First Flight ch03 Two Stories about Flying - CBSE Revision Notes

CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature
Revision Notes
Chapter 03 
Two Stories about Flying

I. His First Flight
  • Seagull family of 6 members.
  • The young seagull afraid of flying.
  • Family has concern of his food and fear of flying.
  • Cajoling and provoking of him by family.
  • Family leaves him alone at the rock.
  • He cries because of heat and hunger.
  • No one looks at him except the mother.
  • Temptation by mother for a piece of fish.
  • He pretends to sleep but nobody comes to him.
  • Everybody taunts him for his cowardice.
  • The young seagull dives to catch a fish to feed himself.
  • He tries to spread his wings outwards.
  • He begins to fly slowly downwards and upwards.
  • He is now no longer afraid of flying and falling down in the sea. He soars with a joyous scream.
  • Seagull family comes near to him an encourages him.
  • He has made his first flight successful.
II. Black Aeroplane
  • Once the writer was in his old Dakota and it was one thirty in the morning, he was flying over France and going to England.
  • After informing the Paris Control that he was on his way to England, he turned his plane 12 degree west towards England.
  • He was dreaming of taking breakfast with his family. Suddenly he saw stormy black clouds before him.
  • Paris was about 150 km away and he had not enough fuel. So he decided to fly through the storm.
  • In the middle of the storm, he could not see anything and all his instruments like compass, radio, etc. stopped working.
  • Suddenly he saw another aeroplane without lights. Its pilot asked him to follow.
  • After half an hour, he came out of the clouds and found a runway. Now he was safe and happy.
  • He wanted to thank the pilot who helped him, but no one was there.
  • He went to the control room and asked the woman who was on duty about the pilot.
  • The woman looked at the writer surprisingly, laughed and told that there was no other plane in the radar. The writer was extremely surprised.