Question

1. We sighed with relief and tucked her up well.
Poor Granny! For her, it was like a brief season in hell,
Confined to her bedroom, while every breeze
Whispered of summer and dancing leaves.
(a) Why did the narrator and his family 'sigh in relief?
(b) Why was Granny confined to bed? Why did she find it'a brief season in
hell'?
(c)
How did she finally get rid of this ‘season in hell"?​

Answer 1

Answer:

• (a) The narrator and his family 'sigh in relief because grandma was ill and doctor prescribed her to take rest for some days (a week). Actually she was rescued from the top of the tree. And they thought she would stop climbing trees then.

• (b) Granny was confined to bed because one day she climbed on the tree and did not come down and at last she was rescued. So doctor instructed her to take rest.
• She found it a brief season in hell because for the cause of bed rest she was then unable to see and feel the outside around her. Moreover she was not well to climb on trees.

• (c) Granny declared that no longer she confined to her bedroom. She wanted the poet's father to build a house on the tree for her so that she can take ease in it. Dutiful son kept her mother's will and made a wonderful house on the tree. Thus she finally escaped from this 'season in hell'.

Answer 2

Answer:

The tree climbing Granny

Explanation:

(a) Why did the narrator and his family 'sigh in relief?

Ans: The narrator and his family were relieved because due to injury the Granny will not climb on trees.

(b) Why was Granny confined to bed? Why did she find it'a brief season in

hell'?

Ans :The Granny was a sporty person by nature.She always wanted to climb up the trees.Therefore she was not happy about that situation.

(c)

How did she finally get rid of this ‘season in hell"?​

Ans: When Granny recovered from injury,she immediately wanted to climb the trees again.