Cite an instance which shows the pathetic condition of the young bird
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The chapter “His First Flight” is about a young seagull.
The young bird was extremely hungry when he was left alone on the ledge.
He felt helpless as he could not find anything to eat and felt extremely hungry.
The searched all possible corners in his ledge and then could only find a mackerel’s tail.
Later when he wanted more the seagull gnawed his own dried eggshells.
The first flight of a bird is the most pathetic condition of a young bird. He is left to fly by his mother so that he can learn flying on his own. He gets toppled from the top of the tree to the bottom with a fear on him to be get caught by other predators who are just waiting for the perfect moment to capture the prey. By doing this he is made to learn flying by the mother of the bird