Shengo.
Ans: Tahr thought of shepherd as Shengo because he was kind-hearted, humble, softhearted and polite just like Shengo. When Tahr was cold, he covered him with a blanket and
neared him to himself. He was a fatherly figure to Tahr. Tahr is attracted towards the
shepherd because he has the same qualities as Shengo.
Q34. Describe the place 'Ice Fortress'.
Ans: The Ice Fortress was a pass between 3 mountains. It was a sign of coldness. It was a
building, heaped up in a great wall. The walls and roofs were made up of ice. The walls were
very high. There were many yeh-teh inside it. The Ice Fortress was like a great dzong out of
Shengo's stories, part monastery, and part castle, built with buttresses of ice. The peaks
around the Ice Fortress were broken. It had villages near it. There was also a lake with the
fortress, made of ice. It was called the 'Lake of Ice'.

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The Lastling | Themes
The theme of the novel which we presented was journey. This refers to the
characters journey, which each of them faced. Journey is used as a metaphor for
the characters real journey and it also is an important part for the development of
the novel.
Journey was used according to its literal meaning and in the form of irony.
A journey is started from one point and ended at a different point. From
Airport.......... to the mountains. This was Pariss real journey. Her second journey
was that she had always idolized Uncle Franklin, till she finally saw his true colours.
It also refers to the title of Chapter # 5 The Other Side of Somewhere. Page # 37
Tahrs real journey started from the gompa and back to the village. He also had a
spiritual journey in which he understood the real meaning of Shengos teaching, the
different stages of the Wheel of Life.

In a journey, you have to face consequences if you want to reach your destination,
the end. These help the characters to be brave and resilient. Like Paris and Tahr
faced a lot of difficulties and then they finally reached the end. This journey was full
of compassion, humor and unobtrusive thoughtfulness which really showed that life
on the edge really meant.
Journey also refers to the journey on the wheel of life, which each and every
character was facing. Like Shengo said, Turning on the wheel of life. Journeying to
the next stage on page # 225.
A journey said Shengo. This part refers to the start of Tahrs real journey.
Trembling, falling, slipping and frightened. This part refers to Tahrs feelings about
the journey and the consequences he was facing.
The journey resembled Geng-suns journey. From the cave to the Ice Fortress. She
started it from one place and ended it at a different place.
When you are enlightened you can come back and teach me. These words were
said by Shengo, which is giving a clear hint about the fact that Tahr was going to go
on a journey and that journey would change him forever. This journey was around
the wheel of life which helped Tahr to become enlightened.
Becoming Independent
Represented through
Independence of Paris from Uncle Franklins influence and becoming a good human
being (she was not happy at the end when Uncle Franklin implied that she was like
him as she did the yeh-teh to escape).
Forced independence of Tahr from Shengo as he died. He followed the monks
teachings every after his death and became a good person as he made the right
decision to help the yeh-teh and Paris.
Geng-suns forced independence from the mother as she was wounded and Gengsun was just captured. She took care of herself and of Tahr and Paris when they
were both caught by the rebels and when they were in the jungle.
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Being Human
Represented through
Different characters had different views about the human race, e.g.:
Harriet hated Homo sapiens.
Paris thought that all the humans were like Uncle Franklin and his group. She called
them the deadliest species on the Earth.
Tahr viewed humans through Shengos teaching and through the painting of the
Wheel of Life.
If being a human meant to be kind, loyal and caring, to be a good friend, to not
want to hurt anyone, to protect your loved ones, then Geng-sun, Tahr and Paris are
what we call them humans as they were loyal to each others (saved each other in
the time of need). They also learned things from their mistakes:
Paris made the mistake of trusting her uncle but learned to be a better person in the
end not like her uncle.
They forgave each other:
Tahr forgave Paris when she betrayed his secret the yeh-teh and Tahr forgave each
other for whatever role they played in Shengos and Geng-suns mothers death.
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Life on the Edge
Represented through
Life is portrayed as a wheel or a circle according to Shengo and in the end, Tahr
realizes every point of the life is on the edge. No telling when the life of the
character is going to change completely. All characters lives were at the edge in the
novel.
Shengos he died in a blink of an eye.
Tahrs he lost his master and came to know people of the different world, made
new friends and also became independent.
Pariss she made new friends learned to become a better person in their company.
She also learned that she was not like Uncle Franklin, and became independent from
the influence of her uncle.
Geng-suns she lost her mother, made and saved new friends, became
independent and probably sacrificed her life for her true friends.
Franklins as his life changed, his life became on the edge; he lost his friends,
sanity, the respect of his niece and then lost his life as well.
Members of the Ultimate Diners Club also had their lives on the edges as all of
them died.
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The Lastling | Themes

Violence by Violence
Represented through

Darwa
Life of Darwa, he lost his family. As his Buddhist family was killed when their village
was attacked, he was brought up in a violent environment and grew biter and bitter
and then lost the respect for the human life after seeing too much killing and hence
became violent.
Tahr
On the other hand, Tahr was shown love and affection and taught to live peacefully
by Shengo; hence he turned out to be a peaceful non-violent character.
Geng-sun
Geng-sun lost her mother to violence and she had to save herself constantly from
the different groups of rebels which also became violent when there was no choice
to save the life of her friends.
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Madness
Represented through
Franklins madness for luxuries (bringing expensive material along in the jungle,
getting dressed up formally for dinner in jungle, bringing expensive wine and even
gilded chairs)
Franklins madness to be one of a kind and train Paris to be just like him.
Franklins mad obsession for an idea as Renaud explained to Paris.
Franklins mad obsession for capturing the yeh-teh and rare creatures.

