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Lesson - 5
Our Run Away Kite
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| Lucy Maud Montgomery |
The author and the text:
Lucy Moud Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables. She wrote numerous novels, poems and short stories. She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935.
This short story is about a brother and a sister living on an isolated island with their father, who, through a series of incidents, get reunited with their long lost relatives. It is a touching tale that underlines the value of relationships.
Read the following:
Unit 1
Of course(हा बिल्कुल), there was nobody(कोई नहीं) for us to play with on the Big Half Moon. We just had to make the most of each other(एक दूसरे का), and we did.
We live on the Big Half Moon Island. 'We' are Father and Claude and I and Aunt Esther and Mimi and Dick. It used to be(हुआ करता था) only Father and Claude and I . It is all on account of (के कारण) the kite that there are more of us. This is what to tell you about.
Father is the keeper(रखवाले) of the Big Half Moon lighthouse. I am eleven years old. Claude is twelve. In winter, when the harbour(बंदरगाह) is frozen over(जम जाना), we all move over to the mainland. As soon as spring(बसंत) comes, back we sail(नाव से जाना) to our own dear island.
The funny(हसी वाला) part used to be that people always pitied(दया करना) us when the time came for us to return. They said we must(जरूर) be so lonesome(अकेले) over there, with no other children near us. Of course Claude and I would have liked to have someone to play with us. It is hard to run pirate caves and things like that with only two. But we used to quarrel(झागरा करना) a good deal with the mainland children in winter. So it was perhaps(शायद) just as well that there were none of them on the Big Half Moon. Claude and I never quarrelled. To be sure(निश्चिंत होकर), Father didn't seem(लगना) to have any relations except(को छोरकर) us. This used to puzzle(उलझन मे डालना) Claude and me. Everybody on the mainland had relations. Why hadn't we? Was it because we lived on an island? We thought it would be so jolly(खुश) to have an uncle and aunt and some cousins(चचेरा ममेरा भाई). Once(एक बार) we asked Father about it, but he looked so sorrowful(दुखी) that we wished(मान लिया) we hadn't. He said it was all his fault(गलती). Claude and I didn't understand what he meant(मतलब).
Word nest:
lighthouse : a tower containing a strong beam of light to guide and warn ships near the coast.
Hindi Translation:
बेशक, बिग हाफ मून पर हमारे साथ खेलने के लिए कोई नहीं था। हमें बस एक-दूसरे का अधिकतम लाभ उठाना था और हमने ऐसा किया।
हम बिग हाफ मून द्वीप पर रहते हैं। 'हम' पिता और क्लाउड और मैं और चाची एस्तेर और मिमी और डिक हैं। यह केवल पिता और क्लाउड और मैं हुआ करते थे। यह सब पतंग के कारण ही है कि हममें से अधिक लोग हैं। आपको इसी बारे में बताना है.
पिता बिग हाफ मून लाइटहाउस के रक्षक हैं। मैं ग्यारह वर्ष का हूँ। क्लाउड बारह है. सर्दियों में, जब बंदरगाह जम जाता है, तो हम सभी मुख्य भूमि की ओर चले जाते हैं। जैसे ही वसंत आता है, हम वापस अपने प्रिय द्वीप की ओर प्रस्थान करते हैं।
मज़ेदार बात यह थी कि जब हमारे लौटने का समय आता था तो लोग हमेशा हम पर दया करते थे। उन्होंने कहा कि हमें वहां बहुत अकेले रहना होगा, हमारे आसपास कोई और बच्चा नहीं होगा। निःसंदेह क्लॉड और मुझे अच्छा लगता कि कोई हमारे साथ खेलता। केवल दो के साथ समुद्री डाकू गुफाओं और इस तरह की चीजों को चलाना कठिन है। लेकिन हम सर्दियों में मुख्य भूमि के बच्चों के साथ खूब झगड़ते थे। तो यह शायद उतना ही अच्छा था कि बिग हाफ मून पर उनमें से कोई भी नहीं था। क्लाउड और मेरे बीच कभी झगड़ा नहीं हुआ। सच तो यह है कि पापा का हमारे अलावा कोई रिश्ता नहीं लगता था. इससे क्लॉड और मुझे हैरानी होती थी। मुख्य भूमि पर हर किसी के बीच संबंध थे। हमने ऐसा क्यों नहीं किया? क्या ऐसा इसलिए था क्योंकि हम एक द्वीप पर रहते थे? हमने सोचा कि चाचा-चाची और कुछ चचेरे भाई-बहनों का होना कितना आनंददायक होगा। एक बार हमने पिताजी से इसके बारे में पूछा, लेकिन वह इतने दुखी लग रहे थे कि हमने सोचा कि काश, हम ऐसा न करते। उन्होंने कहा कि यह सब उनकी गलती थी। क्लॉड और मुझे समझ नहीं आया कि उसका क्या मतलब है।
Sea Also:
➡➡➡ Father's Help➡➡➡ Fable➡➡➡ Our Runaway Kite➡➡➡ Sea Fever➡➡➡ The Cat➡➡➡ The Snail
Read the following:
Unit 2
It is always lovely(प्यारा) on the Big Half Moon in summer. When it is fine, the harbor is blue and calm(शांत), with little wind and ripples(लहरे). Every summer, we had some hobby(हुनर). The last summer before Dick and Mimi came, we were crazy about kites. A boy on the mainland showed(दिखाया) Claude how to make them. Back on the island we made plenty(अनेकों) of kites. Cloude would go around to the other side(दूसरे ओर) of the island, and we would play shipwrecked mariners(नाविक) signaling to each other with kites.
