Two Stories about Flying

Chapter Summary

“Two Stories about Flying” represents two different stories in different two parts from two different authors. The first part explores the younger bird seagull. It demonstrates how the bird is afraid to fly for the first time. Seagull has the feeling that its wing will not support it to fly. This story also demonstrated how Seagull looks for his parents to teach others how to fly. This story elaborates on a beautiful narration of how the bird overcomes its fear and becomes able to fly. The second part of the story elaborates on how a pilot lost control of his flight and got into trouble, with all storms and dark clouds, how the pilot manages to land.

Why was the young seagull afraid to fly?

The young seagull was afraid to fly as it was his first-time fly and he was worried about falling to the ground and getting hurt. He was not able to fly and his thoughts were stopping him from initiating flying. Every time he bent his head and run away to the whole. All birds could feel afraid and worried about making their first flight. The story of the seagull is natural which made it significant that anyone can be worried while performing a task for the first time. The way the young seagull overcome the fear of falling and started to fly was really narrated beautifully by the author.

Do you think a human baby also finds it challenging to walk for the first time?

When human babies started to learn to stand and make their first steps, they often feel worried about falling down and it's quite natural. In the initial stage of learning new steps, babies could get afraid like the young seagull.

What compelled the young seagull to finally fly?

The young seagull was feeling hungry and it was the hungriness which finally pushed him to cut all the fears and fly. Its hunger amplified when it caught its mother tearing at a portion of fish that lay at her paws. It screamed at her and prayed to her to get some meals. When its mother reached towards it with meals in her beak, it cried with joy and expectation. