STD 7 English Unit 05 Light and Shade: The Lonely Child and the Puppy, The Boy and the Balloon - Questions and Answers | Activities
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Unit 05 Light and Shade: The Lonely Child and the Puppy, The Boy and the Balloon
Light and Shade - Questions and Answers & Activities
The Lonely Child and the Puppy
Look at the boy in the picture (Page: 138)
• Don’t you think that the boy looks lonely? Why?
Answer: Yes, because he looks sad
• Have you ever felt lonely?
Answer: Yes, I have.
• What do you do when you are left alone?
Answer: I used to play games.
Activity
Let's assess the presentations.
We have watched the presentation of 'The Lonely Child and the Puppy' by different groups.
Now, let's evaluate their performance. You can use the following table. You may give scores (out of 5) for each of the following features. Find out the
winners.
The Lonely Child and A Puppy" is the story of a boy who feels very lonely and sad. Simply it's a presentation in which a group of 7 people have to play it. The character includes 3 narrators who describe the story, 2 passers, a lonely child and his mother. In this story, there is a boy living in a big city with his mother and father. He feels very lonely because he had no joy and fun. He search for a very long time for a good friend but he failed. One day when he was coming from school, he saw a cute puppy near the street. He went near to the puppy and caressed it. He feels that puppy is lonely too. Nearby him there were two passers talking that puppy is alone, there is no one in his family. When the boy heard then he gave some biscuits to puppy and after that he went to his home but the puppy followed him until he reached his home. His mother stops him and asked where did you get this dirty puppy? The boy insist his mother to keep it as his pet but his mother deny to keep it. Then, the boy becomes sad but the boy will get a friend one day, a friend for him to love and play.
Think and respond.
1. The boy loved the puppy very much. Cite instances from the script.
Answer:
He went near the puppy and caressed it.
He gave the puppy some biscuits.
Puppy, my biscuits are over. Don't worry. I'll give you more, tomorrow.
Mom, I love this Puppy very much. and I want to keep it as my pet.
2. The boy was extremely sad when he had to leave the puppy forever. He expressed his feelings in his diary that night. What would he write?
Answer:
How happy I was when the puppy was with me. I was very happy when I got that puppy. It looked very cute. I loved it very much and it loved me too. I never expected such a reaction from my mother. She didn't allow me to enter the home with that puppy. She asked me to throw it away and called it a street dog. Poor puppy!
The Boy and the Balloon
1. 'The boy loves animals.' Pick out an instance from the passage to support the statement.
Answer: The boy loves animals. When he saw a dog on the pavement, he petted it.
2. How do you show your love for your pets?
Answer: By playing with them, caring for them, pampering them, giving them good food etc.
3. Why does the boy make sure that nobody was around before climbing up the lamppost?
Answer: If somebody sees him he should be beaten or scolded by them.
4. Why doesn’t the conductor allow the boy to get into the bus?
Answer: The Conductor saw the boy holding a balloon in his hands. So he didn't allow him to get into the bus.
5. Comment on the attitude of the conductor.
Answer: The Conductor was a rude person.
6. The boy has to walk all the way to school because he is not ready to leave the balloon. What do you think is the reason for the boy’s hesitation to leave the balloon?
Answer: The boy loved the balloon very much. He enjoyed its company and wanted to keep it with him.
7. Is the sweeper friendly with the boy? Pick out the sentence to support your answer.
Answer: Yes, the sweeper is friendly with the boy. The sweeper obligingly takes the balloon and holds it.
8. What may have the teacher jotted down in his notebook?
Answer: He may be jotted down that the boy is late
9. Do you think the boy will be punished by the teacher?
Answer: Yes. I think he will scold the boy.
10. '….the boy moves out of the shade of the umbrella and holds the balloon under it.' Why does the boy do so? Comment on his attitude towards the balloon.
Answer: The boy considered the balloon as his friend. He did not want the balloon to get wet. It shows his love and cares for the balloon.
11. How do the people in the street help the boy to protect the balloon from the rain?
Answer: The people in the street allowed the boy to hold the balloon under their umbrellas.
12. Why do you think the last soldier looks at the boy amused?
Answer: He is amused to see a boy with a balloon running along the street in the rain.
13. The boy's mother shakes her head in disapproval. Why?
Answer: She wants her son to concentrate in his studies. She doesn't allow him to waste his time by playing with a balloon.
14. Why does the boy's mother throw the balloon out?
Answer: The ballon which he carried out from the streets is dirty. So the boy's mother throws the balloon out.
15. Why does the balloon hover around the window?
Answer: The balloon did not want to leave the boy. That's why it hovered around the window.
16. The boy says something to the balloon. Do you talk to your toys? Share your experience.
Answer: Yes. I also have a teddy bear and I always talk to it. I always share my feelings and secrets.
17. Why does the boy leave the balloon and start walking along the pavement?
Answer: Because it starts disobeying him.
18. Do you think the dog will attack the boy?
Answer: No I don't think that the dog will attack the boy as it was only trying to catch the balloon.
Activity
1. Let's reflect.
a. Now, you are familiar with the characters in the screenplay ‘The Boy and
the Balloon.’ Among these characters, who do you like the most? Why?
Answer: I like the boy the most because he is very loving and caring. He didn't mind getting himself wet for his dear friend, the red balloon.
b. The balloon shows certain human characteristics in some of the scenes. Find them out.