We had a kite that was big and covered with lovely red paper. We pasted(चिपकाना) gold tinsel(चमकीले) stars all over it and had written our names full on it - Claude Leete and Philippa Leete, Big Half Moon lighthouse.
One day there was a grand(बहुत अच्छा) wind for kite-flying. I'm not sure how it happened(हुआ), but as I was bringing the kite from the house. I tripped(फस गई) and fell over(गिर गई) the rocks. My elbow went clear through the kite, making a big hole.
We had to hurry(जल्दी) to fix(ठीक) the kite if we wanted to send it up before the wind fell. We rushed(दौर कर) into the lighthouse to get some paper. We knew there was no more red paper. We took the first thing that came handy(हाथ मे) - an old letter lying(परा हुआ) on the bookcase in the sitting room. We patched the kite up with the letter, a sheet on each side and dried it by the fire. We started out, and and up went the kite like a bird. The wind was glorious(बहुत शानदार) and it soared(आगे बढ़ गया). All at once - snap! And there was Claude, standing with a bit of cord(धागा) in his hand, looking foolish. Our kite had sailed away over to the mainland.
Word nest:
tinsel: strips of shiny material used for decoration.
Hindi Translation:
गर्मियों में बिग हाफ मून पर यह हमेशा सुंदर होता है। जब यह ठीक होता है, तो बंदरगाह नीला और शांत होता है, जिसमें थोड़ी हवा और लहरें होती हैं। हर गर्मियों में हमें कोई न कोई शौक होता था। पिछली गर्मियों में डिक और मिमी के आने से पहले, हम पतंगों के दीवाने थे। मुख्य भूमि पर एक लड़के ने क्लाउड को दिखाया कि इन्हें कैसे बनाया जाता है। द्वीप पर वापस आकर हमने खूब पतंगें बनाईं। क्लाउड द्वीप के दूसरी ओर घूमेगा और हम जहाज़ के बर्बाद हुए नाविकों के साथ पतंगों से एक-दूसरे को संकेत करते हुए खेलेंगे।
हमारे पास एक पतंग थी जो बड़ी थी और सुंदर लाल कागज से ढकी हुई थी। हमने इसके चारों ओर सोने के चमकते तारे चिपका दिए थे और उस पर अपना पूरा नाम लिख दिया था - क्लाउड लीटे और फिलिपा लीटे, बिग हाफ मून लाइटहाउस।
एक दिन पतंगबाजी का बड़ा जोर था। मुझे यकीन नहीं है कि यह कैसे हुआ, लेकिन मैं घर से पतंग लेकर आ रहा था। मैं फिसल गया और चट्टानों पर गिर गया। मेरी कोहनी पतंग के आर-पार चली गई, जिससे एक बड़ा छेद हो गया।
अगर हम पतंग को हवा गिरने से पहले ऊपर भेजना चाहते थे तो हमें उसे ठीक करने के लिए जल्दी करनी होगी। हम कुछ कागज़ लेने के लिए प्रकाशस्तंभ में पहुंचे। हम जानते थे कि अब कोई लाल कागज़ नहीं है। हमने सबसे पहली चीज़ जो काम आई - बैठक कक्ष में किताबों की अलमारी पर पड़ा एक पुराना पत्र लिया। हमने पतंग पर पत्र, दोनों तरफ एक शीट लगाई और उसे आग के पास सुखाया। हमने शुरुआत की, और ऊपर तक एक पक्षी की तरह पतंग उड़ाई। हवा बहुत तेज थी और वह ऊंची उड़ान भर रही थी। एक ही बार में - स्नैप! और वहाँ क्लाउड हाथ में रस्सी का एक टुकड़ा लेकर खड़ा था, जो मूर्ख लग रहा था। हमारी पतंग मुख्य भूमि की ओर बढ़ चुकी थी।
Read the following:
Unit 3
A month later a letter came for Father. After he finished reading it, his eyes looked as if(ऐसा मानो) he had been crying. "Do you want to know what became of your kite?" he said. Then he sat down beside us and told us the whole(सम्पूर्ण) story.
