Question

A) His father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly, upbraiding him, threatening to let him starve on his ledge unless he flew away. But for the life of him, he could not move. That was twenty-four hours ago. Since then nobody had come near him, The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle. 1. Why were his parents reproaching him? 2. Why could the young seagull not move from the ledge?

Answer 1

Explanation:

1) Because They wanted to let the young seagull fly from the ledge and remove his fear...

2) Because of his cowardice he was not moving from the ledge...

Answer 2

Answer:

1. his parents wanted him to learn the art of flying bcoz if they give him food , then the young seagull may suffer in his life then.

2. the young seagull was very afraid of flying. As like the small kids he was afraid by thinking what if he flies and he falls down and die