Answer: When the boy's mother throws the balloon out, it hovers around the window without going away. When the boy calls it, the balloon comes down and playfully evades him. When the dog tries to catch it, the balloon cleverly escapes.
c. What do you think about the attitude of the boy's mother towards the
balloon?
Answer: The mother doesn't like the balloon at all. She throws the balloon out through the window.
d. You may have noticed that while going to school and on returning home, the boy feels lonely. What may be the reason for this?
Answer: The boy feels lonely while going to school and on returning home because he doesn't have any true friends.
e. Do you go to school alone? Compare your experience with that of the boy.
Answer: No, I don't go to school alone. I have many friends. We go to school together and have fun chatting and joking. So my experience is entirely different from that of the boy.
f. Suggest suitable titles for each scene of the screenplay.
Answer:
• Seen 1st - How boy got the balloon?
• Seen 2nd - Journey to the school.
• Seen 3rd - The boy and the sweeper.
• Seen 4th - Care of balloon from drizzling.
• Seen 5th - Journey back to home.
• Seen 6th - What his mother did?
• Seen 7th - The next morning.
• Seen 8th - Human characteristics of the balloon.
2. Some of the characters favour the balloon and the boy, but some others do not. Find them out and write in the following table.
Answer:
| Those who favour | Those who do not |
|---|---|
| The sweeper | The conductor |
| An old Man | The Teacher |
| A Woman | The boy's mother |
| A Nun | A Dog |
| A Man crossing the bridge |
3. The mother does not allow the boy to keep the balloon inside the house. She takes the balloon and throws it out. The boy might have protested. The following is the likely conversation between them. Complete it.
Answer:
Mother: Where did you get this balloon from?
Boy: I got it from the street.
Mother: Haven't I told you not to bring anything from the street?
Boy: But Mom, it's a lovely balloon.
Mother: Why did you bring it here?
Boy: I like it very much and I would like to keep it
Mother: I won't allow you to keep it inside the house.
Boy: Mom, please understand me. I don't have anyone to play with.
Mother: I will buy a new balloon for you
Boy: It cannot be replaced. It's my friend.
4. The boy feels deeply hurt by the attitude of his mother and the conductor towards the balloon. He expresses his feelings in a letter addressed to his friend. Draft the likely letter.
Road no. 22
Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi
January 6, 2022
Dear Arun,
How are you? How is your new school? Hope you are doing well. I am fine here.
Yesterday, I got a lovely red balloon from the street. I was so excited to see such a big balloon. I thought everybody would like it. But the bus conductor didn't allow me to get in the bus with the balloon. When I 9 reached home, my mother scolded me and threw the ASTER balloon out. I feel so sad. I don't have any friends here other than this balloon. I miss you a lot. Are you coming home anytime soon? I will show you my balloon when you come.
With Love
Johny
5. Where do the events of the film take place? Go through the screenplay and find them out.
| Scene | Location |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Street |
| 2 | Another part of the Street |
| 3 | The School Yard |
| 4 | The street in front of the school |
| 5 | Another street |
| 6 | Another part of the street |
| 7 | The street |
| 8 | The street before the boy's house. The next morning |
6. Look at the following shot from the movie 'The Red Balloon' and read the description given below. Certain words are missing in it. Choose the correct words from the box and complete the description. (Page No: 150)
Morning. A street corner. A wall which is …………………………. is seen in the background. A ………………….. window is seen on one side of the wall. The ……………………. of the wall is almost broken. The ruins of the wall are seen on the pavement. A ten-year-old boy is standing ………………….. near the shattered wall. He is in ……………………. trousers and a full sleeve T-shirt. He holds the balloon in his left hand and talks to it, pointing his left hand towards the balloon.
| • on the pavement | • grey |
| • almost shattered | • mortar plastering |
| • closed wooden |
Morning. A street corner. A wall which is almost shattered is seen in the background. A closed wooden window is seen on one side of the wall. The mortar plastering of the wall is almost broken. The ruins of the wall ⃝are seen on the pavement. A ten-year-old boy is standing on the pavement near the shattered wall. He is in grey trousers and a full sleeve T-shirt. He holds the balloon in his left hand and talks to it, pointing his left hand towards the balloon.
7. Here is another shot from the film 'The Red Balloon.' Circle the words in the box given below which can be used to describe the shot.
| Naming words (Nouns) |
Words describing Nouns (Adjectives) | Words describing Verbs (Adverbs) |
|---|---|---|
| shoe shadow wind strings road sky | green colourful pink red grey blue |
Answer: A boy is hanging in the air holding the strings of many colourful balloons. There are red, yellow, blue, green and pink balloons. It seems as if the wind is lifting him away across the sky. The boy has put on grey trousers and pink shoes. The shadows of some children watching him can be seen in the background.
8. When the boy was alone, the balloon saved him from his loneliness and when the balloon was in danger, the boy saved it. The friendship between them was strong. Now, let's try to write the screenplay of the next scene of the film.
Answer: Next seen: In the school playground.
When the boy reached his school balloon still follows him. Now it's a period of games. In the school playground, all children were playing with their friends and the boy is playing with his new and best friend 'the red balloon'. He was very happy. But suddenly some children came and try to catch the balloon but the balloon escapes every time, then they planned that they will definitely catch the balloon tomorrow and will destroy it.
Read and enjoy:
We have watched the film 'The Red Balloon.' You know that a movie camera is necessary for making a film. Before the emergence of movie cameras, there were only still cameras to capture a scene. But now, we have cameras even in mobile phones. Let's read a poem and see how a camera is used.
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