CBSE Class 10 · English · board exam 2027
Chapter 3: Two Stories about Flying — notes
The chapter’s 6 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. The young seagull is afraid to fly
Okay, so let's meet this young seagull.
- • Young seagull alone on ledge
- • Brothers and sister already flew away
- • Wings longer, but still afraid
- • Sea stretched 'miles down' below him
- • Parents upbraided him, threatened to let him starve
- • 24 hours passed without eating
2. Hunger and the first flight
Okay, so look at the mother on the plateau now.
- • Mother held fish just out of reach
- • Hunger maddened him
- • He dived at the fish
- • Fell into space — monstrous terror
- • Wings spread outward — he began to soar
- • Flapped once, soared upwards — fear gone
3. He has made his first flight
Okay, so — after his first flight over the sea, something changed in the young seagull.
- • Forgot he once could not fly
- • Dove, soared, curved with family
- • Saw vast green sea beneath him
- • Tried to land, legs sank in — screamed with fright
- • Floated instead — belly touched, sank no further
- • Family praised him, offered fish
- • He had made his first flight
4. An easy flight turns into a storm
Okay, so now let's move to the second story.
- • Pilot flying old Dakota, Paris to England
- • Told to turn twelve degrees west
- • 150 km past Paris: huge storm clouds, like black mountains
- • Not enough fuel to fly around them
- • Wanted breakfast — took the risk
- • Flew straight into the storm
5. Lost in the storm, with everything dead
Okay, so, let's go into the storm with the pilot.
- • Inside clouds: everything suddenly black
- • Compass turning round and round — dead
- • Other instruments dead too
- • Radio: 'Paris Control?' — no answer, dead
- • No radio, no compass, lost in the storm
6. The strange black aeroplane guides him home
Okay, so picture this.
- • Saw a black aeroplane with no lights, flying beside him
- • Pilot's face visible — waved 'Follow me'
- • Followed it for half an hour
- • Fuel left: five or ten minutes only
- • Black aeroplane led him down — runway appeared!
- • Looked back: black aeroplane gone, sky empty
- • Woman at control: 'No other aeroplane was flying tonight'
Summary
Okay, so we read two stories about flying. Let's think back on both, together. The first one was about a young seagull. He was scared, too scared to fly off the ledge. He watched his family fly and eat fish, while he stayed hungry. Finally, hunger pushed him to dive at a piece of fish his mother held out of reach. And right there, in the air, he discovered something — his wings could hold him up. After that, he soared and dived with his family. He even tried landing on the 'green sea', sank in for a moment, then floated up safely. That was his first flight. Now, the second story. A pilot was flying his old Dakota plane from France to England. He flew straight into huge storm clouds, just because he wanted to reach home in time for breakfast. Inside the storm, he lost his compass, his instruments, his radio — everything. He was completely lost. Then something strange happened. A black aeroplane appeared beside him, no lights at all. Its pilot waved, "Follow me." That plane guided him right through the storm, until he finally saw a runway below. But then — the black aeroplane just vanished. And the woman in the control centre told him no other aeroplane had been flying that night. So, between the seagull finding courage in the air, and the pilot being guided by someone who wasn't even there — which one feels more real to you?
AskMedha · Medha Ma’am — CBSE Class 10 English, Chapter 3. Written from the textbook, checked twice.
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