KSEEB 10th English The Bird of Happiness Lesson Notes Questions and Answers
Think About the Text
Question 1.
“Will I ever make it”? Why did Wangjia feel so?
Answer:
The first monster blew his beard and the smooth road for Wangjia became a vast scree. Every stone on it was as sharp as a knife. The soles of Wangjia’s boots were ripped apart by the stones. Later his feet were cut into pieces. His hands were torn to shreds.
So he thought it as tough. He doubted whether he would reach his goal or he should return. The odds he faced made him think so. But he remembered that his people would be waiting for him to bring happiness, he became confident and crawled forward. He didn’t mind the injuries he suffered and completed his journey.
Question 2.
What hardships did Wangjia undergo on his way to find the Bird?
Answer:
Wangjia faced the following hardships on his way to find the bird :
(i) He walked on the stones which were as sharp as knife.
(ii) The soles of Wangjia’s boots were ripped apart by the stones.
(iii) His feet were cut into pieces. His hands were torn to shreds.
(iv) He lay on the ground and crawled forward.
(v) His clothes were torn, his knees and shoulders were bruired.
(vi) His bread bag flew into the sky.
(vii) He didn’t get water and a scrap of food.
(viii) He faced hunger and starved.
(ix) He lost his eyes yet clambered to the peak of a snow-covered mountain.
Read paragraph 1 and paragraphs 28 and 29.
Question 3.
What changes came over Wangjia as the Bird of Happiness caressed him?
Answer:
The Bird of Happiness caressed Wangjia gently with its wings and sang for him. The changes came over Wangjia. His eye balls flew back to their sockets. His vision became clear. All his wounds were healed and he became stronger.
Question 4.
Wangjia was face to face with three monsters. Each monster had his own wish. Wangjia too had a wish. What contrast do you draw between the wishes of the monster and the wish of Wangjia? What does the folk-tale suggest with this contrast?
Answer:
The first monster wanted Wangjia to kill Lousang’s mother. The second monster wanted him to poison old gaffer silong and third monster wanted Bhima’s eye balls. All the monsters wished death, destruction and cruelty, but Wangjia told that he loved his mother and he was fond of his grandpa.
He also told that no one has the right to destroy a girl’s pretty eyes. When we look at the wish of Wangjia we find that killing, destroying, or inflicting cruelty are not good’. Love, kindness, mutual love and compassion are always human traits. So the folk tale suggests that one should love all. One should give up all selfish desires and work together for the good of all.
Question 5.
Read paragraph 1 and paragraphs 28 and 29. What do you understand from them about the meaning of real happiness?
Answer:
Though the people suffered from hunger and cold all year round, still they believed that happiness must exist somewhere in the world. Wangjia went out to find the bird of happiness, because he didn’t want happiness for himself. He believed in ‘Sarve Janaha Sukhino Bhavantu’. So he asked to give all warmth, happiness, forests and flowers, fields and rivers. When the bird of Happiness understood the mind of wangjia, the bird granted whatever he wanted for his people because there was no selfish desire.