Crow Brings Daylight | Question Answers | Chapter 4 | The English Coach | Class 7

 Crow Brings Daylight | Question Answers | Chapter 4 | The English Coach | Class 7

Q. 1 What were the reasons Inuit people gave to the crow to get them light? 

Ans. The reasons Inuit people gave to the crow were—

• If they had daylight, they would see animals they hunted. 

• They would hunt the animals that sometimes attacked them. 

• They would better see each other's faces. 

Q. 2 Why do you think the crow refuse to bring a light at first? 

Ans. The crow refused to bring daylight at first because he was old enough to travel so far. 

Q. 3 What was the crow’s plan to bring daylight to the Inuit people? Write in detail. 

Ans. The crow turn himself into a speck of dust and reached the chief's house with the help of his daughter. He entered chief's grandson's ear that caused him cried out loud. As the chief asked what happened to him, the crow whispered in the boy’s ear to tell the chief that he wanted to play with the daylight ball outside. As they stepped out, the speck of dust came out of the boy's ear and turned into the crow . The crow grasped the string of the ball of daylight and flew into the sky heading West. Finally he reached the land of the Inuit people and dropped the ball. It shattered into tiny pieces and light travelled everywhere and darkness was gone. 

Q. 4 In what ways did the Inuit people perceive the importance of light? 

Ans. The Inuit people perceived the importance of light when the crow described  how people go on hunting to places away from their villages for long hours, how they are innovating something new sitting under the sunlight all day, at night  they sit under small lamp made of fire sparks. 

Q. 5 Why do you think the crow went through so much of trouble  to get light for the Inuit people? 

Ans. Only the crow knew where one could find the light. It was too dark for the Inuit people to find out the paths to long distances. So the Inuit people begged him till he finally agreed to get them light.

Q. 6 How did the Inuit people express their gratitude towards the crow? 

Ans. The Inuit people thanked the wise crow. They were indebted to get light not only into their place but also into their lives. They hailed Crow for the gift of light. In this way, the expressed their gratitude towards the crow. 

Q. 7 How would you draw the moral of the story in context with today’s time period? 

Ans. The myth shows how the kindness and sacrifice of another can benefit everyone as a whole.