Bihar Board Class 10 · English · Matric exam 2027
Chapter 5: Sun and Moon — notes
The chapter’s 7 parts in the book’s order — the first idea of each and the points Medha Ma’am writes on the board — and the summary at the end. The full lesson and a check question for each part are in the app.
1. About the Writer, Katherine Mansfield
Okay, so let's talk about the woman who wrote this story.
- • Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
- • Writer of short stories
- • Followed Chekhov's footsteps
- • Impressionist: showed 'significant moment of human relationship'
- • Developed from satirist to master of irony
- • Famous works: Prelude, To the Bay, The Fly, The Garden Party
2. The Party Preparations Begin
Okay, so let's step into the story now.
- • Afternoon: cart full of gold chairs arrives
- • Legs of chairs point in the air
- • Flower pots look like nice hats nodding up the path
- • Moon: 'Look. There's a man wearing a palm on his head.'
- • Moon never knew real things from not real ones
3. No One to Look After the Children
Okay, so this is a very busy day in the house.
- • Nurse: helping Annie alter mother's dress
- • Mother: running about, telephoning father
- • Mother's words: 'Out of my way, children!'
- • Sun hated being sent back to nursery
- • Moon: thrown up and shaken till she squeaked
- • Fat man calls Sun 'a perfect little ton of bricks'
4. Getting the Dining-Room Ready
Okay, so the children peep into the dining-room now.
- • Furniture removed from dining-room
- • Big piano placed in a corner
- • Row of flower-pots, then row of goldy chairs
- • White-faced man bangs at piano, looks inside
- • Bag of tools on piano; hat stuck on a statue
- • Sun hopes he isn't the concert
5. In the Kitchen with Cook
Okay, so the best place to be, in the whole house, was the kitchen.
- • Kitchen: man in cap like a blancmange
- • Cook Minnie: red-faced, laughing, not cross
- • Each child given an almond finger
- • Lifted onto flour bin to watch
- • Whole fishes sprinkled with red, green, yellow bits
- • Squiggles on jellies; collar on ham; almonds on creams
6. The Little Pink House in the Refrigerator
Okay, so Cook has a surprise for them.
- • Ice pudding kept in the refrigerator
- • A little pink house: white snow roof
- • Green windows, brown door
- • A nut stuck in door as handle
- • Sun: felt tired, leaned against Cook
- • Moon: wanted to touch the roof, danced
7. Called Away to See a Picture
Okay, so let's see what happens next.
- • Cook to housemaid: 'Look sharp with the table'
- • Nellie: 'It's a picture, Min. Come along'
- • Everyone goes to the dining-room
- • Sun and Moon 'almost lightened'
- • End of Part-I
Summary
Okay, so let's recap this chapter. It's written by Katherine Mansfield, and she's known for showing children's feelings so sensitively. Here, she tells us about two children, Sun and Moon, on the day of a big party at their house. First, the gold chairs and flower pots arrive, and little Moon even mistakes the flower pots for hats. Now, nobody's free to look after the children, so they wander about the house. We also learn something interesting — Sun was heavy, and little Moon was light. They watch the dining-room being set up for a concert, with a strange man banging away at the piano. But the best part — that's the kitchen. Kind Cook Minnie feeds them almond fingers there, and shows them all the wonderful foods being prepared. And right at the end of that, there's something magical — a little pink ice-pudding house, sitting in the refrigerator. The chapter closes with the children, their hearts light with wonder, being called to see a picture in the dining-room. So, tell me — which part did you enjoy more, the kitchen or the concert room?
AskMedha · Medha Ma’am — Bihar Board Class 10 English, Chapter 5. Written from the textbook, checked twice.
Questions parents and students ask
- How do I get the "Sun and Moon" notes as a PDF?
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