Question

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.
a. Why were his parents reproaching him?
b. Why could the young seagull not move from the ledge?
c. Find a word from the extract that means ‘to eat’?
d. What did the parents do in pride?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Seagull

Explanation:

Basically, when all the family members flew away from the ledge, the young seagull felt sad and discouraged. This is so because he was scared to fly and he felt incompetent when he saw everybody else do the exact thing which he was not able to do. This is what was disturbing the young seagull.