The young Binya falls in love with a gorgeous blue umbrella owned by a Japanese tourist. She manages to exchange her bear-claw necklace for it and her acquisition enthrals everyone in the village, particularly the old shopkeeper Khatri, who becomes obsessed with owning it. Overcome by envy and longing for the object, Khatri cannot eat or sleep. He offers to buy the umbrella from Binya, but she refuses to sell.
The Blue Umbrella/
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Explanation:
Binya’s Blue Umbrella
Summary
‘Binya’s Blue Umbrella’ is written by Ruskin Bond. It is the story of Binya, a young girl of a village. She had a beautiful blue umbrella which was popular among the villagers. A shopkeeper named Ram Bharosa wanted this umbrella and offered money in return but Binya refuses to sell her umbrella. On road she sat and rest under a pine tree. She slept there along with her open umbrella. Then suddenly the wind bles the umbrella towards the cliff and Binya had to rescue that from the cherry tree in which it got struck. In the process, Binya was stung by the needles of nettle (a plant) but she did not feel any pain because she was happy about saving her beloved umbrella.
Chapter-6 (Literature)
Binya’s Blue Umbrella
Notebook Work
Difficult words
astonished, whiskers, precipice, cascade, landslide, precariously, ravine, thicket
Word meaning
Precipice – a very steep side of a mountain or a cliff
Landslide – a mass of earth that falls down a mountain-slope
Precariously – dangerously
Make sentences
Precipice –You should be drive carefully near precipice.
Landslide –There was a landslide on the way to Shimla.
Precariously –The firefighters saved the people precariously from the house on fire.
Questions and Answers
Que1. How had Binya got the blue umbrella?
Ans1. Binya got the blue umbrella in exchange for her necklace.
Que2. Who was Ram Bharosa? Why would Binya and Bijju visit him?
Ans2. Ram Bharosa was the keeper of the old tea shop on the Tehri Road. Binya and Bijju visit him to buy candies.
Que3. Why was Ram Bharosa astonished?
Ans3. Ram Bharosa was astonished to hear that Binya had traded her necklace for the umbrella.
Que4. What proposal did Ram Bharosa give to Binya? Did Binya accept his proposal?
Ans4. Ram Bharosa proposed to buy Binya’s umbrella for twelve rupees. Binya did not accept his proposal.
Que5. Why did everyone on the road turn their heads to stare at Binya?
Ans5. Everybody on the road turned their heads to stare at Binya because of her blue umbrella.
Que6. What happened when Binya dozed off in the shade of a pine tree?
Ans6. Binya sat down in the shade of a pine tree and the umbrella, still open, lay beside her. While she slept, a wind sprang up and it was joined by other random gusts, rushing over the tops of the mountain. As the wind fanned Binya’s cheeks, the umbrella stirred on the grass. It got into the umbrella and began to drag it over the grass. Suddenly, it lifted the umbrella and carried it about six feet from the sleeping girl.
Que7. Why did Binya have to be careful about not starting a landslide?
Ans7. Loose stones rumbled down the cliff. Once on their way, the stones did not stop until they reached the bottom of the hill; and they took other stones with them, so that there was soon a cascade of stones, and Binya had to be very careful not to start a landslide.
Answer:
it's binya's blue umbrella ☂️☂️