10th English unit 6 Supplementary : The Little Hero of Holland

10th English unit 6 

Supplementary : The Little Hero of Holland

10th English unit 6 Supplementary : The Little Hero of Holland

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Solutions Supplementary Chapter 6 The Little Hero of Holland
10th English Guide Supplementary The Little Hero of Holland Textbook Questions and Answers

A. Based on the understanding of the story, complete the Graphic Organiser suitably.

Answer:
Title: The Little Hero of Holland
Setting: A dike above the sea water
Characters: Peter, Peter’s mother and father, Peter’s blind friend, people of Holland.
Theme: Sacrifice to save the country
Plots: Father works in the dike as a gate keeper.
Mother sends Peter with cakes to visit his blind filend.
Peter notices a leak ¡n the dike while returning.
He plucks the hole with his finger the whole night to save his people of Holland.
Brave little hero Peter saves Holland from drowning.
Climax: Peter stays at the dike with his finger In the whole night in cold weather with his finger stuffed and numbed. Next morning passers by saved him and mended the hole. Peter saved Holland.
Values
Highlighted: Love and concern for the nation. Determination to save the people. Dedication towards the mother land.

B. Based on your understanding of the story answer the following questions in one or two sentences:

1. What are the little children of Holland, aware of?
Answer:
The little children of Holland were aware that the dikes must be watched every moment, and that a small hole can be very dangerous.

2. What are the work assigned to Peter’s father?
Answer:
Tending the gates of the dike was the work assigned to Peter’s father. He opened and closed the gates when ships entered the sea from Holland.

3. Why did Peter’s mother call him?
Answer:
Peter’s mother called him to go and give the cakes to his blind friend.

4. How did Peter spend his time with his blind friend?
Answer:
Peter’s stayed with his poor blind man a little while to tell him about his walk along the dike and the sun and the flowers and the ships far out at sea.

5. Why did the father always say’angry waters’?
Answer:
The father always said angry waters because the sea water lashed on the dikes always.

6. What did Peter see when he stopped near the dikes?
Answer:
When Peter stopped near the dikes he saw a small hole in the dike through which a tiny stream was flowing.

7. What were the thoughts of the mother when Peter did not return home?
Answer:
Peter’s mother thought that she was spending that night with his friend and that she would scold him next morning for staying away from home without permission.

8.How did Peter spend his night at the dikes?
Answer:
Peter put his finger in the hole. He crouched on a stone bending his head. He did not sleep, though his eyes were closed. He rubbed his hand thinking that he could stay through out night.

9. Who found Peter in the dikes and what did he do?
Answer:
A man who went for his work heard Peter moaning and found him clinging to the side of the great wall.

10. How did the villagers mend the hole?
Answer:
The villagers brought shovels and mended the hole after hearing the alarm.

C. Based on your understanding of the story answer the following question in about 100-150 words.

1. Narrate in your own words the circumstances that led Peter to be a brayfe little hero.
Answer:
Introduction:
This story is about a little boy who saved his country from flooding.
Across the dikes:
Peter was a little boy who lived in Holland. Peter’s mother wanted him to go across the dikes to meet his blind friend. Peter went there and stayed till evening. When returning he heard some sound of trickling water. He found a small hole in the dikes. He put his finger into the hole and stopped the water.
Little hero:
He stayed there putting his finger in that hole. His finger became numb. He slept there the whole night. In the morning, a villager saw Peter sitting there. He called the villagers. The villagers arrived with shovels and mended the hole.
Conclusion:
Thus, Peter saved his country, from flooding and was called as the “Hero of Holland”.

(OR)

Peter was a little boy in Holland. One day his mother sent him to give a cake to his blind friend. He walked along the dike. He spent sometime and wanted to return home early. On his way he saw water streaming through a small hole in the dike. He wanted to save Holland.
He climbed down and put his finger into the hole and stopped the leakage. He stayed outside in cold without sleeping. He shouted for help but in vain. Next day a passer by heard his groan and came to rescue him. He spread the alarm. The villagers came runnng with shovels and mended the dike. Thus Peter became a great hero who saved Holland.

(OR)

Peter was a little boy in Holland
His mother asked him to visit his blind friend
He stayed with him for a while and returned home
On his way he saw a small hole in the dike and water was gushing out.
He wanted to save Holland
He climbed down the dike and closed the hole with his little finger
The water leakage was stopped
He stayed outside at night in cold weather without sleeping
Next morning a passer by heard his groan and went nearer him
He alarmed and the villagers came running and mended the dike
Peter became a great little hero of Holland

D. Identify the character / speaker:

1. ‘I want you to go across the dike and take these cakes to your friend, the blind man’
Answer:
Peter’s Mother

2. I am glad they are so strong?
Answer:
Peter

3. ‘Holland shall not be drowned while I am here’.
Answer:
Peter

4. ‘What’s the matter?” he called. “Are you hurt?’
Answer:
Passer by

5. ‘Tell them to come quickly!’
Answer:
Peter

E. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

1. One afternoon the early fall when Peter was eight years old his mother called him from his play, “Come, Peter,” she said. “I want you to go across the dike and take these cakes to your friend, the blind man. If you go quickly, and do not stop to play, you will be home again before dark.” The little boy was glad to go on such an errand, and started off with a light heart.
He stayed with the poor blind man a little while to tell him about his walk along the dike and about the sun and the flowers and the ships far out at sea. Then he remembered his mother’s wish that he should return before dark and, bidding his friend goodbye, he set out for home.

1. What did Peter’s mother want him to do?
Answer:
Peter’s mother wanted him to go across the dike and take those cakes to his blind friend.

2. What did Peter’s mother advise him to do?
Answer:
Peter’s mother advised him not to indulge in playing and to return home before dark.

3. Why was the little boy glad?
Answer:
The little boy was glad to go on such an errand to meet the blind man.

4. What did the little boy tell his friend?
Answer:
The little boy told his friend about his walk along the dike and about the sun and the flowers and the ships far out at sea.

5. What did the little boy remember?
Answer:
The little boy remembered his mother’s wish that he should return before dark.