Father had a brother and a sister. He had quarrelled with his brother and left(छोर दिया) home. Years afterward(बाद), he felt sorry and when he went back, he found his brother had died and he couldn't find his sister.
The letter father had just received(पाया) was from his sister, Aunt Esther, mother of Dock and Mimi were out in the woods, they discovered(खोजा) the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home. When their mother saw the kite patched with the letter, she turned pale(पीला पर जाना). It was the very letter she had once written to her brother. Philippa was her mother's name and Claude was her father's. She knew who we must be. So, she sat down and wrote to Big Half Moon and Father received her letter.
Next day, Father went and brought Aunt Esther and Dick and Mimi with him. They have been here ever since. Aunt Esther is a dear and Dick and Mimi are too jolly(खुश हाल) for words.
But the best of it all is that we have relations now!
Word nest
jolly : happy and cheerful
Hindi Translation:
एक महीने बाद पिताजी के लिए एक पत्र आया। इसे पढ़ने के बाद उसकी आँखें ऐसी लग रही थीं मानो वह रो रहा हो। "क्या आप जानना चाहते हैं कि आपकी पतंग का क्या हुआ?" उसने कहा। फिर वह हमारे पास बैठ गया और हमें पूरी कहानी बताई।
पिता जी के एक भाई और एक बहन थे. वह अपने भाई से झगड़ा कर घर से चला गया था। वर्षों बाद, उसे खेद हुआ और जब वह वापस गया, तो उसने पाया कि उसके भाई की मृत्यु हो गई थी और वह अपनी बहन को नहीं पा सका।
पिता को अभी जो पत्र मिला था वह उनकी बहन, आंटी एस्तेर, डॉक और मिमी की मां से था, जो जंगल में थे, उन्होंने एक पेड़ के शीर्ष पर पतंग देखी और उसे घर ले गए। जब उनकी माँ ने पतंग पर चिट्ठी लगी देखी तो उनका चेहरा पीला पड़ गया। यह वही पत्र था जो उसने एक बार अपने भाई को लिखा था। फ़िलिपा उसकी माँ का नाम था और क्लाउड उसके पिता का था। वह जानती थी कि हमें कौन होना चाहिए। इसलिए, वह बैठ गई और बिग हाफ मून को लिखा और पिता को उसका पत्र मिला।
अगले दिन, पिता गए और आंटी एस्तेर और डिक और मिमी को अपने साथ ले आए। तब से वे यहीं हैं. आंटी एस्तेर बहुत प्यारी हैं और डिक तथा मिमी बहुत खुशमिजाज़ हैं जिनके बारे में कुछ भी नहीं कहा जा सकता।
लेकिन इन सबमें सबसे अच्छी बात यह है कि अब हमारे बीच संबंध हैं!
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Comprehension Exercise
(Unit - 01)
1. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) The keeper of the Big Half Moon Lighthouse is –
(i) Aunt Easter(ii) Father ✔(iii) Claude(iv) Dick
(b) The family moved over to the mainland in –
(i) Summer(ii) Spring(iii) Monsoon(iv) Winter ✔
(c) When asked about relations, Father looked –
(i) happy(ii) angry(iii) sorrowful ✔(iv) irritated
2. Fill in the chart with information from the text.
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(a) Name of
the island |
Big Half
Moon |
|
(b) Age of
Claude |
Twelve |
|
(c) The game
played by Claude and the narrator |
To run pirate caves and things like that. |
3. State whether the following statements are True or False. Provide sentences/ phrase/ words in support of your answer.
(a) People felt that Claude and the narrator were lonesome in the island. True
Supporting Statement: “They said, we must be so lonesome over there, with no children near us.”
