when does the narrator leave the island? from story 'our runway kite'
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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.