His First Flight (Prose) - standard 10th - English - Minimum Levels of Learning - Easy and simple - Samacheer Kalvi

 

Unit – 1

His First Flight (Prose)

 

I. Answer the following briefly.

1. Why did the seagull fail to fly?
The seagull was afraid to fly.

2. What did the parents do when the young seagull failed to fly?
His parents scolded and threatened to let him starve.

3. What was the first catch of the young seagull’s older brother?
Herring

4. What did the young seagull manage to find in his search for food on the ledge?
The young seagull managed to find dried pieces of mackerel’s tail and eggshell.

5. What did the young bird do to seek the attention of his parents?
The young bird pretended to fall asleep and uttered a low cackle.

6. What made the young seagull go mad?
The young seagull was hungry and the sight of food made the young seagull go mad.

7. Why did the young bird utter a joyful scream?
The young bird saw a piece of fish in the beak of his mother.

8. Did the mother bird offer any food to the young bird?
No

9. How did the bird feel when it started flying for the first time?

At first, monstrous terror seized him.  Later, he uttered a joyful scream.

10. What did the young bird’s family do when he started flying?
His mother swooped past him and father flew over him. His brothers and sister were flying around him.

11. How was the young seagull’s first attempt to fly?
The young seagull was afraid to fly and failed to muster up courage.

12. How did the parents support and encourage the young seagull’s brothers and sister?
The parents helped them in the perfect art of flying. They taught them to skim and surf the waves and dive for fish.

13. Give an instance that shows the pathetic condition of “the young bird”?
The young seagull was afraid to fly and failed to muster up courage. So he stayed in nest without food.
14. How did the bird try to reach its parents without having to fly?
He walked back and forth but he could not reach them without flying. 

15. Do you think that the young seagull’s parents were harsh to him? Why?
No, they trained him to fly.

16. What prompted the young seagull to fly finally?
The sight of food maddened him and he dived at the fish.

17. What happened to the seagull when it landed on the green sea?
His belly touched the water and he was floating on it.

 

II. Paragraph Answer

Describe the struggles underwent by the young seagull to overcome its fear of flying.

The young seagull was alone on the ledge. The seagull was afraid to fly. His parents scolded and threatened to let him starve. The young bird pretended to fall asleep and uttered a low cackle. The young bird saw a piece of fish in the beak of his mother. The sight of food maddened him and he dived at the fish. At first, monstrous terror seized him.  Later, he uttered a joyful scream. His mother swooped past him and father flew over him. His brothers and sister were flying around him.