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How did the young seagull and his family celebrate his first flight?
When the young seagull started flying and got over his fear, his family
screamed around him out of joy. They praised him and offered him
scraps of dog-fish out of delight as he made a successful attempt
What did the young seagull do to attract his mother’s attention ?
In order to attract his mother’s attention, the young seagull stood on
one leg and pretended to be falling asleep on the brink of the ledge.
The young seagull was afraid of flying. Why ?
The young seagull was afraid of flying as it was a steep fall to the sea,
the sea expanse was vast and he thought that his wings would not
support him.
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Why was the young seagull afraid to fly?
Whenever the young seagull took a little run forward to the extreme
edge of the ledge and attempted, to flap his wings, he became afraid.
Seeing the vast area of the sea, he thought his wings would never
support him.
How were Seagull’s parents helping his brothers and sister for
“perfecting them in the art of flight”?
The young seagull was afraid of flying, but his two brothers and a sister
had started flying. But his parents were teaching them to be perfect in
the art of flying. They were teaching them how to skim the waves and
how to dive for fish.
‘He felt the heat because he had not. eaten since the previous
nightfall’. What did the young seagull do to satisfy his hunger?
The seagull was feeling hungry because he could not fly and his family
had left him alone for it. To satisfy his hunger, he was forced to eat
whatever he found.
Why- could the young seagull not reach his parents without flying?
He could not reach his parents without flying because on each side of
him the edge ended in a sheer fall in a verticle cliff, with the sea below.
Then, between him and his parents there was a deep and wide crack in
the land.
What was his family doing on the plateau when seagull failed to draw
their attention?
The two brothers and the sister of the young seagull were half asleep
with their heads sunk into their necks. His father was preening the
feathers with his beak on his white back. Only his mother, standing
on a little mound on the plateau, was looking at him.
How did the young seagull start flying?
The young seagull was ‘maddened by hunger” when he dived at the
piece of fish in his mother’s beak. But he fell outwards and downwards
with a loud scream. When his mother swooped upwards, he followed
her and thus he started flying.
When did the seagull’s flight begin? Where did it end?
The seagull’s flight began when he moved to the brink of the ledge. He
dived at the fish, which was in his mother’s beak. His fight ended
when, after being tired of his first flight and being weak, he dropped
himself on the surface of the sea and floated on it.
How did the seagull get over his fear of the water?
After his first flight, the seagull was tired of his strange experience.
He dropped his two legs to stand on the green sea. He screamed
fearfully and attempted to rise again flapping his wings. He
overcame his fear of the water by floating on it.
How did the seagull express his excitement when he saw his mother
bringing food for him?
The young seagull uttered a joyful scream when he saw his mother
picking up a piece of the fish and flying across to him with it. He
leaned out eagerly, tapping the rock with his feet.
Long Answers
Why was the young seagull left alone in the ledge by his family?
The young seagull was afraid to fly. His father and mother wanted
him to go and fly with them. But whenever he had taken a little run
forward to the extreme edge of the ledge and tried to move his wings
he became afraid. He failed to muster up courage to thrust himself
forcibly in the space, and started flying.
His two brothers and his sister had the wings shorter than him but
they started flying. But the young seagull somehow thought that his
wings would notsupport him for it. For this, he was scolded by his
parents, who gave a threat to him and he was left alone in the ledge.
All parental acts are for the betterment of the children. Justify this
statement by taking points from the lesson, ‘The First Flight”.
The young seagull’s family tried every possible method to encourage
him to fly. They cajoled him and even scolded him but to no avail.
Finally, they decided to leave him hungry on the ledge for some time.
Finally, his mother took a bold but seemingly cruel step. She flew
close to the ledge with a scrap of fish in her beak. That made the
young seagull fall from the ledge while trying to get the fish. In fright,
he opened his wings and then found that he was able to fly. Thus, the
purpose was served.
1.Why was he afraid to fly? Choose correct option.
A) he was a coward
B) he was afraid his wings will not support him
C) he was afraid that everyone would judge him
D) both 1 and 2
2. Why did his mother stop midway while giving him the fish? What does this refers to?
A) she was mad at him
B) to push him to fly out of hunger
C) she didn’t want to give him the fish
D) she got tired
3.What urged him to make his first flight?
A) hunger
B) sight of fish
C) courage
D) both 1 and 2
4. What did the seagull pretend was happening to him so that he could take his first flight?
A) he was unconscious
B) he was falling down the cliff
C) he was falling asleep
D) He lost his balance
5. What food did the seagull’s mother get for it?
A) earthworms
B) fish
C) insects
D) rodents
6. Select the correct meaning of BECKONING
A)flying in sky,
B)rise up
C) gesture
D) amphioxus
7. What were his parents teaching his brothers and sisters?
A) to perfect the art of flying
B) to skim the waves
C) to dive for fish
D) all of the above
8. The lesson "His First Flight" is about a ______
A) pilot
B) seagull
C) parrot
D) pigeon
9. Who is the author of "His First Flight"?
A) Liam O’ Flaherty
B) Frederick Forsyth
C) Roal Dahl
D) Paulo Coehlo
10. Why was he afraid to fly?
A) he was a coward
B) he was afraid his wings will not support him
C) he was afraid that everyone would judge him
D) both 1 and 2
