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CBSE Solutions Class 8 English It So Happened
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Comprehension Check
Q1. Why is the Giant called selfish?
Answer: The Giant is called selfish because he did not allow children to play in the garden. He built a high walls around the garden. He also put up notice board with a warning on it.
Q2. On one occasion the children said: “How happy we are here!”
Later they said: “How happy we were there!”
What are they referring to in both the cases?
Answer: In both the cases the children are referring to the Giant’s garden. In the first sentence they say that they are enjoying in the giant’s garden. But in the second sentence it is beyond their reach.
Q3. (i) When spring came, it was still winter in the garden. What does winter stand for or indicate here?
Answer: When Spring came, it was still Winter in the garden. In the story, Winter denotes desolate and negative atmosphere where the trees and flowers never blossom. Winter is also used to indicate a gloomy and depressing environment which brings in sadness and laziness. In such cold weather, there is snow everywhere and cold winds blow all around where trees tend to droop and birds do not chirp. As the children were not playing in the Giant’s garden, Spring did not enter it. As a result, even the trees did not blossom and the birds did not sing sweet songs in the garden.
(ii) Winter has been presented like a story with its own characters and their activities. Describe the story in your own words.
Answer: When the spring wrapped the world with warmth, it didn’t enter the Giant’s garden since he didn’t allow kids or anyone else to enter the home. The trees didn’t blossom and if a flower sprung from the soil, it went back to dormancy seeing the sad atmosphere that was a part of his garden. The North Wind and Hail were asked to visit the garden which rattled the castle’s roof every day and broke some parts of it.
Q4. Was the Giant happy or sad over the state of the garden?
Answer: The Giant was sad over the state of his garden. He could not understand why spring was so late in coming.
Q5. What effect did the linnet’s song have over Hail and the North Wind?
Answer: When linnet started singing in the Giant’s garden, the Hail stopped dancing and the North Wind stopped roaring. A delicious scent blew towards him through the open window. Such was the effect of the linnet’s song over the Hail and the North Wind. The Giant felt overjoyed. He jumped out of bed happily and went downstairs.
Comprehension Check
Q1. (i) The Giant saw a most wonderful sight. What did he see?
Answer: He saw that through a little hole in the boundary wall the children had come in. They were sitting in the branches of the trees. The trees were glad to have their friends back. The flowers laughed and the birds began to sing. It was a most wonderful sight.
(ii) What did he realise on seeing it?
Answer: He realised that spring did not come to his garden because he had prevented the children from playing in his garden. He realised that he was selfish not to allow the children to play in his garden.
Q2. Why was it still winter in one corner of the garden?
Answer: It was still winter in one corner of the garden. A little boy stood there under a tree. He was wandering, He was weeping also. He had not been able to climb the tree. So it was still winter there.
Q3. Describe the first meeting of the little boy and the Giant.
Answer: In the first meeting of the boy and the Giant, the Giant lifted him gently and put him in the branch of that tree. The tree suddenly broke into flowers and the birds began to sing. The child kissed the Giant.
Q4. Describe their second meeting after a long interval.
Answer: One winter morning, the Giant looked out of the window as he knew that Spring was sleeping and the flowers were taking rest. He wondered if he would ever meet the little boy again whom he loved so dearly. Suddenly while rubbing his eyes, he noticed a wonderful sight. In the farthest corner of the garden, there was a tree that was covered with lovely white blossoms. Its branches were golden and silver fruit hung down from them. Just underneath the tree, there stood the little boy whom he had loved so dearly and was eagerly waiting for him. The Giant quickly ran down the stairs of his house in great joy and hastened towards the garden to reach out to the child.
But when he noticed the nail imprints on the little boy’s hands and feet, he got angry and asked him who caused him such injury. He said that he would avenge and slay the person whoever caused the little one so much pain and injury. Hearing this, the child told the Giant that these were the wounds of love. The little boy further added that as the Giant was kind enough to allow him to play in his garden, he had come to take the Giant along with him to his garden in Paradise.
Q5. The Giant lay dead, all covered with white blossoms. What does this sentence indicate about the once selfish Giant?
Answer: The Giant changed his ways. He was once cruel and selfish but eventually accepted humanity and allowed his heart to love. When he died, he was covered with white flowers which symbolize peace and he was blessed with the afterlife in Paradise because of his charitable deeds.
Excercise
Q1. The little child’s hands and feet had marks of nails. Who does the child remind you of? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer: The child reminds us of Jesus Christ. He was crucified, that is, he was put to death by being nailed to a cross. The little boy who the Giant meets also has wounds of nails on his hands and feet. When the Giant enquires about who had done so, the boy replies that his wounds were the wounds of love. The child wants to take the Giant into his garden, which he says is paradise. Later, the Giant is found dead, as he had been taken into God’s garden of paradise.
Q2. Is there something like this garden near where you live ? Would you like one (without the Giant perhaps) and why ? What would you do to keep it in good shape ?
Answer: No there isn’t anything like the garden near where I live. Yes, I would like to have one since it would provide an exceptionally beautiful place to relax and play for everyone living nearby. We could keep the place clean by regularly brooming it to remove the dead leaves and taking help, from a gardener to trim the leaves and keep them in proper shape, We can pick up the garbage which will keep the place neat and tidy,
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