NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive The Little Girl.
THE LITTLE GIRL
NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive The Little Girl.
Q. Answer the following questions one or two sentences:
Q.1. Why was Kazia afraid of her father?
Q.2. Who were the people in Kezia’s family?
Q.3. What was Kezia’s father’s routine?
(1) before going to his office?
(ii) after coming back front Ins office?
(iii) on Sundays?
4. In what ways did Kezia's grandmother encourage her to get to know her father bet
Ans. 1. Kezia was afraid of her father because he used to talk with her arrogantly. He was in a habit to find out her mistakes.
Ans. 2. Kezia's family had her grandmother, mother, and father.
Ans. 3. (i) He used to kiss Kezia casually before going to his office.
(ii) He would ask for the newspaper and tea after coming back from his office.
(iii) On Sundays, he would take rest. He would enjoy the sound sleep of the sofa.
4. Kezia's grandmother asked her to make a gift of a pin-cushion on her father's birthday.
NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive The Little Girl.
Q. Discuss these questions in class with your teacher and then write down answers in two or three paragraphs each.
1. Kezia's efforts to please her father resulted in displeasing him very much. How this happen?
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?
3. How does Kezia begin to see her father as a human being who needs her sympathy?
Ans. On the day when Kezia’s mother and grandmother stay at the hospital and she was alone left at home with her father. She was a nightmare so she was cried loudly and took asleep. When she woke up she found her father caressing her. Then she was seeing her father as a human being.
NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive The Little Girl.
THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE :
Q. I. Look at the following sentence.
There was a glad sense of relief when she heard the noise of the carriage growing faint Here, glad means happy about something. Glad, happy, pleased, delighted, thrilled and overjoyed are synonyms (words or express' that have the same or nearly the same meaning.) However, they express happiness in cent ways.
Read the sentences below :
She was glad when the meeting was over.
The chief guest was pleased to announce the name of the winner.
1. Use an appropriate word from the synonyms given above in the following sent Clues are given in brackets.
(i) She was — by the news of her brother's wedding. (very pleased)-
(ii) I was — to be invited to the party. (extremely pleased and excited about)
(iii) She was — at the birth of the granddaughter. (extremely happy)
(iv) The coach was — with his performance. (satisfied about)
(v) She was very with her results. (happy about something that has hapened)
Ans.
(i) thrilled
(ii) delighted.
(iii) overjoyed
(iv) pleased
(v) happy
NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive The Little Girl.
ADDITIONAL. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
I. SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q.1. Why was the little girl afraid of her father?
Ans. Kezia was a sensitive little girl. She was afraid of her father because of his rude and arrogant behavior. He never interacted with her politely and humbly. He always kept ordering her to do one thing or the other. He used to beat her also. That is why she was afraid of him.
Q. 2. Why did her father intend to punish?
Ans. Kezia's grandmother asked her to give a birthday present to his father. She made a speech but she tore those pages. So her father intended to punish her.
Q. 3. What did Kezia expect of her father?
Ans. Kezia expected that her father should play with her and speak politely. She needed affection and love. She felt segregated from the mainstream of life due to her father's behavior.
Q. 4. How did the Macdonalds make her feel?
Ans. The Macdonalds were Kezia's neighbor. They had five children. They loved all of them. The children were playing with their father. They all were enjoying and laughing. He was a kind and understanding father. She thought that there were different sorts of fathers.
Q. 5. Explain the nightmare that she had.
Ans. She had a nightmare of the butcher with a knife and a rope, who came nearer and nearer, smiling that dreadful smile, while she could not move. She stood still and cried, Grandma!
Q. 6. Which incident changed Kezia's opinion about her father's behavior?
Ans. Kezia had a horrible dream. She got frightened. Her father caught up the child in his arms and lay down beside her. She found that he was harder than the Grandmother, but it was a nice hardness. She thought that he was working hard for the family's comfort. So she changed her opinion about her father.
