The Little Girl
Class 7th JKBOSE Tulip Series
Summary in English
In the story, there was a little girl named Kezia. She lives with her father, her mother, and her grandmother. Also, she was afraid of his father and tries to avoid him all the time. Moreover, she feels comforted on seeing his father leaving for office.
She was so afraid of her father that she mumbles in front of him as he appeared to her as rude, critical, and harsh. Further, her grandmother sought her to understand her parents better that’s why she would encourage her to go to the drawing-room to chat with her parents. Then again she finds them cold towards her.
So, one fine day her grandmother suggested Kezia prepare a pin cushion for her father’s birthday.
Consequently, Kezia stitches the three sides of the pincushion casing. But after that, she needs to stuff the cushion with something. That’s why she goes to her mother’s room 6 number the bed table, there she finds many sheets of fine paper.
Then she torn the paper into small pieces and filled the pincushion and sew up the forth side. However, she doesn’t that those papers contain her father’s very important speech for the Port Authority. Although she accepted her mistake and tries to explain the reason why she does it.
But her father was too angry to listen to her reason and punished her with a ruler on her palm. However, she failed to understand why she met out to punishment even after she accepted her mistake. Terribly she said, “What did God make father for?”
Most importantly, one evening she saw Mr. McDonalds, playing with her 5 children, laughing and enjoying with them. This event influenced Kezia that all fathers are not similar. She concluded, that some father is caring and loving like Mr. McDonald and some are harsh like her father.
However, her attitude towards her father changed. Someday, her mother needs to be hospitalized and her grandmother goes with her. So, Kezia was alone in the house with the cook. The day went fine but the night was a different issue. In the middle of the night, she woke up of fear screaming and weeping as she had a terrible nightmare. When Kezia opened her eyes she saw her father right next to her. Her father carried her to his bedroom and made her comfortable and warm on his bed. Further, her father told her to rub her feet with his legs and set them warm. She spends the night with him feeling comfortable and safe.
After that, she realized that her father was not a bad person. And he loves and cares for her in his own way. Moreover, he had to work a whole day to provide for his family and was too weary by evening to play with her.
stammer
Glossary
figure: the shape of the human body
yawn: to open the mouth involuntarily when feeling sleepy or bored
casual: not attaching any importance to
spectacles: glasses
instant: exact moment of time
terrifying: causing fear
snoring: breathing noisily while sleeping
stare: look fixedly (usually used with preposition 'at')
stutter: stammer
brink: the extreme edge
giant: (in children's stories and myths) a creature of human shape but of very great size and strength
scraps: small pieces of something usually not wanted
stuff: to fill completely a container with something
sew: to make stitches in clothes, etc. with a needle and thread
hue and cry: a loud noise
pace: to walk with regular steps to and fro, usually because of nervousness
nightmare: frightening dream
once and for all: forever.
snuggle: lie or get close to somebody for warmth or affection.
The Little Girl Class 7th JKBOSE Tulip Series
Working with the Text
Q1. How did the little girl feel when her father went to work each day?
Ans. The little girl felt the glad sense of relief when her father went to work each day.
Q2. “She never stuttered with other people but only with father.” This shows that the little girl was:
a) Foolish b) Nervous c) Funny d) Unnatural
Ans. Nervous
Q3. Why did the little girl start, making the pincushion?
Ans. Little girl, started making pincushion as suggested by her grandmother, to gift it to her
father on his birthday, next week.
The Little Girl Class 7th JKBOSE Tulip Series
Q4. What did the little girl stuff the pincushion with?
Ans. Little girl stuffed the pincushion with tiny pieces, torn out from sheets of fine paper.
Q5. “What did God make fathers for?" Who said these words?
Ans. The child (Kezia-Little Girl), said these words while clinging to her grandmother.
Q6. What was Kezia's nightmare?
Ans. Kezia's, nightmare was about the butcher, who had a knife and a rope with him coming
nearer and nearer to her with a dreadful smile that made her crying in her dream.
The Little Girl Class 7th JKBOSE Tulip Series
Q7. Did the nightmare repeat itself?
Ans. Yes, the nightmare repeated itself whenever she slept.
Q8. What did the little girl's father do when she had the nightmare?
Ans. Whenever the little girl had the nightmare, her father took her in his arms into his bedroom
and laid down beside her.
09. Kezia's father (Choose the right option):
a) Loved his daughter b) Was indifferent to her
Ans. Loved his daughter
The Little Girl Class 7th JKBOSE Tulip Series
Language Work
Fill in the blanks in each of the following sentences with suitable word/s taken from those in the brackets:
1. Lawyer to Mr. Lateef, “I_______ you to pay your taxes by March 31." (advice/advise)
Ans. Lawyer to Mr. Lateef, “I advise you to pay your taxes by March 31."
2.I____________ that we should go shopping. (plan/suggest)
Ans. I suggest that we should go shopping.
3. Sita is not ready. She hasn't_______ her hair yet. (done/made)
Ans. Sita is not ready. She hasn't made her hair yet.
4. It is bad manners to _______ at a person. (stare/ gaze)
Ans. It is bad manners to stare at a person.
5. On a cool summer evening we often _______ at the stars. (gaze/stare)
Ans. On a cool summer evening we often gaze at the stars.
6. The management has decided to _______ all the demands of the striking workers the
one for a pay revision. (accept/except)
Ans. The management has decided to accept all the demands of the striking workers except for
the one for a pay revision.
7. The man who sells was hurt in an accident when his car hit a _______ lorry.
(stationary/stationery)
Ans. The man who sells stationery was hurt in an accident when his car hit a stationary lorry.
8. The world needs a lot more people working for _______ . We want the country to be in one
always. (peace/piece)
Ans. The world needs a lot more people working for peace. We want the country to be in one
piece always.
9. The _______ of this institution is a man of _______ (principle/principal)
Ans. The principal of this institution is a man of principle.
difficult to find a room in this hostel. (quiet/quite)
10. It is _______ difficult to find a _______ room in this hostel. (quiet/quite)
Ans. It is quite difficult to find a quiet room in this hostel.
Grammar Work
A. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with suitable phrasal verbs from those given below. Make necessary changes in the tense of the verb.
Look for look through look after blow out pull off give up
Look at push open hurry up fill with
1. I am filled with admiration for his bravery.
2. Hurry up! It's getting late.
3. She pushed open the door of the drawing-room.
4. "look at the blackboard" The teacher said to the student.
5. He has given up smoking.
6. The little girl was ordered to pull off the boots of her father.
7. Blow out the candle, please.
8. we should look after plants around us.
9. She looked through a window.
10. I am looking for my lost pen.
B. Give the adjective forms of the following adverbs:
Adverbs Adjectives
Laboriously laborious
Soundly sound
Properly proper
Sharply sharp
Finally final
Suddenly sudden
Quickly quick
Slowly slow
Especially especial
