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    The document summarizes chapters from the story "The Four Feathers". It describes how the four boys, known as the Four Feathers, came across an abandoned baby on a hillside. They decided not to leave the baby unattended and brought it back to their dormitory. However, the villagers mistook their actions as kidnapping the baby. The headmaster later resolved the situation by explaining the boys' intentions and turning the argument around on the villagers. The document also discusses the narrator's hobby and whether the boys demonstrated compassion in their handling of finding the abandoned baby.

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    The document summarizes chapters from the story "The Four Feathers". It describes how the four boys, known as the Four Feathers, came across an abandoned baby on a hillside. They decided not to leave the baby unattended and brought it back to their dormitory. However, the villagers mistook their actions as kidnapping the baby. The headmaster later resolved the situation by explaining the boys' intentions and turning the argument around on the villagers. The document also discusses the narrator's hobby and whether the boys demonstrated compassion in their handling of finding the abandoned baby.

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    The document summarizes chapters from the story "The Four Feathers". It describes how the four boys, known as the Four Feathers, came across an abandoned baby on a hillside. They decided not to leave the baby unattended and brought it back to their dormitory. However, the villagers mistook their actions as kidnapping the baby. The headmaster later resolved the situation by explaining the boys' intentions and turning the argument around on the villagers. The document also discusses the narrator's hobby and whether the boys demonstrated compassion in their handling of finding the abandoned baby.

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    Class – VI Subject – English

    L-3 The Four Feathers


    C. Answer these questions.
    1. What was the significance of the word ‘feathers’?
    Ans. The word 'feathers' signified that Bimal, Riaz, Bran and Bond were
    companions in adventure, comrades-in-arms and Knights of the Round
    Table.
    2. Give a brief description of the pillow fights.
    Ans. The school dormitory was structured in a way that was ideal for pillow
    fights , i.e there was plenty of space for leaping, struggling small boys,
    pillows flying, feathers flying, until either Mr Fisher or Mr Oliver, came to
    put an end to them. They were allowed, up to a point; nobody got hurt.
    3. What was the reaction of each member of Four Feathers on seeing the
    baby? Who do you think gave the most suitable advice?
    Ans. The following were the reactions of each member of Four Feathers on
    seeing the baby:
    • Who would leave a baby on the hillside?' asked Bimal of no one in
    particular.
    • Someone who doesn't want it,' said Bran.
    • "And hoped some good people would come along and keep it,' said Riaz.
    • A panther might have come along instead," I said. 'Can't leave it here.'
    The advice given by Bond that the baby can't be left unattended for grown-
    ups to come and take care of, was the most suitable.
    4. What impressions did the villagers have of the boys’ actions?
    Ans. The villagers thought that the boys had kidnapped the baby.
    D. Think and Answer.
    1. Mrs Fishers’ reaction to the baby was that of consternation; why do you
    think so?
    Ans. Mrs Fisher's reaction to the baby was that of consternation as Bond
    asked her if she would want to adopt it.
    2. What do you know about the narrator’s hobby? Was it his choice or had
    he acquired it?
    Ans. The narrator's hobby was to invent stories. It was his choice.
    3. Do you think the boy scouts were compassionate? Why?
    Ans. Yes, I think the boy scouts were compassionate because they didn't
    leave the baby unattended, instead they brought it to their dormitory.
    4. The situation was handled very well by the headmaster. Elaborate.
    Ans. The situation was handled very well by the headmaster:
    • when he pacified the angry villagers by telling them that the boys were not
    kidnappers but scouts whose business is to help people.
    • when he turned the tables on the villagers by telling them that the plum
    trees belonged to the school.
    5. What boy scout rule did the narrator quote at the end of the story? What
    was its implications?
    Ans. The boy scout rule quoted by the narrator at the end of the story was:
    A Scout smiles and whistles under all difficulties. Its implication was that
    smiling Bond and his friend, solved the situation they faced with the angry
    villagers.

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