(3)
One day, when she was kept indoors with a cold, her
grandmother told her that father's birthday was next
week, and suggested she should make him a pin-
cushion for a gift out of a beautiful piece of yellow silk.
(d) How did making a pin-cushion give her tears
instead of joy?
Answers
Answer:
The little girl received only tears instead of joy in making a pin cushion out of yellow silk for her father as she was very scared of her father and didn’t quite like him, and also while making the cushion she tore her father’s speech to stuff the cushion with the torn papers for which he was furious with her.
EXPLANATION:
In the story ‘The little Girl’ by Katherine Mansfield, Kezia was a little girl who was petrified by her father. She was afraid of his huge size, his monster like unfriendly attitude and preferred to stay away from him. One day when she was held up at home with a cold her grandmother suggested she should make a pin cushion out of a beautiful yellow silk for her Father’s birthday.
She did not like the idea as she wasn’t at all fond of him. However, she started working on it and for the stuffing of the pin cushion she tore the most valuable speech her father had prepared. When her father came to know of it he was furious with her. Thus instead of bringing joy the birthday present she was preparing brought only tears to her.