CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: kezia kept indoors one day because she was having cold.

Detailed explanation-2: -She longed for his love and affection like her neighbour Mr Macdonald. Once she was kept indoors as she was affected by cold. Her grandmother suggested that she make a gift for her father’s birthday next week. They decided that Kezia would make a pincushion for him.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ans-With her mother and grandmother at the hospital, Kezia is left at home in the care of Alice, the cook. At night, after she is put to bed by the cook, she has a nightmare. She calls for her grandmother but, to her surprise, she finds her father standing near her bed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Solution : Kezia’s grandmother encouraged her to get to know her father better by sending her to the drawing room to talk to her parents on Sundays. She also suggested Kezia to make a pin cushion out of a beautiful piece of yellow silk as a gift for her father’s birthday.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: The little girl wanted to gift a pin-cushion to her father on his birthday. She took a piece of yellow silk and stitched its three sides. She left the fourth side for filling. But she did not know what to fill it with.