📖 First Flight (Prose)
1. A Letter to God
• Why did Lencho call post office employees “a bunch of crooks”?
• What does the story teach about faith and human kindness?
2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• What did Mandela mean by “the oppressor is as much a prisoner as the
oppressed”?
• Describe Mandela’s views on courage and freedom.
3. Two Stories About Flying
• His First Flight: Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? How did he
overcome his fear?
• Black Aeroplane: Why did the narrator call the pilot of the black
aeroplane a “strange fellow”?
4. From the Diary of Anne Frank
• How does Anne describe her relationship with her diary?
• Why did Anne feel she was alone despite having a family and friends?
✍️ Poetry
1. Dust of Snow
• How did the crow and hemlock tree change the poet’s mood?
• Explain how nature brings positivity in small moments.
2. Fire and Ice
• What does “Fire” and “Ice” symbolize?
• Which, according to the poet, is more dangerous? Why?
3. A Tiger in the Zoo
• Contrast the tiger in the zoo and the tiger in the forest.
• How does the poem highlight the theme of freedom vs captivity?
4. How to Tell Wild Animals
• How does the poet use humor to describe wild animals?
• Explain any two examples from the poem.
5. The Ball Poem
• What lesson does the boy learn from the loss of his ball?
• How is the poem connected to the theme of growing up?
6. Amanda!
• Why does Amanda feel that her freedom is being curtailed?
• How does the poem present the contrast between reality and Amanda’s
imagination?
📘 Footprints Without Feet (Supplementary Reader)
1. A Triumph of Surgery
• Why was Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
• How did Dr Herriot cure Tricki without medicine?
2. The Thief’s Story
• How did Hari Singh’s encounter with Anil change his life?
• Why did Hari Singh decide not to run away with the money?
3. The Midnight Visitor
• How did Ausable outsmart Max without using force?
• What qualities of Ausable make him a successful secret agent?
4. A Question of Trust
• Why did Horace Danby consider himself an “honest thief”?
• How was Horace tricked by the lady in the house?