HIS FIRST FLIGHT SUMMARY| CBSE ENGLISH BOOK FIRST FLIGHT

HIS FIRST FLIGHT SUMMARY| CBSE ENGLISH BOOK FIRST FLIGHT, CLASS 10

Prose - 3 (a)

TWO STORIES ABOUT FLYING (Part - 1)

HIS FIRST FLIGHT

                            -By Liam O’ Flaherty

Names of the characters:-

(1) A young seagull 

(2) Mother seagull

(3) Father seagull 

(4) Two brothers seagulls 

(5) One sister seagull

Summary:-

        The story  “His First Flight” by Liam O’ Flaherty is a part of two stories about flying in which the training of a young seagull by his parents has been mentioned. During his training, he is alone on a rock and noticing his two brothers and one sister, flying continuously. He is trying to fly but he is scared of the height for he would fall and die. Each of his brothers and sister is not only flying but also learning to catch the fishes from the sea. All the family members look at him as he is not jumping from the height to learn how to fly. His mother, from a little distance, notices his every attempt. She thinks to motivate him by any means. By the time he was so hungry and restless. He notices that his mother was having a fish and eating a part of it. He is tempted by his mother by eating the fish. Finally, he shouts and asks his mother for food. His mother makes a plan and by keeping the fish in her beak, comes nearer to him, but doesn’t leave the fish. She lures him upto the extent that he doesn’t care of the height and begins to fall downwards. On the air he feels the pressure and starts flapping his wings and starts flying. He continuously flies and starts enjoying it. All the family members, one by one begin to fly over him and greet him. Then he is instructed to come to the sea water. Being so tired and hungry, he can not  fly further above the sea and feels that he can swim in the water. His parents begin to feed him and all the brothers and sister begin to play with him.

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NCERT IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q. 1. Why was this little seabird afraid to fly?

Answer:

The sea bird was afraid to fly because it was his first flight and was afraid of falling and injuring himself. 

Q.2. Do you think that all the little birds are afraid to make their first flight ?

Answer:

Yes, while making the first flight all the birds are afraid of falling and injuring himself.

Q.3 Do you think that a human child also finds it difficult to take the initiative?

Answer:

Yes, it is natural that doing something for the first time is both challenging and daunting even for a human child.

Q.4. “The sight of the food maddened him.”What does this mean? 

Answer:

It means that the little seagull was very hungry. And It was this famine that eventually strengthened him to fly.

Q.5 what forced the little bird to overcome his fear ?

Answer:

His hunger overcame his fear of falling and injuring himself.

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q.1. "They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly." Why did the seagull's parents threaten him and cajole him to fly ? Have you ever had a similar experience?

Answer:

Seagull's parents tried everything but he was reluctant to fly for fear of falling. He looked at his brothers and sisters but he couldn't make any effort. That's why the whole family had left him alone and threatened him and joined him to come but all efforts went in vain.

Yes, everyone experiences these situations at least once in their life. I have had this experience when I started walking for the first time with the help of my parents. While walking suddenly they used to leave my hands to make me walk on myself. Also when I was about to learn cycling, I had had these experiences.

Q.2. In the case of a flying bird, it seems to be a natural reaction, with the bottom line that it must be successful. If you had such experiences, was your success guaranteed, even if it was worth trying, despite the fact that you may have failed?

Answer:

We encounter some problems in the first phase while learning a new skill. For fear of failure, we may hesitate to take action or do something new. In case of the seagull, his parents ordered him to fly. 

I have had this experience when I started walking for the first time with the help of my parents and when I started learning cycling. It is natural when a child learns to walk on his own. And in case of learning cycling, my father arranged for me to learn to ride a bicycle. So, at that stage, I had to learn cycling as it was very important for me to overcome my fears.

Yes, my success was guaranteed because if a person is willing to do something, success is guaranteed. Moreover, as mentioned, practice  makes a person perfect.