what makes claude and phillipa happy?
our run away kite
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Explanation:
naway Kite
1. How did the kite look like?
Ans.= The kite was big and covered with lovely red paper with gold tinsel stars pasted all over it.
2. Who was there to play with the children on Big Half Moon?
Ans.= There was nobody to play with the children on the Big Half moon.
3. Why did the children have to make the most of each other?
Ans.= There was none to play with them on the island.
4. What story does Philippa want to tell us?
Ans.= Philippa wants to tell us how their family was reunited on account of the kite.
5. Where did the kite sail away ?
Ans.= The kite sailed away over to the mainland.
6. What was funny to the children?
Ans.= It was funny to the children that people pitied them when they went back to the island.
7. “Once we asked father about it, …” Who are ‘we’ referred here? What did they ask their father?
Ans.= Here ‘we’ refers to the narrator and Claude.
= The narrator and Claude asked their father why they had not any relations like others.
8. Why didn't other children join Philippa and Claude on the island?
Ans.= Philippa and Claude used to quarrel a lot with other children, so they didn't join them on the island.
9. What question did the children ask themselves?
Ans.= The children asked themselves why, like others, they didn't have relations.
10. Who showed Claude how to make kites?
Ans.= A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make kites.
11. What couldn't Philippa and Claude understand?
Ans.= Philippa and Claude couldn't understand why their father said that it was his fault that they didn't have any relations.
12. How does the harbour be like in summer?
Ans.= In summer, the harbour usually is blue and calm, with wind and ripples.
13. When did the children have some hobbies?
Ans.= The children had some hobby in summer.
14. Who sent the letter to the narrator’s father?
Ans.= The narrator’s father received the letter from his sister, the narrator’s Aunt Esther.
15. What did the children do with kites?
Ans.= The children would play Shipwrecked Mariners. During the game, they signaled to each other with kites.
16. What was beautiful about the big kite?
Ans.= The big kite was covered with lovely red paper. With gold tinsel stars pasted and names of the children written on it.
17. Why were the children hurrying to fix the kite?
Ans.= The children were hurrying to fix the kite because they wanted to send it up before the wind fell.
18. How did Philippa damage the kite?
Ans.= The kite was damaged accidentally when Philippa tripped over rocks and her elbow cleared through the kite.
19. What happened after the kite was sent up in the air?
Ans.= After the kite was sent up in the air, it soared very high, but suddenly its cord snapped and it sailed away.
20. Where did Aunt Esther live?
Ans.= Aunt Esther, who was a widow, lived hundred of miles inland.
21. How did Philippa's father react when he read the letter?
Ans.= When Philippa's father finished reading the letter (sent by Aunt Esther), he seemed to be crying.
22. What story did Philippa's father start telling?
Ans.= Philippa's father told the children the story of what had become of their kite. Actually, he started telling the story of his life.
23. How did Philippa's father get separated from his siblings?
Ans.= Philippa's father quarrelled with his brother and went away from home.