First Flight Chapter 3 Two Stories About Flying

1. The young seagull's two brothers and sister had already flown away the day before.
2. The young seagull had become afraid. When he attempted to fly, he was frightened by The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath.
3. The word that means sure is 'certain'.
4. When he was assured about his incapability to fly for so long, he bent his head and ran away back to the little hole under the ledge where he slept at night.

1. The young seagull is 'he' in the passage.
2. His siblings were different from him because their wings were far shorter than his own wings.
3. He failed to muster up courage to take the plunge because he did not want to risk his life.
4. His parents scolded him and threatened him that they would leave him starving on his ledge unless he flew away himself.

1. He watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister.
2. His parents taught his siblings to perfect the art of flight. They also taught them the ways to skim the waves and dive for fish.
3. the word in the tyext that means 'surround' is 'circled'.

1. The young seagull cries,  “Ga, ga, ga,”. He cries for begging his mother to bring him some food.
2. He uttered a joyful scream when he saw his mother bringing a piece of fish for him.
3. The word in the text that means 'ridiculously' is 'derisively'.

The young seagull was alone on his ledge because his two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before.

The young seagull was afraid of flying. 

The young seagull was afraid of flying because as soon as he attempted to fly he was frightened by the great expanse of the sea. He thought that his wings would not support him and eventually he would drown.

His siblings have wings which were far shorter than the seagull's wings.

The young seagull failed to gather up his courage to follow his siblings as he found it very dangerous.

They shouted on him, scolded him and threatened him that they would leave him starving on his ledge unless he flew away.

The young seagull watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He also saw his parents encircling and praising his older brother who caught his first herring. Throughout the morning the whole family taunted him with his cowardice.

The young seagull wanted attention of his parents. He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and stood on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing. He pretended to be falling asleep so that they take notice of him.

He cried, “Ga, ga, ga,”  for begging his mother to bring him some food as he was dying of hunger.

The young seagull utter a joyful scream when he saw his mother coming towards him with a piece of fish. He did so as he was very hungry.

The young seagull leaned out eagerly, tapping the rock with his feet, trying to get nearer to his mother as she flew across so that he could take the food in his mouth.

The seagull waited a moment in surprise, wondering why his mother did not come nearer. Then, maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish. Before he could realize, with a loud scream he fell outwards and downwards into space.

The mother played trick to get the fear of flying out of his son. She knew that her son was very hungry and would do anyrthing to get the piece of fish in his mouth. She enticed him and he made the dive unconsciously maddened by hunger. 

The young seagull fell outwards and downwards into space unconsciously maddened by his hunger for food. Then, a monstrous terror seized him and his heart stood still. He could hear nothing. But, soon he felt his wings spread outwards. The wind rushed against his breast feathers, then under his stomach, and against his wings. He could feel the tips of his wings cutting through the air. He was not falling headlong now. He was soaring gradually downwards and outwards. He was no longer afraid. He just felt a bit dizzy.

He flapped his wings once and soared upwards. He was so happy that he sang “Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga'. His whole family surrounded him praising his first flight. 

1. The young seagull's mother was standing on a little high hump on the plateau.
2. The young seagull was maddened at the sight of the food.
3. The young seagull's mother tore at a piece of fish that lay at her feet and then scrapped each side of her beak on the rock. She knew that her son was hungry. She intentionally did so to provoke her son so that he attempts to fly.
4. The word in the text that means 'sharpen' is 'whet'.

1. The young seagull cried, “Ga, ga, ga,”. He begged his mother to bring him some food.
2. The mother responded, “Gaw-col-ah,”.
3. The young seagull uttered a joyful scream when he saw that his mother was flying towards him with a piece of fish. He uttered a joyful scream because he was maddened with hunger and he was very happy to see his mother coming with food.
4. The word in the text that means 'wistfully' is 'plaintively'.

1. 'Him' refers to the young seagull in these lines.
2. The young seagull's mother halted when she was opposite to him.
3. When his mother halted and didn't pass him the piece of fish, he dived at the fish as he was maddened by hunger.
4. The young seagull dived at the fish unconsciously. As soon as he made a dive, he fell outwards and downwards into space.

The young seagull was afraid to fly because he thought that his wings wouldn't support him. No, all birds aren't afraid to make their first flight. In the story, the young seagull's little sister wasn't afraid of flying. We can say that some birds are more timid than others. It can be said that human babies find it challenging to take their first steps but its very rare that they are afraid of it.

