Unseen Passage for Class 3: The Kite That Would Not Fly

  • 134 words
  • 5 questions
  • Ages 8–9
  • With answers

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Kabir had waited all year for the kite festival. On the morning of Sankranti he climbed to the terrace with a bright orange kite and a full reel of string.

All around him, kites rose into the sky. Kabir ran from one end of the terrace to the other, but his kite flapped twice and dropped each time. By noon his arms ached and his eyes stung.

His grandfather came up with two cups of tea and watched for a while. "You are running," he said. "The kite does not need you to run. It needs the wind." He showed Kabir how to hold the string steady and wait.

Kabir waited. A breeze came across the terrace, lifted the orange kite, and carried it high above the rooftops. He had not moved at all.

Questions

  1. On which festival does the story take place?

    1. Diwali
    2. Sankranti
    3. Holi
    4. Pongal

  2. Why did Kabir's eyes sting by noon?

    1. He had been crying
    2. The string cut him
    3. He had been out in the bright sun for hours
    4. There was dust on the terrace

  3. What was Kabir doing wrong?

    1. His string was too short
    2. He was running instead of waiting for the wind
    3. His kite was the wrong colour
    4. He started too late in the day

  4. In the passage, "steady" means —

    1. very tight
    2. without moving about
    3. very loose
    4. quickly

  5. What is the main lesson of this passage?

    1. Kite festivals are fun
    2. Grandfathers know about kites
    3. Sometimes waiting works better than trying harder
    4. Orange kites fly best

Answers

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  1. SankrantiThe passage says it was the morning of Sankranti.
  2. He had been out in the bright sun for hoursThe passage does not say this directly. His arms ached and his eyes stung because he had been running about in the sun all morning.
  3. He was running instead of waiting for the windHis grandfather told him the kite does not need him to run — it needs the wind.
  4. without moving aboutHolding the string steady means holding it still, which is the opposite of what Kabir had been doing.
  5. Sometimes waiting works better than trying harderKabir succeeded only when he stopped running and waited. That is the point the whole story builds to.

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