CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Explanation: Looking through the vegetable garden-wall, Kezia saw the five Macdonald children playing with their father, turning a hose at him and the father tickling the children. When compared with her frightening father who never played with her, Kezia saw the extent of love between father and his children.

Detailed explanation-2: -One day, when Kezia looked through the gap in the fence she saw the Macdonalds playing ‘tag’. It was evening, and Mr Macdonald had just returned from work but unlike her father, he looked happy to be playing with his children. He had baby Mao was on his shoulders, and the two girls were hanging on to his coat pockets.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kezia looks at their house from a small gap in the fence. She sees them living happily in each other’s company. They do not have a strict atmosphere like in her home. In fact they play tag in the evening, thereby spending time with each other and having fun at the same time.

Detailed explanation-4: -A funny feeling came over her. So as Kezia father was very tired, he slept before she did. A funny feeling came over her. Poor Father, not so big, after all-and with no one to look after him.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ans. Kezia was certainly wrong in tearing the papers of her father because they formed his important speech for the Port Authority. She should not have used any of his things without his permission. The incident only shows that she was too innocent and immature to know the wrong she was doing.