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Our Runaway Kite Bengali Analysis
Unit 3
Read the following:
A month later a letter came for Father.
এক মাস পর বাবার জন্য একটি চিঠি এলো।
After he finished reading it, his eyes looked as if he had been crying.
চিঠিটা পড়া শেষ করার পর তাঁর চোখ দেখে মনে হচ্ছিল যেন তিনি কাঁদছিলেন।
"Do you want to know what became of your kite?" he said.
তিনি বললেন, "তোমরা কি জানতে চাও তোমাদের ঘুড়িটার কী হয়েছিল?"
Then he sat down beside us and told us the whole story.
তারপর তিনি আমাদের পাশে বসলেন এবং পুরো গল্পটা আমাদের বললেন।
Father had a brother and a sister.
বাবার একজন ভাই ও একজন বোন ছিল।
He had quarrelled with his brother and left home.
তিনি তাঁর ভাইয়ের সাথে ঝগড়া করে বাড়ি ছেড়ে চলে গিয়েছিলেন।
Years afterwards, he felt sorry and when he went back, he found his brother had died and he couldn't find his sister.
বহু বছর পর তাঁর অনুশোচনা হলো এবং যখন তিনি ফিরে গেলেন, তখন দেখলেন তাঁর ভাই মারা গেছেন এবং তিনি তাঁর বোনকে খুঁজে পেলেন না।
The letter father had just received was from his sister, Aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi.
বাবা যে চিঠিটি এইমাত্র পেয়েছিলেন, সেটি ছিল তাঁর বোন, ডিক ও মিমির মা, আন্ট এস্থারের কাছ থেকে।
She was a widow who lived hundreds of miles inland.
তিনি একজন বিধবা ছিলেন এবং শত শত মাইল দূরে দেশের অভ্যন্তরে থাকতেন।
One day when Dick and Mimi were out in the woods, they discovered the kite on the top of a tree and carried it home.
একদিন ডিক ও মিমি যখন জঙ্গলে গিয়েছিল, তখন তারা একটি গাছের মাথায় ঘুড়িটি দেখতে পায় এবং সেটি বাড়িতে নিয়ে আসে।
When their mother saw the kite patched with the letter, she turned pale.
যখন তাদের মা সেলাই করা ঘুড়িটির সাথে চিঠিটি দেখতে পেলেন, তখন তিনি ফ্যাকাশে হয়ে গেলেন।
It was the very letter she had once written to her brother.
এটি ছিল সেই চিঠিটি যা তিনি একসময় তাঁর ভাইকে লিখেছিলেন।
Philippa was her mother's name and Claude was her father's.
তাঁর মায়ের নাম ছিল ফিলিপা এবং বাবার নাম ছিল ক্লদ।
She knew who we must be.
তিনি বুঝতে পেরেছিলেন আমরা কারা হতে পারি।
So she sat down and wrote to Big Half Moon and Father received her letter.
তাই তিনি বসে বিগ হাফ মুনে চিঠি লিখলেন এবং বাবা সেই চিঠিটি পেলেন।
Next day, Father went and brought Aunt Esther and Dick and Mimi with him.
পরদিন বাবা গিয়ে আন্ট এস্থার এবং ডিক ও মিমিকে সাথে করে নিয়ে এলেন।
They have been here ever since.
তারপর থেকে তারা এখানেই আছে।
Aunt Esther is a dear and Dick and Mimi are too jolly for words.
আন্ট এস্থার খুব প্রিয় একজন মানুষ এবং ডিক ও মিমি এতটাই হাসিখুশি যে তা ভাষায় প্রকাশ করা যায় না।
But the best of it all is that we have relations now!
কিন্তু সবকিছুর মধ্যে সবচেয়ে ভালো ব্যাপার হলো, এখন আমাদের আত্মীয়স্বজন আছে!
Word nest (শব্দকোষ)
jolly : happy and cheerful সুখী এবং প্রফুল্ল
Comprehension Exercises
7. Choose the correct
alternative to complete the following sentences:
(a) A letter came for father after a
(i) day
(ii)
week
(iii)
fortnight
(iv)
month
Answer: A letter came for
father after a – month.
(b) Father left home after quarrelling with
his
(i)
brother
(ii)
sister
(iii)
aunt
(iv)
uncle
Answer: Father left home
after quarrelling with his – brother.
(c)
Dick and Mimi discovered the kite on the top of a
(i)
roof
(ii)
tree
(iii)
lighthouse
(iv)
light post
Answer: Dick and Mimi discovered
the kite on the top of a – tree.
8. Fill in the chart
with information from the text:
Answer:
|
(a)
person who sent the letter |
Narrator’s aunt Esther, mother of Dick and Mimi |
|
(b)
name of Aunt Esther’s mother |
Philippa |
|
(c)
total number of family members in the narrator’s family at present |
Five |
9. Answer the
following questions:
(a) What did Father find when he went back
home years afterward?
Answer: When father
went back home years afterwards he found his brother had died and he could not
find his sister.
(b) Where did Aunt Esther live?
Answer: Aunt Esther lived
hundreds of miles inland.
(c) Why did Aunt Esther turn pale?
Answer: When Aunt
Esther found the kite patched with the same letter she had written to her
brother earlier, she turned pale.
Our Runaway Kite : Grammar in Use
10. Change the following sentences into
questions, as directed:
(a) Shankha lives in Alipurduar. (Information
question using ‘where’)
Answer: Where does Sankha
live?
(b) They have gone to a picnic. (Interrogative
sentence using ‘where’)
Answer: Where have they
gone?
(c) I went to school yesterday. (Simple
question using ‘did’)
Answer: When did you go to
school?
(d) Tia studies in class X. (Information
question using ‘which’)
Answer: Which class does
Tia study?
Our Runaway Kite : Writing activities
11. Suppose your
bicycle has a sudden tyre puncture on your way to school. You have taken the
cycle to a repair shop. Write an imaginary dialogue (within 100 words) between
the shopkeeper and you.
Answer:
An Imaginary Dialogue Between a Shopkeeper and Me
Me: Good morning!
Shopkeeper: Good morning, son. How can I help you?
Me: My bicycle has a puncture. Please fix it.
Shopkeeper: Which tyre is punctured?
Me: The front tyre.
Shopkeeper: All right. I’ll fix it.
Me: How much time will it take?
Shopkeeper: It will take about thirty minutes.
Me: How much should I pay?
Shopkeeper: Only ten rupees.
Me: Please try to fix it quickly. I have to go to school.
Shopkeeper: Don’t worry. I’ll do my best.
Me: Thank you.
Shopkeeper: Your bicycle is ready now. You may go.
Me: Thank you very much. Here is the money.
Shopkeeper: Thank you. Ride safely.
12. Write a story
(within 100 words) using the given hints. Give a title to the story.
crow
sitting on a tree – piece of meat in its beak – fox passing under the tree –
wants the meat – asks the crow to sing – crow keeps meat under its feet and
sings – fooled, fox leaves
Answer:
A
clever Crow and a flatter Fox
Once upon a time, there was a crow sitting on a tree. He had a piece of meat in its beak. A fox was moving under the tree at that very moment. When he saw the piece of meat, it made his mouth water. Regardless, he desires the piece of meat. He thought of a plan to get it. The crow's voice was praised by the fox. The crow was instructed to sing by the fox. He planned for the piece of meat to drop from his beak when the crow opened his mouth to sing the song. But the cunning crow sings while keeping the piece of meat under his feet. As a result, the crow deceived the fox. The fox then reluctantly departs.
[Moral: Don't Trust Those Who Flatter You]