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Comprehension check : Solutions of Questions on Page Number : 38, at:, , How many daughters did the royal couple have?, , Answer :, ‘The royal couple had nine daughters,, , a2:, Why were they named after the months of the year?, , ‘Answer :, , They were named after the months of the year because the King and the Queen had many daughters, and it confused the Queen to, have to remember so many names,, , a3:, , Answer:, ‘The King had a peculiar habit. What was it? Why is it called peculiar?, ‘The King's peculiar habit was that instead of receiving gifts on his birthday, he gave them. It is called peculiar because usually,, , people receive gifts on their birthdays,, aa:, , (i) What was Princess September's reaction to the los, (li) What was her mother's reaction to it?, , of her parrot?, , , , (lil) What do the reactions indicate about the nature and temperament of each?, , Answer :, {) Princess September burst into a flood of tears atthe loss of her parrot. She kept crying and nothing comforted her,, (i) Her mother declared it as nonsense, and said that she should go to bed without any supper., , (ii)The Princess’ reaction indicates that she was a young, sensitive child. That is why she cried over the loss of her parrot. It was a, very important thing for her. The loss of her parrot filed her with grief,, , Her mother's reaction indicates that she was a litle harsh. She did not understand her daughters grief and console her. She did not,, think that the dying of the parrot was in any way a significant incident to shed tears., , Qs:, , What pulled the Princess out of her gloom?, , Answer :, , When the Princess was lying on her bed crying, she saw a litle bird hop into her room. She wiped her tears and heard the beautiful, song that the bird sang. This brought the Princess out of her gloam., , a6:, , How did the Maids of Honour come to know that the Princess and the bird had bocome intimate frionds?, , Answer :, , , , When the Maids of Honour brought in the princess’ breakfast, they saw the bird eat rice out of her hand, and have its bat, saucer. This showed them that the princess and the bird had become intimate friends., , a7:, ‘The new bird was full of new songs but the old parrots always repeated themselves. What did they say?, , Answer:, , ‘All the old parrots could say ‘God save the king’ and some of them could even say ‘Pretty Polly’ in seven languages.

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Qs:, , Answer :, What is the King's opinion about his Councillors? Why did he form that opinion?, , The King said that the parrots repeating ‘Pretty Polly’ in seven different languages reminded him of his Councillors who said the, same thing in seven different ways, and meant nothing whichever way they said it. This was similar to the way the parrots kept, repeating what they had learnt, without knowing the meaning of what they said., , Q9:, (i) The eight Princesses made an offer to Princess September. What was it?, , (ii) Why, in your view, did they do it?, , Answer :, (i) The eight princesses offered to buy a lovely green and yellow parrot for Princess September by putting in all their pocket money., , (ii)They did so because they were distressed by the fact that everybody was praising Princess September's bird, which could sing., Their parrots looked sad and repeated the same things. They wanted her to have the same pet as they had., , Q10:, , What did the sisters advise the Princess to do about her bird?, , Answer :, , The sisters advised the Princess to keep her bird in a cage so that she could be sure of where it was.