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Beehive Ch.3 The Little Girl
Beehive Ch.3 The Little Girl
Beehive
Ch.3: The Little Girl
- Katherine Mansfield
Q-1. Meanings :
1. pull off : remove
2. wretched : unhappy
3. on the brink of : about to commit
4. soundly: deeply
5. gravely : seriously
6. laboriously : with much time and effort
7. stuffed: filled
8. wandered : walked around aimlessly
9. hue and cry: angry protest
10. port Authority: the office of the port
11. instant: immediately
12. pacing : moving fast
13. sad little pattern: light & shade pattern making a person feel sad
14. nightmare : a frightening dream
15. whispery : scary
16. still: silent
17. blew out : extinguished
18. stirred : moved slightly
19. sighed : took a deep breath
20. snuggled : moved into a comfortable position
21. nice hardness : positive strictness
Question 2. How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being
who needs her sympathy?
Answer: One day, when her mother and grandmother were at the
hospital, Kezia was left at home with Alice, their cook. At night, she
had a nightmare. Shivering with fear, she called for her grandmother
but saw her father near her bed. He took her in his arms and carefully
tucked her on his bed. He then lay down beside her. Half asleep, she
went close to him, snuggled her head under his arm and held onto his
shirt tightly.
She saw her father go off to sleep before her. She understood that he
had to work so hard every day which made him too tired to behave
like Mr Macdonald. She told his father that he had a big heart.