The young Seagull of 'His first flight' and the narrator of 'The Black Aeroplane' both overcame a challenging task/ situation , though with the help of a nudge in the right direction. Elucidate.
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Question 1.
The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before. He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings he became afraid. The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath, and it was such a long way down miles down. He felt certain that his wings would never support him; so he bent his head and ran away back to the little hole under the ledge where he slept at night.
(a) Why was the young seagull afraid?
(b) What did the young seagull feel about his wings?
(c) Pick out the word from the passage that means the same as ‘the verge’.
(d) Pick out the word from the passage which means ‘a narrow flat piece of rock that sticks out from a cliff’.
Answer:
(a) The young seagull was afraid of flying over the sea.
(b) The young seagull felt that his wings would never support him.
(c) The word is ‘brink’.
(d) The word is ‘ledge’
Answer:
The answer is as follows.
Explanation:
His first flight :
- In this story the young seagull is afraid to fly.
- he thought that his wings would give away and he will fall in the ocean.
- His parents tried to force him to fly.
- But he was adamant.
- At last the parents tried to starve him.
- So when he saw the piece of food in his mother's beak,his hunger made him forget his fear and he started to fly to get that piece of fish.
- In this condition nudge in the right direction for the seagull is by his parents who forced him to take a flight and his hunger.
The Black Aeroplane :
- In this story the narrator wanted to reach home for his big, english breakfast.
- Even though the sky is black and cloudy he wanted to fly to his home.
- He was adamant on his decision and decided to fly his aeroplane on his own.
- In the middle of flight, he gets surrounded by the black clouds.
- He tries sending some signals but everything was a futile attempt.
- When he lost hope , he saw a aeroplane and the pilot asked him to follow him.
- Then he came out of the clouds and landed on a safe place.
- In this story the nudge in right direction, is by other pilot who helped him to come out of the clouds safely.
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