‘Ga, ga, ga. Ga, ga, ga.’ ‘Gawlool- ah.’ His mother swooped past him, her wings making a loud noise. He answered her with another scream. Then, his father flew over him screaming.
Then, he saw his two brothers and sister flying around him, soaring and diving. Then, he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly, and commenced to dive and soar, shrieking shrilly. He was near the sea now, flying straight over it, facing out over the ocean. He saw a vast green sea beneath him, with little ridges moving over it; he turned his beak sideways and crowed amusedly.
His parents and his brothers and sister had landed on this green floor in front of him. They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly. He dropped his legs to stand on the green sea. His legs sank into it.
He screamed with fright and attempted to rise again, flapping his wings. But he was tired and weak with hunger and he could not rise exhausted by the strange exercise. His feet sank into the green sea, and then his belly touched it and he sank no farther. i.
How did the bird feel when it started flying for the first time? j. What did the young bird’s family do when he started flying? 10th - - He was floating on it.
And around him, his family was screaming, praising him, and their beaks were offering him scraps of dog-fish. He had made his first flight. ledge (n)- a narrow shelf that juts out from a vertical surface shrilly (adv.)- producing a high-pitched and piercing voice or sound herring (n)- a long silver fish that swims in large groups in the sea devour (v)- to eat something eagerly and in large amounts, so that nothing is left cackle (n)- a sharp, broken noise or cry of a hen, goose or seagull mackerel (n)- a sea fish with a strong taste, often used as food Liam O'Flaherty ( – ) was an Irish novelist and short story writer and a major figure in the Irish literary renaissance.