NOPANYHI GH

(I
.C.
S.E.&I
.S.
CAf f
il
iat
ed)
2-
C,NandoMulli
ckLane,
Kolkata–700006

NOPANYHI
GH

CLASS-
VI

SUBJECT-ENGLI
SHLI
TERATURE

STUDYMATERI
AL

CHAPTER-HI
SFI
RSTFLI
GHT

DATE-
17-
08-
2021

NAMEOFTHETEACHER-MADHUMI
TAJANA

A.ANSWERTHESEQUESTI
ONS:
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1.Whywast
he 
seagul
l 
afr
aidt
ofl
y?Howdi
dheconquerhi
sfear
?

Ans-They oung seagul l
 wasaf r
aidtoflybecausehef el
tcert
ainthathis
wingswoul dneversuppor thimtofly.Hewasf ri
ghtenedtoseet hesea
aroundhi m.Hewasaf raidthathewoul df all
downi ntothesea.Hehad
noteat enany thi
ngsi ncethepr evi
ousni ght.Hisfamilyhadmov ed
the l
edge tothepl ateau.Theywant edhi mt ocomet her
ebuthedi dnot
daret ofl
y.Hismot herthoughtofawayt ogethi mtof l
y.Shecaughtfish
andst art
edt oeati tinfullvi
ewoft heyoung  seagull
.Onseeinghereat ,
they oung seagull
 becamet err
ibl
yrestl
ess.Hedi vedtogetfoodf r
om his
mot herandf lewout wardanddownwar dintospace.Thenhecompl et
ely
forgotthathehadnotal way sbeenablet ofly.Thi
sishowheconquer ed
hisfear.

2.Howdi
dhe 
seagul
l
 fami
lyhel
pthey
oung 
seagul
l 
over
comehi
sfear
andf
ly?

AnsThe  seagull
 f
ami l
yuseddi f
ferentmet hodst ohelphimt oov ercome
hi
sf earandf l
y.Fir
stofall
, thepar ent
s,brotherandsi sterlefthim all
al
onef ortwenty-f
ourhour s.Thenhi sparent scomear oundcal l
ing
hi
m  shri
ll
y t
ofly.Theyevenr ebukedhimt hati fhecouldnotf ly,hewoul d
star
v etodeath.Maddenedbyhunger ,hedi vedatthef isht hathis
motherbai t
edathi m andflewout wardanddownwar dintospace.Hi s
brot
herandsi sterwereflyingbef orehim sot hathemi ghtgat herthe
couragetof l
y.Themot her seagul l
 moti
vatedt heyoungoneenought o
gethimt olearnfl
ying.Thushi sf amil
yhelpedt heyoung seagull to
overcomehi sfearandf l
y.

Thesi
3.“ ghtofthefoodmaddenedhim.”Whatdoest
hissuggest
?
Whatcompelledtheyoungseagul
ltof
inal
lyf
ly?

Ans:Theseagullwashungr
yfortwenty
-fourhours.Hewasimpatient
anddesperate.Hedi
vedatthefi
shinhismot her
’sbeak.Shefl
ew
upwards.Hiswingsspr
eadoutwardscutti
ngthroughtheair
.Thusbegan
hi
sfli
ght.

4.Howdi
dSeagul
lmakehi
sfi
rstf
li
ght
?

Ans.Ex
cessi
vehungerandtheviewoff oodfrom thedisti
nctplace
madetheyoungseagull
att
emptt ofl
y.Hemov edoutwardsandf el
l
downwardsi
ntospace.Hegotfri
ghtenedthathewi l
lfall
intotheseabut
wassavedbyhiswingsastheyspreadoutaut omati
call
y.

5.Whatisthey oungseagullafraidof?ORWhyt hesimpleactoffly

ing
becomesodi f
ficultfort
heyoungseagul l?
Ans: 
They oungseagul li
safrai
doff l
yingovert
hegreatexpanseofthe
seastret
cheddownbeneat hasi twasmi l
esdown.Hewassur et
hathis
wingswoul dnotsuppor thi
m.So, hebenthisheadandranbacktot he
l
itt
leholeundert heledgewherehesl eptatni
ght.

6.Howmanybr
other
sandsi
ster
sdi
dtheseagul
lhav
e?

Ans:Theseagul
lhadt
wobr
other
sandonesi
ster
.

7.Whatdi
dtheseagul
ldot
odr
awt
heat
tent
ionoft
hemember
sofhi
s
f
ami
ly
?Howf
ardi
dhesucceed?

Ans:Inor dertodrawt heat t

entionofhi sf amil
ymember s,theseagul
l
cl
osedhi sey esandpr etendedt of al
lasleep.Hest eppedsl owlyonthe
bri
nkoft heledge,fir
stst andingononel egwi ththeotherl eghidden
underhiswi ng,heclosedoneey eandt hent heother,pretendingtofal
l
asleep.They oungseagul ldidnotsucceedatal li
nhisat tempttodraw
attenti
onbecausehi sf ami lytooknonot iceofhim.Hesawhi stwo
brothersandhi ssi
sterl yingont hepl ateau,dozingwi t
ht heirheadssunk
i
ntot hei
rnecks.Hi sfat herwasbusyi npr eeni
ngt hefeat hersonhis
whi t
eback.Onl yhismot herwasl ookingathi m.

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