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Lesson 1 (Class VIII)
The Wind Cap
Jane Yolen
: Activity 1 :
Tick the correct alternative :
(i) The lad had wanted to be a
(a) doctor
(b) sportsman
(c) sailor
Ans: (c) sailor
(ii) Mother told the lad that he knew the smell of the
(a) soil
(b) food
(c) flower.
Ans: (a) soil
(iii) Jon put the turtle on his
(a) back
(b) head
(c) hand.
Ans: (b) head
(iv) The fairy man wanted to know Jon’s
(a) age
(b) name
(c) heart’s desire
Ans: (c) heart’s desire
: Activity 2 :
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes:
(1) Jon met the tiny green turtle.
Ans: 2
(2) Mother said Jon was a farmer’s son.
Ans: 1
(3) The turtle changed to the tiny green fairy man.
Ans: 4
(4) Jon plucked the turtle from his head.
Ans: 3
(5) Jon did not express his wish.
Ans: 6
(6) Jon bowed back.
Ans: 5
Activity – 3
Answer the following questions:
1.) Why do you think Jon thought that the turtle would be safe on his head?
Answer: Jon thought the turtle would be safe on his head because, while ploughing, he noticed it might get run over if placed anywhere else. He believed his head would be a secure spot for the turtle.
: Activity 4 :
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) The cap that sailors most desire is a cap full of wind.
(b) Seeing a ship anchored near the shore John requested the captain to let him sail with them.
(c) By twisting the cap, Jon could summon the east wind and the west wind.
(d) Jon desired to see the land because he had not set foot on land for a year and a day.
: Activity 5 :
Answer the following questions:
(a) Why did the fairyman offer Jon the wind-cap?
Ans: Because Jon put the fairyman on his head to keep him safe.
(b) What was the condition that was associated with the wind cap?
Ans: No human hand would ever be able to take the wind cap off Jon’s head.
(c) Why did Jon become popular with the sailors?
Ans: Jon could supply the wind that sailors called for.
: Activity 6 :
Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers:
(a) Jon never dreamt about the land.
Ans: F
Supporting Statement: Jon could not stop dreaming of the land.
(b) The squall was called up because Jon was sleeping.
Ans: T
Supporting Statement: It called up a squall from the clear sky that hit the ship without a warning.
(c) The captain was angry with Jon.
Ans: T
Supporting Statement: In anger, he grabbed him by the tail of his striped cap twisted him thrice and flung him out to the sea.
(d) Jon did not return the wind-cap to the fairy man.
Ans: F
Supporting Statement: He placed the wind cap under a stone where he knew the fairy man would find it.
: Activity 7 :
Answer the following questions:
(a) Why did the sailors try to rip off the cap from Jon’s head?
Ans: The wind was destroying the boat. And the sailors thought that Jon’s wind cap was totally responsible for all that was happening.
(b) How did Jon divide his time between land and sea?
Ans: Jon spent half of the year on a ship and half on the shore.
(c) Do you think Jon was rightly called Captain Turtle? Give reasons for your answer.
Ans: Yes, I think it is said rightly. Because he was as much at home on the water as he was on the land.
(d) Why did Jon want to return the wind cap to the fairy man?
Ans: Because Jon was blamed for the storm and was thrown into the sea and was also blamed that all the destruction happened only for the wind cap.