Franklins madness after breaking of icy control at the massacre of the group by the
rebels.
Ultimate Diners Club madness as they used to arrange formal dinners in the jungle
with some of the most exotic chefs and much expensive and rare ingredients and
some fine and delicate crockery.
Mad hunger as Tahr used to say the hunger of white people is strange.
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Friendship / Cultural Clash / Accepting Difference
Represented through
Friendship between
Geng-sun (Yeh-Teh)
Tahr (Monk in Training)
Paris (American-New Yorker)
All from different backgrounds --- Accepted differences in each others personalities
e.g.:
Tahr learned to communicate in a unique way with the yeh-teh.
Became Paris friend even though she was a restless person and had betrayed him
once.
Paris learned there were good people in the world and all were not like Uncle
Franklin and his group.
They all became loyal friends despite the great cultural differences e.g.:

They all saved each others life at some point.

The yeh-teh saved Tahr many times from the rebels and the guard at Franklins
camp.
Paris also helped them escape. Tahr helped the yeh-teh to escape from the camp.
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The Lastling | Character Sketches

Character Sketch of Tahr
Inquisitive
Shengo said that he was always asking questions.
Obedient
Always followed Shengos teachings and also kept remembering after his death
what he taught him.
Sensitive
He blamed himself for Shengos death, and also for the troubles of the yeh-teh.
Good judge of character
Recognized Paris was lonely and wanted the love of her Uncle most in the world.
Recognized Paris had a kind heart but pretended otherwise. Knew he should stay
away from men like Shikarri and their dogs.
Intelligent
He observed the situation and assessed it and then spoke and Paris also realized
that Tahr was smarter than he looked.

Understood what Shengo was trying to teach him about the Wheel of Life that all
the points are the edge in a circle.
Had lived a simple life and found the hunger of strange white people.
He planned and helped the yeh-teh to escape.
Loyal Friend
Despite the teaching of non attachment missed Paris. He cared for Paris as she was
glad of her presence and worried about her safety as well.
Also went with the yeh-teh when she was wounded despite that she was cold.
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Character Sketch of Paris
Cynical
She didnt trust anyone, also thought that all of the humans were just like her Uncle
Franklin and his group, considering them to be called the deadliest species on the
Earth.
Brave
She came to live with strange people in the Himalayas surrounded by Civil War guns
and appeared to be really happy in the beginning.
Intelligent
She saw the flaws in her uncle Franklin.
She also learned to be a better human from Tahr and Geng-sun.

She also tricked the guards and distracted everyone to help the yeh-teh escape.
Different from her age group girls
She wanted to be a movie director rather than being a movie star like other girls of
her age, she wanted to be the one who calls the shots or be the boss.
Good human being
In the end, she made a tight decision by not following in Uncle Franklins footsteps.
She helped out the yeh-teh.
She felt guilty after betraying Tahr.
She wanted to die rather than becoming like Uncle Franklin as she said to Tahr that
she should die before she hurts anyone, like her uncle.
Tomboy / restless / full of energy
She was slim and wore shorts all the time.
She kept moving and Tahr couldnt concentrate on meditating in her presence.
Lonely
She never talked about her parents that they never spent time with her.
And also Tahr said that she wanted her Uncles love most of all in the world.
Good friend
She worried about Tahr when he was with the yeh-teh that how he will survive if she
left him alone in the jungle.
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The Lastling | Character Sketches

Character Sketch of Geng-sun
Kind hearted and caring
She comforted Tahr when he panicked as he heard the helicopter and smelled
something burning.
Physically strong but gentle
She supported Tahr when he couldnt run fast enough. She hurled a big stone at the
helicopter.
Yet, she never hurt her friends.
Performed rituals like humans for the dead
She took care of Shengos body by giving it a sky burial.
She performed the ritual with mud and paint when her mother died and then burned
her dead body.
Brave / loyal friend
She hurled stones at the helicopter to save her friends.
She also came to rescue Tahr when he was being caught by the guards.
She rescued Tahr and Paris from the rebels by putting her life in risk. But she didnt
show her pain to anyone when she was shot in the leg.
Dignified
When Paris used to think that she was someone deformed later on she saw dignity
in her movement.
Selfless
She put her life on the risk just to save Tahr.
She sacrificed herself in the end when she couldnt find the Ice Fortress and
pushed her friends away so they wouldnt die because of the cold.
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The Lastling | Character Sketches

Character Sketch of Shikarri
Guide

He was well informed about everything like porters, areas, maps, locations, local
people and weapons.
Traitor
He was not loyal to Franklins group as he told the rebels everything.
He was even not loyal to his own people as he was helping Uncle Franklin.
Cruel
He debark his dog and was ready and anxious to kill Tahr.
Opposite as his dog
He had a dog which was very loyal as it was trying to save him even when it was
injured and Shikarri was hanged.
Shikarri and the dog were the two sides of the same coin, Dog was very loyal and
faithful although his master, Shikarri was a traitor and very disloyal, as well as
unfaithful.
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The Lastling | Character Sketches

Character Sketch of Franklin
Elegant
In the beginning he was dressed in expensive clothes, had shocking white hair and
also had an air of authority.
Icy control
His features were like an Easter Island Statue, that he never lost control when Paris
helped Tahr and the yeh-teh to escape.
Evil
He planned to capture the whole family of the yeh-teh.
He was ready to kill anyone to satisfy his obsession.
Well educated
Tahr said that he knew the teachings of the Buddha and talked about him as he was
his friend.
He had also studied Psychology, Philosophy and some strange languages.
Mad obsession
He was mad about collecting rare things like he went mad trying to capture the yehteh.
Renaud also told Paris about his Ides Fixes.
Mad
He went mad in the end, all the elegance and dignity was gone!
He was talking nonsense and was wearing rags from the cave of the yeh-teh.