Manjula won the first prize in her category in on the spot painting competition. Write her diary entry. Specially include the following :
a) how the newspaper cutting instilled new courage in her
b) the satisfaction she got from the prize..
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I. Understanding the Story
A. Answer the following questions very briefly.
1. Why did Manjula wear wrong shoes most of the times?
Ans. Manjula wore wrong shoes most of the times, for there weren’t any shoes in the market soft enough for her clumsy feet.
2. Why did Manjula need extra money?
Ans. Manjula needed extra money to buy colours and paints.
3. Where was her mother's piggy bank?
Ans. Mother's piggy bank was at the topmost shelf of the kitchen cupboard.
4. How many knots were tied on the gift given by Manjula's brother?
Ans. Manjula's brother had tied eleven knots on the gift he gave to Manjula.
5. Who was Rich Belanger?
Ans. Rich Belanger was a soccer player who had lost his feet in a train accident, but played football with artificial feet.
B. Answer the following questions in not more than 30 words.
1. Handling brushes was no problem for Manjula. Then what was the real problem in learning painting?
Ans. The real problem in learning painting was the cost of the materials she would need for painting.
2. Manjula used to drift to another world. What was there in this another world of Manjula?
Ans. In this world, which was a brighter world of glowing colours, there were beautiful forms and perfect shapes.
3. What were the three gifts that Manjula received on her birthday?
Ans. Mother gifted Manjula a set of artist’s water colour, father gave her a book on painting - Painting, Step by Step - while her brother gifted her three water-colour brushes of artist’s quality.
4. Why did Manjula tear her painting into pieces?
Ans. Manjula overheard her father saying that he was unable to support her hobby of painting due to money-constraint. He suggested that she should rather take up cooking or stitching. This anguished Manjula so much that tore her painting into pieces.
5. Which sentence was underlined in red in the newspaper cutting? Why?
Ans. The sentence underlined in red in the newspaper cutting was, ‘His parents did not like it’.
This was to ensure that Manjula could identify with the story.
C. Complete the following table mentioning the role of various characters in encouraging Manjula.
Characters
How they encouraged Manjula to achieve her goal
Father
(i) Gifted her a book on painting - Painting, Step by Step
Mother
(ii) Always backed her to pursue painting.
(ii) Gave her money to buy painting material.
(iii) Gifted Manjula a set of artist’s water colour.
Brother
(i) Gifted her three water-colour brushes of artist’s quality.
(ii) Motivated her by making her aware of the story of Rich Belanger, a differently-abled soccer player.
Rich Belanger
(i) His story motivated her to pursue painting despite physical limitations.
D. Who do you think kept the newspaper cutting on the table? Why?
Ans. It must be Manjula’s brother who would have kept the newspaper cutting on the table.
He wanted to motivate Manjula that she could also do well in painting despite her physical limitations, the way Rich Belanger did in soccer.
Answer:
Manjula has won first prize in the ‘on-the-spot painting competition’. The newspaper cutting process has implemented a new courage in her and she can able to reveal her artistic talent in the midst of a huge audience and hence win exciting prizes.
Her hard work makes her to gain victory in the painting contest and she was really satisfied with the prize which she got.
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