(b) Claude and the narrator quarreled. False
Supporting Statement: “Claude and I never quarreled”
(c) Nobody on the mainland had relations. False
Supporting statement: “Everybody in the mainland had relations.”
Comprehension Exercise
(Unit - 02)
4. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) In Summer the Big Half Moon is always –
(i) lovely ✔(ii) unpleasant(iii) boring(iv) dull
(b) Back on the island, Claude and the narrator made plenty of –
(i) puppets(ii) masks(iii) kites ✔(iv) envelops
(c) The kite was patched with a/an –
(i) newspaper(ii) letter ✔(iii) envelop(iv) card
5. Complete the following sentences with information from the text.
(a) A boy on the mainland showed Claude how to make kites
(b) On the kite Claude and the narrator pasted gold tinsel stars all over it and had written their names full on it
(c) Claude was standing with a bit of cord in his hand, looking foolish
6. Fill in the chart with information from the text.
|
Statement |
Reason |
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(a) The
narrator’s elbow went through the kite. |
He
tripped and fell over the rocks.
|
|
(b)
Claude and the narrator hurried to fix the kite. |
They
wanted to send the kite up before the wind fell. |
|
(c)
The kite soared. |
The
wind was glorious. |
Comprehension Exercise
(Unit - 03)
7. Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) A letter came for father after a –
(i) Day(ii) Week(iii) Fortnight(iv) Month ✔
(b) Father left home after quarreling with his –
(i) Brother ✔(ii) Sister(iii) Aunt(iv) Uncle
(c) Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a –
(a) roof(ii) tree ✔(iii) lighthouse(iv) light post
8. Fill in the chart with information from the text.
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(a) Person who sent the letter |
Aunt Esther
|
|
(b) Name of Aunt Esther’s mother |
Phillippa
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(c) Total number of family members in the narrator’s family |
six
|
9. Answer the following questions:
(a) What did father find when he went back home years afterwards?
Ans:- Years afterwards when father went home he found his brother had died and his sister was missing.
(b) Where did Aunt Esther live?
Ans:- Aunt Esther lived hundreds of miles inland.
(c) Why did Aunt Esther turn pale?
Ans:- When Aunt Esther saw the kite patched with the particular letter that she had once written to her brother, she turned pale.
Grammar in Use
10. Change the following sentences into questions, as directed:
(a) Shankha lives in Alipurduar. (Information question using ‘where’)
Ans:- Where does Shankha live?
(b) They have gone to a picnic. (Interrogative sentence using ‘where’)
Ans:- Where have they gone?
(c) I went to a school yesterday. (Simple question using ‘did’)
Ans:- Did you go to school yesterday?
(d) Tia studies in class X. (Information question using ‘which’)
Ans:- Which class does Tia study in?
Writing Activities
11. Suppose your bicycle had a sudden tyre puncture on your way to school. You have taken the cycle to a repair shop. Write an imaginary dialogue (within 100 words) between the shopkeeper and you.
Ans:-
Answer:
I : Hello Rajuda ! Good Morning.Raju : Good Morning. How are you? How is your brother? He came to my shop the other day to repair a puncture.I : I am fine and my brother too. Today I have got a tyre puncture.Raju : Oh really ! How did it happen?I : I was going to school, suddenly I found that my cycle’s tyre got punctured. Please repair the puncture quickly or i will be late for the school.Raju : Ok. Just give me 5 minutes. I will repair that in time.I : Ok. How much do I have to pay?Raju : 10 rupees.I: Ok. Please repair. I will pay that.
12. Write a story (within 100 words) using the given hints. Give a title to the story.
(Hints: Crow sitting on a tree –piece of meat in its beak –fox passing under the tree –wants the meat –asks the crow to sing –crow keeps meat under its feet and sings –fooled, fox leaves)
Ans:-
A clever crow and fox
After flying in the sky for a long time, a crow was very tired and was looking for rest. Suddenly he saw a big tree and sat down on a high branch of it.
Meanwhile, the crow was hungry and brought a piece of meat from the butcher's shop. He held the piece of meat to his lips to satisfy his hunger. Just then a fox arrived. He looked at the tree, saw the crow with the piece of meat in his mouth and wanted to get it (the piece of meat).
The cunning fox began to admire the sweetness of the crow's song and asked him to sing so that the piece of meat would fall down. The crow was no less intelligent. Guessing the intention and the outcome, the crow sang but held the piece of meat firmly under his feet.
