CLASS-9 CP-3
Std. 9 L- 3 The Little Girl
1.Why was Kezia afraid of her father?
Ans. Kezia was afraid of her father because he was strict. He stared at her and even gave her physical punishment. Instead of the love and affection that Kezia sought from her father, he gave her scoldings which instilled a fear in her mind.Her father’s giant structure also terrified little Kezia.
2. What was Kezia’s father’s routine
(i) before going to his office?
(ii) after coming back from his office?
(iii) on Sundays?
Ans.
i) Before going to office, Kezia’s father would visit Kezia in her room, give her a kiss and then leave for work in his carriage.
ii) After coming back from office in the evening, Kezia’s father would order that tea be brought for him in the drawing room. He would order for his slippers and the newspapers in a loud voice.
iii) On Sunday afternoons, he would stretch out on the sofa, his handkerchief on
his face, his feet on one of the best cushions, and would sleep soundly and snore.
3.In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her father
better?
Ans. Kezia’s grandmother wanted Kezia to have a strong bond of love and affection with her parents. In order to develop that, she encouraged Kezia to go downstairs every Sunday afternoon to spend time with her parents and to get to know them better.
4.Kezia’s efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much.How
did this happen?
Ans. Kezia was at home as she was down with fever. Her grandmother suggested that she make a surprise gift for her father as his birthday was approaching. Kezia and her grandmother planned that Kezia would make a pin cushion for him and her grandmother gave her a piece of yellow – coloured silk fabric for it. Kezia stitched the cushion from three sides and was looking for pieces of torn cloth or paper to stuff into the cushion. As her grandmother was out in the garden, the innocent child reached her
parents’ room. She found a heap of paper lying on the bed table, tore the sheets
of paper into tiny bits and stuffed it into the cushion. Kezia was glad that finally,
the surprise gift was ready but, in fact she had committed a serious mistake of
destroying her father’s speech that he had prepared for the Port Authority.
Kezia’s father was angry with her and wanted to teach her an important lesson,
not to touch anything that did not belong to her. So, he hit Kezia’s palms with a
ruler to teach her a lesson.
5.When and how did Kezia’s feelings for her father undergo a change?
Answer:
Kezia’s feelings of fear for her father underwent a change when her father cameto her rescue when she had a nightmare. He gently carried her to his room,carefully tucked her up and slept beside her. Kezia felt reassured and safe andsnuggled up to him. That is when she realised that her father was not a hard-hearted giant but a large-hearted loving father who got extremely tired by the end of the day.
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