Read the extract carefully and answer the following questions :
When I used to work during summer afternoons, Gillu would abstain from going outside or sitting in his swing. To keep himself close to me and also to tackle the summer heat, he had discovered a totally new method. He would lie prostrate on the surahi kept near me and thus remain both close to me as well as be cool! Squirrels have a life span of barely two years; as such Gillu' lease of life finally came to an end. For the whole day, he neither ate nor ventured out. In the night, even with the pain of going away, he came to my bed from the swing, and clutched the same finger with his icy claws, which he had clung to, in his near **** like state during his natal days. The claws were getting so cold that I switched on the first ray of the morning touched him, he departed.
His swing was taken the * and the opening made in the wire-mesh window was closed.
(i) Name the topic and the author.
(ii) How did Gillu make himself cool in summer?
(iii) How long does a squirrel live?
(iv) Describe the end of Gillu?
(v) Why did the swing take the *?