The young seagull had been hungry since last day. He made gestures to be noticed by his parents but nobody cared except his mother. He saw his mother tearing a piece of fish with her beak. He got maddened by the sight of food. Actually, his mother was enticing him. She thought that her son would make an attempt to fly to snatch the food from her mouth. But, contrary to this, the young seagull started begging his mother to bring him some food. His mother took the advantage of the situation. She took a fish and started flying across the sea towards her son. She could see her son screaming with joy. As soon as she reached near him, she stopped and didn't pass on the food to him. Her son stood surprised for a moment but he made the dive unconsciously to have the piece of fish.
The young seagull was so hungry that he could not resist the temptation of the food. His hunger for food compelled the young seagull to finally fly.

The young seagulls parents threatened and cajoled him to fly because they wanted him to become self dependent. They knew that he would never be able to do anything if didn't learn to fly. He would become completely dependent upon others for basic necessities of life.

For self attempt.

For self attempt.

The narrator was a pilot.

The narrator was flying his old Dakota aeroplane over France back to England.

Yes, the narrator was happy to go back to England. His family lived in England he was dreaming of spending time with his family.

The narrator switched on the radio to call Paris control. He informed the station that he was on his way to England.

The voice from the radio confirmed that it could hear his voice. It instructed him to turn twelve degrees west then.

The narrator thought that he would reach at the time for breakfast. He was expecting to have a good big English breakfast. He thought that everything was going well and it was an easy flight.

The narrator saw the clouds when he was one hundred and fifty kilometres ahead of Paris.

They were huge storms. They looked like black mountains standing in front of me across the sky.

The narrator think that he should go back to Paris because he was certain that he could not fly up and over the dark storm clouds. Moreover, he did not have enough fuel to fly around those clouds to the north or south.

The author took the risk of flying over the storm clouds because he was lured by the thought of enjoying breakfast with his family in England.

As soon as the narrator went inside the clouds, everything appeared black to him. It was impossible to see anything outside the aeroplane. He couldn’t believe his eyes. The compass was turning round and round. It seemed that it stopped working. The other instruments also stopped working. Soon, the narrator realized that he was lost in the storm as he had no radio or compass. 

The pilot became very hopeless about his ending up the flight safely. Suddenly, he saw another aeroplane which had no lights on its wings. It came as a ray of hope to him. But, the narrator could see it flying next to him. He could see the pilot waving his hand to him. The pilot of the aeroplane asked the narrator to follow him. He turned his aeroplaned in front of the narrator's plane so that it would become easier for the narrator to follow him.

The narrator followed the strange aeroplane for half an hour.

The narrator started feeling frightened again because he noticed that there was only enough fuel in the old Dakota’s last tank to fly for five or ten minutes more. He had been following the strange aeroplane since last half an hour and he had no idea that how much time it would take to get out of the clouds.

The narrator found that the pilot was going down. Soon, the narrator came out of the clouds. He saw two long straight lines of lights in front of him. He understood that it was a runway. He was thrilled to see an airport. He was safe now.

No, the narator could not see his saviour. The narrator couldn't see any aeroplane in the sky after he landed. He wanted to thank the friend who saved him.  

The narrator went inside the control centre to convey his thanks to the pilot who saved him. The woman there informed him that there was no other aeroplane flying that stormy night. She could see only his aeroplane on the radar.

The narrator was baffled at the thought of not being able to know the identity of the person who helped him to arrive the airport safely without a compass or a radio or fuel in his tanks. He wanted to know about the pilot on the strange black aeroplane who was flying in the storm without lights. He found it hard to believe that there was no pilot other than him who was flying in that dark stormy night.

The narrator is flying to England from France. He is longing to spend some time with his family. He is quite hopeful that he would reach home at the time of breakfast. The narrator sees the dark stormy clouds when he is one hundred and fifty kilometres ahead of Paris. Initially, he thinks about returning back to Paris as he is certain that he does not have enough fuel. But, his longing to have breakfast with his family compels him to take the risk of flying through the stormy clouds to England. 

The narrator had a terrible experience flying that old plane. Moreover, he couldn't settle himself after the scary flight. He was much relieved after the plane landed. Hence, he said that he was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota.  

When the narrator asked about the another pilot who was flying through the clouds, the woman at the control centre got surprised and looked at him strangely because she could only saw his plane on the radar. No other plane was flying that stormy night.

1. The ‘black’ in this sentence means that the face and hands are dark with dust
2. It indicates a look of anger.
3. It refers to the most cruel crime against humanity.
4. It refers to the comedy filled with horror.
5. It refers to the selling of goods at a unofficial prices.
6. It shows the excessive beating by the villagers.