how did the sparrows react for the funeral ceremony of the grandmother
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The birds paid a silent tribute.
- The question has been asked from the story The Portrait of a Lady by Khushwant Singh.
- In the city, she spent time sitting in the Verandah and feeding sparrows. The birds were always close to her which was the happiest hour for her.
- A swarm of birds sat peacefully around the body. There was no chirruping to be heard as well.
- They were also given some bread bits, but they paid no attention to them.
- They went as soon as the body was taken. The chirpy birds that day had voiced their grief silently.
The sparrows paid their tribute silently after her death.
1. The author, Khushwant Singh's grandmother used to feed the birds every single day after they had moved to the city to live with the author's parents.
2. Before coming to the city they lived in the village where the author and her grandmother spent almost all of their time together.
3. In the city, the author and his grandmother's relationship weakened and they got less close.
4. This made the author's grandmother feel lonely so she moved to Stichting and feeding the birds every day apart from praying which she used to do before as well.
5. The day the author's grandmother died, the birds came to their house and sat in their usual place but did not chirp as they used to. They sat silently and watched the funeral of the author's grandmother.
6. That day, they also did not eat any bread crumbs that the author's mother had given to them.