The Little Girl

The Little Girl
Question 1.
Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Answer:
Kezia was afraid of her father because he used to talk to her harshly. He
was in a habit of finding out her mistakes.
Question 2.
Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
Answer:
Kezia’s family had her grandmother, mother and father.
Question 3.
What was Kezia’s father’s routine?
before going to his office?
after coming back from his office?
on Sundays?
Answer:
He used to kiss Kezia casually before going to his office.
He would ask for the newspaper and tea after coming back from his
office.
On Sundays, he would take rest. He would enjoy sound sleep on the
sofa.
Question 4.
In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her father
better?
Answer:
Kezia’s grandmother sent her to her father’s room to have a nice talk with him.
Besides, she asked her to make a gift of a pin-cushion on her father’s birthday
Question 1.
Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.
How did this happen?
Answer:
Kezia used to be afraid of her father because her father talked to her
harshly. One day her grandmother told her to make a pin-cushion to gift
him on his birthday which was approaching. Kezia took it an opportunity
to please him. So, she stitched cotton cloth three sides and looked for the
things that could be stuffed into the stitched cloth. Soon she found out
many sheets of paper. Actually, they contained her father’s speech for the
Port Authority. She tore them into pieces and stuffed her case.
One day when her father looked for the papers, he did not find them. After
some time, he came to know that Kezia had tom them into pieces to make
a pin-cushion. He got infuriated and beat her with a ruler. Thus, her efforts
to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.
Question 2.
Kezia decides that there are “different kinds of fathers”. What kind of
father was Mr Macdonald, and how was he different from Kezia’s father?
Answer:
In Kezia’s opinion, her father was very harsh. He did not talk to her
affectionately but rather he used to speak to her stringently. So, she
avoided him. She did not want to be in front of him because she was
afraid of him. Moreover, her father never spent time with her.
Macdonald family lived next door to her house. One evening she saw him
playing tag with his children. A baby was on his shoulders and two little
girls were hanging on to his coat pockets. They were laughing. Also, she
saw some boys turn the hose on Macdonald and he tried to catch them
laughing all the time. She found them feel friendly with their father. So,
she wished if her father were like them.
Question 3.
How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her
sympathy?
Answer:
One night Kezia had a nightmare which made her too terrified. She was
crying out of fear. When she woke up, she found her father beside her bed
with a candle in his hand. He asked her what the matter was. When he
came to know about her nightmare, he blew out the candle, bent down
and caught up the child in his arms. He carried her to the big bedroom. He
laid her on the bed and pulled the covers up around her. Apart from this,
he lay down beside her. After some time, still half asleep, she crept close
to him, snuggled her head under his arm and held tightly to his shirt. Now
she felt comfortable. Her father told her to rub her feet against his legs
and get them warm. Now, Kezia realised that her father was not as harsh
as she thought. She realised that her father had to work all day long and
got so tired that he could not play with her. She realised that her father
wanted her to understand his compulsion. At bottom, he was a very good
person.
The wind
Question 1.
What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?
Answer:
The wind breaks the doors of the window, scatters the papers, and throws down
the books on the shelf. It also tears the pages of the books and brings rain.
Question 2.
What does the poet say the wind god winnows?
Answer:
The wind god winnows all the things available at home.
Question 5.
How do we make wind our friend?
Answer:
The poet suggests that we should build strong houses and fix the doors
firmly to make friends with the wind. Moreover, we should be strong
enough to face the difficulties in life.
Question 1.
Who are disturbed by the wind?
Answer:
The wind disturbs only those people who are not determined. The self-
confident people overcome the obstacles put before them by the wind.
The wind does not have the knack to disturb the peace of mind of such
people. The wind blows out weak fires and makes strong fires roar and
flourish.
Question 2.
What does the wind do with the books?
Answer:
The wind tears the pages off and throws them down from the bookshelf.
The potent (powerful) wind scatters the books and sheets of paper on the
floor. It disturbs everything.
Question 3.
Why does the author ask the wind to come swiftly?
Answer:
The author asks the wind to come swiftly so that earthly peace and order
can be retained. The wind damages the shutters of the windows, scatters
the papers, and tears the pages of books. It disturbs everything and
everyone. So, the poet pleads for the welfare of the society.
Toto
question 1.
How does Toto come to grand-father’s private zoo?
Answer:
Grandfather loved animals. One day he saw this attractive monkey with a
Tonga- driver. The monkey was tied to a feeding- trough and seemed out
of place there. Grandfather had great liking for animals. So, he decided to
buy Toto from the Tonga- driver and bought it for five rupees.
Question 2.
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
Answer:
Toto had bright eyes sparkling with mischief, pearly white teeth, quick and
wicked fingers and a gracious tail which served as a third hand. The smile
of Toto was cute and frightened elderly Anglo- Indian ladies. Altogether all
these qualities made him pretty.
Question 3.
Why does grandfather take Toto to Saharanpur and how? Why does the ticket
collector insist on calling Toto a dog?
Answer:
Toto was a mischievous monkey. He kept disturbing all other animals in
grandfather’s private zoo. It seemed that only grandfather could manage him
properly. So, he took Toto to Saharanpur in a bag. The ticket collector called Toto
a dog as the monkey did not qualify the category of human beings.
question 4.
How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does
Toto almost boil himself alive?
Answer:
Toto cunningly tested the temperature with his hand then gradually
stepped into the bath. He stepped first one foot, then the other, until he
was into the water up to his neck. He rubbed himself all over with the
soap. He learned it all from the author. Some day Toto got in a large
kitchen kettle which was on fire to boil. He enjoyed the warm water but
when the water turned out to be hot he jumped up and down. Suddenly
the grandmother arrived at and pulled him out in half-boiled condition.
Question 5.
Why does the author say, “Toto was not the sort of pet we could keep for
long”?
Answer:
Author’s statement about Toto proves itself if we take Toto’s misdeeds
into consideration. Nobody could afford the frequent losses. He disturbed
all other animals too. Obviously, Toto was not the sort of pet we could
keep for long.
Who was Nana? How did Toto tease Nana ? Answer:

Nana was the family donkey. Toto was kept in the stable with Nana, where Toto
Used to tease Nana by fast biting on to her long ears with his sharp little teeth.
Even Nana got fed up with Toto.

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before going to his office?

after coming back from his office?

He used to kiss Kezia casually before going to his office.

Who was Nana? How did Toto tease Nana ? Answer:

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