Q. 7. Kezia made a birthday present for her father but it proved to be a disaster for her. How? Explain.
Ans. Kezia was a sensitive little girl. Her Grandmother suggested to her to present a pin-cushion as a birthday gift for her father. She found nothing suitable in the house which she could use to make a pin-cushion. So she used her father's papers to do so. She tore them into pieces and stuffed the cushion with them. When her father didn't find the papers, she felt very much annoyed. Thus Kezia's birthday present proved a disaster.
NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive The Little Girl.
II. LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Q. 1. What message does the author wish to convey through Kezia's story?
Ans. Kezia's story is very touching. It shows that Kezia misinterprets her parents' attitude and behavior because of her innocence. She thinks that her father does not love her. She concludes that he is rude and arrogant. He punishes her with a ruler. Moreover, he never plays with her and never spends time with her. But in the end of the story he shows his affection and love towards Kezia when .she is in dire need of her father's protection. He makes her feel comfortable and lays beside her so that she may enjoy sound sleep and she may not feel frightened due to a nightmare. The author intends to say that parents can never go against the children. They persistently strive hard for accumulating wealth to provide all the basic necessities to their wards.
Q. 2. "That night there was a hue and cry in the house." Why did her father get agitated?
Ans. One day, when Kezia was kept indoors due to cold, her grandmother suggested she make a pin-cushion for her father. She stitched three sides of the cushion and went to her mother's bedroom to look for scraps with which she could fill the cushion. On the bed-table, she discovered a great many sheets of fine paper, gathered them up, tore them into tiny pieces, and stuffed her case, then sewed up the fourth side.
That night there was a hue and cry in the house because those papers were important. It was a great speech for the Port Authority. So her parents were in search of those sheets. This was the reason that her father got agitated and punished her with a ruler.
Q. 3. How did the Macdonalds family make a difference for Kezia?
Ans. Kezia was a very sensitive child. She got dejected because of her father's indifference. She needed attention and affection. The Macdonalds lived next door. They had five children. Looking through a gap in the fence the little girl saw them playing tag' in the evening. The father with the baby, Mao, on his shoulders, two little girls hanging on to his coat pockets ran ' round and round the flower beds, shaking with laughter. Once she saw the boys turn the hose on him--and he tried to catch them laughing all the time. The incident forced her to think that there were different sorts of fathers.
She compared her life to the lives of those children and found them fortunate who could spend time with their father.
NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Beehive The Little Girl.
Summary: This story is about a little girl named Kezia. In this story, the writer explains the incidents from the life of this little girl. Her father is a dreadful person for her. Kezia stutters in his presence whereas she would never stutter with others. Her mother also did not support her much. It is only her grandmother who looks after her. When her father would come home, Kezia's mother would ask her to go and remove his shoes. The little girl will approach her father and remove his shoes. He was so big and when he would yawn, his open mouth would frighten the little girl.
One day Kezia was not sent to school as she was suffering from cold. Her grandmother asked her to prepare a gift for her father's birthday next week. She suggested Kezia that she should prepare a pin cushion for him as a gift out of some yellow silk. Kezia worked on the plan and prepared a pin cushion. She stitched its three sides. Now the question before her was to find the filling material for her pincushion. She searched in the whole house but her search ended only in the bedroom of her mother. There she found many sheets of fine paper. She gathered the up and tore them into fine pieces, stuffed them in the cushion, and stitched the fourth side also. Now the gift for her father was ready.
But luck was not in favor of Kezia. Unknowingly, she had torn the speech of her father for the Port Authority. The papers were searched and Kezia was also questioned. She told me that she has used them as filling material. When her father came to know. about it, he became furious. He took a ruler and used it as a stick to beat her.
One night her mother fell ill. Her grandmother had to stay with her in the hospital. , Kezia was left with her father in the house. When she was sleeping, she had a nightmare. She cried loudly. When she woke up, she found her father caressing her. He took her to his bed. He asked her to rub her feet against his legs to get them warm. Soon he fell, asleep as he was tired. But Kezia did not sleep. She was thinking about her father. Suddenly she found that he was no longer a dreadful person. She was thinking about how big her father's heart was. Now she started loving her father.