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प्रश्न
“They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly. “Why did the seagull’s father and mother threaten him and cajole him to fly?
उत्तर
The young seagull was afraid to fly. Even when it saw its brothers and sisters flying, and its parents helping and teaching them, it could not gather enough courage to make that first flight. That is why its father and mother were calling to it shrilly and scolding it. They threatened to let it starve on its ledge if it did not fly. They did so because they wanted it to leave its fear behind and learn to fly.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Answer the following question in 30-40 words.
“The sight of the food maddened him.” What does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull to finally fly?
Have you ever had a similar experience, where your parents encouraged you to do something that you were too scared to try? Discuss this in pairs or groups.
In the case of a bird flying, it seems a natural act, and a foregone conclusion that it should succeed. In the examples you have given in answer to the previous question, was your success guaranteed, or was it important for you to try, regardless of a possibility of failure?
Form Groups of 5. Remember your past days and share with your friends about memories of your first day at school or your first attempt at cooking.
What role did your parents, siblings play to help you to overcome your fear?
Discuss and answer.
| 1. Were there any situations when you got afraid? | |
| 2. How would you react if you had to travel alone? | |
| 3. How would you react if you had to stay alone at home? | |
| 4. What would you do if you were lost in a new city? |
State whether the following statement is true or false.
The young seagull was not confident about the ability of his wings.
State whether the following statement is true or false.
When the young seagull pretended to be falling asleep, his parents noticed him.
State whether the following statement is true or false.
Flying across the young seagull, the mother dropped a piece of fish into his beak.
The seagull was afraid to fly because _______________.
Young birds are afraid to make their first flight because ____________.
Collect career options related to flying. Find out the institutes where training of your options is given. Find out the detailed information about the fees, duration of the training and future prospects of it.
Collect or draw different pictures of birds from your surroundings and write about them. Make a chart with some information about each.
Validate the given statement with reference to baby seagull’s fear.
‘Fear doesn’t exist anywhere else other than one’s mind.’
(His First Flight- Two Stories about Flying)
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Describe the young seagull's first flight.
Read the following passage and do the activities:
A1. Write whether the following statements are ‘True’ or ‘False’: (2)
- The sight of the food maddened him.
- He pretended to be falling asleep.
- The mother ate a piece of fish that lay at her feet.
- The sun was now descending the sky.
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The sun was now ascending the sky, blazing on his ledge that faced the south. He felt the heat because he had not eaten since the previous nightfall. He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and standing on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing, he closed one eye, then the other, and pretended to be falling asleep. Still, they took no notice of him. He saw his two brothers and his sister lying on the plateau dozing with their heads sunk into their necks. His father was preening the feathers on his white back. Only his mother was looking at him. She was standing on a little high hump on the plateau, her white breast thrust forward. Now and again, she tore at a piece of fish that lay at her feet and then scrapped each side of her beak on the rock. The sight of the food maddened him. How he loved to tear food that way, scrapping his beak now and again to whet it. |
A2. Complete the web: (2)
A3. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘B’: (2)
| A | B | ||
| i. | Scrapped | a. | Sleeping lightly |
| ii. | Dozing | b. | Sharpen |
| iii. | Plateau | c. | Rubbed |
| iv. | Whet | d. | A large high area of flat land |
A4. Do as Directed: (2)
- The sight of the food maddened him. (Add a ‘question tag’)
- Only his mother was looking at him. (Rewrite the sentence in the present perfect tense)
A5. Personal Response: (2)
Write any four good things that your parents taught you.
