Question

Summary of Two Stories about Flying .

Answer 1

Answer:

I. His First Flight

• Seagull family of 6 members.
• The young seagull afraid of flying.
• Family has concern of his food and fear of flying.
• Cajoling and provoking of him by family.
• Family leaves him alone at the rock.
• He cries because of heat and hunger.
• No one looks at him except the mother.
• Temptation by mother for a piece of fish.
• He pretends to sleep but nobody comes to him.
• Everybody taunts him for his cowardice.
• The young seagull dives to catch a fish to feed himself.
• He tries to spread his wings outwards.
• He begins to fly slowly downwards and upwards.
• He is now no longer afraid of flying and falling down in the sea. He soars with a joyous scream.
• Seagull family comes near to him an encourages him.
• He has made his first flight successful.

II. Black Aeroplane

• Once the writer was in his old Dakota and it was one thirty in the morning, he was flying over France and going to England.
• After informing the Paris Control that he was on his way to England, he turned his plane 12 degree west towards England.
• He was dreaming of taking breakfast with his family. Suddenly he saw stormy black clouds before him.
• Paris was about 150 km away and he had not enough fuel. So he decided to fly through the storm.
• In the middle of the storm, he could not see anything and all his instruments like compass, radio, etc. stopped working.
• Suddenly he saw another aeroplane without lights. Its pilot asked him to follow.
• After half an hour, he came out of the clouds and found a runway. Now he was safe and happy.
• He wanted to thank the pilot who helped him, but no one was there.
• He went to the control room and asked the woman who was on duty about the pilot.
• The woman looked at the writer surprisingly, laughed and told that there was no other plane in the radar. The writer was extremely surprised.

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Answer 2

Two Stories About Flying

Part-I

This is an imaginary story of a young seagull. The time had come when he must learn how to fly. His two brothers and a little sister had learned how to fly by emulating their parents. They had simply run to the brink of the ledge, flapped their wings and flown away. But when the young seagull came to the brink and tried to fly in the air, he became afraid. He felt sure that if he tried to fly, he would fall into the sea below. So he ran back to his hole on the ledge.

The seagull’s parents came to take him along with them. But he refused to fly. They threatened that he would starve on the ledge. But the bird was too afraid to move. Twenty four hours passed. The seagull had not eaten anything. He began to feel very hungry. He saw his mother sitting on a plateau. She was eating a fish. This sight only increased his hunger. He requested his mother to bring him some food. The mother looked at him derisively. But then she picked up a piece of fish and flew towards him.

The mother did not come to him. She halted her wings and became motionless. The seagull wondered why she was not coming near him. He could not bear it any longer. He was maddened by hunger. He dived at fish. He could not reach his mother but fell from the ledge downwards into space. He was filled with fear and Cried. But this fear lasted only a minute. He spread his wings and tried to fly. Suddenly he found that he was flying. He cried with joy and started flying higher and higher. His parents, brothers, and sister flew around him and screamed with joy.

After some time, the seagull’s parents, brothers, and sister landed on the sea. They asked him to come there. The seagull thought that it was green flooring. He dropped his legs to stand on the green sea. His legs sank into it and he cried with fear. But his belly touched the water and he did not drown. He began to float on the sea. His family members praised him and gave him pieces of fish to eat. Thus the seagull had made his first flight.

Part-II

The writer of this story is a pilot. One night he was flying his old Dakota airplane over France. It was a starry night. He was going to England. He hoped to spend his holiday with his family. It was an easy journey and he was in a joyful mood. He looked at his watch. It was one thirty in the morning. Through his wireless, he contacted the Paris control. They told him to turn twelve degrees west. He did as he was advised to do. It was 150 kilometers from Paris.

Suddenly the writer saw huge black clouds before him. It was not possible to fly up and over the clouds. He had not much fuel with him. So it was not possible to fly around the big mountains of clouds to the right or left. He decided to take the risk and flew his airplane straight into the Clouds. As he entered the clouds, everything suddenly went black. He found that his compass had ceased to work. He tried to contact the Paris Control for directions. But he was shocked to find that his radio had also stopped working.

Suddenly, the writer saw a black airplane near him. He could also see the pilot in it. The pilot waved the writer to follow him. He followed the black airplane like an obedient child. Now it was half an hour since the writer had been following the black airplane. He was worried because the fuel in his plane could last only five or ten minutes. But just then the black airplane started to go down and the writer followed it. Suddenly, the writer was out of the clouds. He could see the lights of the runway of the airport. He turned to look at the black airplane. But he could not find it anywhere. The sky was empty. The writer landed his Dakota airplane. He went to the control center and asked a woman there who that other pilot was? The woman looked at the writer strangely. Then she laughed and said that no other planes were flying in such a stormy night. She told him and his plane was the only one that she could see on the radar.