ICSE-X-English
08: The Blue Bead by Norah Burke
- #3Why was Sibia's mother angry with her? What was Sibia's reaction when her mother shouted at her?Ans : The women used to climb a still hillside across the river to get the grass. Sibia also worked with them in harsh conditions but she never thought of that. Even she did not dare to stop for a moment but her imagination took a flight over the bright water and golden air to the banks where she had played as a child. In the cavelets above the high water mark of the highest flood, she had kept some little bowls of moulded clay for coloring while they hardened. Suddenly her mother cried in a sharp voice, "Child!" Hearing this and looking at the glare of her mother's angry sweating face pulled Sibia back to work.