Describe the struggles underwent by the young seagull to overcome its fear of flying
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➡The Young Seagull was afraid to fly and was alone on his ledge.
➡He was more frightened than his siblings.
➡ His attempts failed.
➡He had taken a little run forward and tried to flap his wings.
➡But that was all he could do.
➡He felt that his wings would not support him.
➡He failed to muster up the courage and fly.
➡His parents taunted, scolded and threatened him to leave him starving at the ledge unless he flew away.
➡But nothing could make him fly.
➡ The seagull helplessly watched his parents flying with his brothers and sisters.
➡ The whole family went on taunting him for his cowardice. Only his mother was looking at him. She had picked a piece of fish and was flying across to him with it. He leaned ut eagerly. The mother was very near to him with the fish in her beak.
➡ Maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish. With a loud scream, he fell outwards and downwards into space. A terror seized him.
➡His heart stood still. His mother swooped past him. He answered her with another scream.
➡He saw his two brothers and sister flying around him. The seagull completely forgot that he was not able to fly. He let himself free to dive, soar and curve at will. He was shrieking shrilly. He saw a green sea beneath him.
➡He was tired and weak with hunger. His feet sank into the green sea and his belly touched it. He sank no farther.
➡Now, his family was praising him and their beaks were offering him scraps of fish.
➡He had made his first flight.
➡“Flying is learning how to throw yourself to the ground and miss.”
Explanation:
question : Describe the struggles underwent by the young seagull to overcome its fear of flying
Lesson : HIS FIRST FLIGHT
Author : Liam O’Flaherty
Theme : Parenting
Characters : The young seagull and its family
Outlook : The young seagull’s fear – hungry – mother seagull’s training – his first flight
The young seagull was alone on his ledge. Unlike his brothers and sister, he was afraid to fly. He failed to muster up courage to fly. His parents had come around calling to him shrilly, scolding him, threatening to let him starve on his ledge. He had no food. He could not find anything but the dried pieces of eggshell to eat. His parents wanted to teach him fly. So the mother seagull showed a piece of fish to the hungry young seagull. But he couldn’t reach the food as it was out of reach. Maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish. In order to grab it, he had no other choice other than to flap his wings and fly towards his meal. He landed on the green sea and sank into it. He was floating on the water. The young birds’ family was very happy and they offered him scraps of dog-fish for his first flight. Thus the parental care, his natural bird instinct to fly and his urge for survival prompted him to fly, finally.