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Comprehension check - III
11. What made Keshav pale and gloomy?
2. Why did Shyama feel that Keshav should be punished?
13. What did Ma mention about bird's eggs?
Answers
11. Keshav was eagerly waiting for the three eggs to hatch into three small chicken but the eggs were broken and were on the floor, which made Keshav pale and gloomy.
13. The egg is the organic vessel containing the zygote in which an embryo develops until it can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.
Answer:
11. Keshav was waiting impatiently for the three eggs to hatch into three young chickens, but the fact that the eggs were cracked and on the ground made him seem pale and gloomy.
12. Shyama reasoned that the eggs may have rolled off since Keshav did not carefully reposition them. He should be penalised as a result.
13. Ma advised against handling bird eggs because if they are tainted, the birds won't hatch them and will drop them on their own.
Explanation:
11. Keshav had tried to cushion the eggs and moved them. His mother told them that once the eggs are touched, they get tainted and the birds do not hatch them. So, they would have broken the eggs.
That is the reason why a yellow slimy liquid oozed out from the eggs when Keshav and Shyama saw it.
13. Eggs laid on land or in nests are usually kept within a warm and favorable temperature range while the embryo grows. When the embryo is adequately developed it hatches, i.e., breaks out of the egg's shell.
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