His first flight
His First Flight
I) Answer the following questions:
1. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to
make their first flight, or are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first steps?
Ans) The young seagull was afraid to fly because it was his first flight. It is a well-known fact that doing something for the first time is challenging because one tends to have various fears in their minds. Therefore, all young birds must be afraid to make their first flights. Similarly, a human baby would also find it challenging to take its first steps.
2. ‚The sight of the food maddened him.‛ What does this suggest? What compelled the
young seagull to finally fly?
Ans) The young seagull was very hungry. It was this hunger which ultimately compelled him to fly. His hunger only intensified when he saw his mother tearing at a piece of fish that lay at her feet. He cried to her, begging her to get some food. When his mother came towards him with food in her beak, he screamed with joy and anticipation. However, she stopped close to him. He wondered why
she did not come nearer. Not being able to resist or control its hunger any longer, he dived at the food in his mother’s beak. At that moment, his hunger overpowered his fear of the great expanse of sea beneath the cliff. Finally, this plunge was followed by the natural reaction of the body, i.e.to fly.
3. They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly. Why did the seagull’s father and mother
threaten him and cajole him to fly?
Ans) The young seagull was afraid to fly. Even when he saw his siblings flying, and his
parents helping and teaching them, it could not gather enough courage to make
that first flight. That is why his parents were calling to him shrilly and scolding him. They threatened to let him starve on its ledge if he did not fly. They did so because they wanted him to leave his fear behind and learn to fly.
4) 1. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly?
Ans) The young seagull felt certain that his wings were too weak to support him. He had
no courage to flap his wings. Even when each one of his brothers and sisters whose
wings was much shorter than his, ran to the brink of the ledge, flapped their wings and flew away, he failed to muster up the courage to take that plunge.
II)Answer the following questions in 100-120 words:
1. Compare and contrast the young seagull in the beginning and at the end of the lesson.
Ans) In the beginning, the seagull is a coward. When it is time for him to fly, his parents try to teach him to fly. But he is too afraid and refuses to fly. His parents leave him alone on the ledge and go about diving and fishing. He is left alone and hungry.
Then, in an attempt to get the fish from his mother, he falls off the ledge. The next
moment he flaps his wings and starts flying. This increases his confidence and he
cries out with joy. He also overcomes his fear of the sea.
2. Describe the techniques used by the young seagull’s family to help him overcome his fear and fly.
Ans) The family left him alone on his ledge and threatened him that he would starve.
Even then he was too afraid to fly. His siblings made fun of him. They laughed at his
cowardice. At last, his mother thought of a plan. She took a piece of fish in her beak
and flew towards him. She came near him but did not land on the ledge. The young
seagull was very hungry. He came to the brink of the ledge. In order to get food, he
dived at the fish. But he fell from the rock. He was terrified. But it was only for a moment. The next moment, he flapped his wings and started flying. In this way, his family enabled him to fly.
I) Answer the following questions:
1. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to
make their first flight, or are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first steps?
Ans) The young seagull was afraid to fly because it was his first flight. It is a well-known fact that doing something for the first time is challenging because one tends to have various fears in their minds. Therefore, all young birds must be afraid to make their first flights. Similarly, a human baby would also find it challenging to take its first steps.
2. ‚The sight of the food maddened him.‛ What does this suggest? What compelled the
young seagull to finally fly?
Ans) The young seagull was very hungry. It was this hunger which ultimately compelled him to fly. His hunger only intensified when he saw his mother tearing at a piece of fish that lay at her feet. He cried to her, begging her to get some food. When his mother came towards him with food in her beak, he screamed with joy and anticipation. However, she stopped close to him. He wondered why
she did not come nearer. Not being able to resist or control its hunger any longer, he dived at the food in his mother’s beak. At that moment, his hunger overpowered his fear of the great expanse of sea beneath the cliff. Finally, this plunge was followed by the natural reaction of the body, i.e.to fly.
3. They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly. Why did the seagull’s father and mother
threaten him and cajole him to fly?
Ans) The young seagull was afraid to fly. Even when he saw his siblings flying, and his
parents helping and teaching them, it could not gather enough courage to make
that first flight. That is why his parents were calling to him shrilly and scolding him. They threatened to let him starve on its ledge if he did not fly. They did so because they wanted him to leave his fear behind and learn to fly.
4) 1. Why was the young seagull afraid to fly?
Ans) The young seagull felt certain that his wings were too weak to support him. He had
no courage to flap his wings. Even when each one of his brothers and sisters whose
wings was much shorter than his, ran to the brink of the ledge, flapped their wings and flew away, he failed to muster up the courage to take that plunge.
II)Answer the following questions in 100-120 words:
1. Compare and contrast the young seagull in the beginning and at the end of the lesson.
Ans) In the beginning, the seagull is a coward. When it is time for him to fly, his parents try to teach him to fly. But he is too afraid and refuses to fly. His parents leave him alone on the ledge and go about diving and fishing. He is left alone and hungry.
Then, in an attempt to get the fish from his mother, he falls off the ledge. The next
moment he flaps his wings and starts flying. This increases his confidence and he
cries out with joy. He also overcomes his fear of the sea.
2. Describe the techniques used by the young seagull’s family to help him overcome his fear and fly.
Ans) The family left him alone on his ledge and threatened him that he would starve.
Even then he was too afraid to fly. His siblings made fun of him. They laughed at his
cowardice. At last, his mother thought of a plan. She took a piece of fish in her beak
and flew towards him. She came near him but did not land on the ledge. The young
seagull was very hungry. He came to the brink of the ledge. In order to get food, he
dived at the fish. But he fell from the rock. He was terrified. But it was only for a moment. The next moment, he flapped his wings and started flying. In this way, his family enabled him to fly.
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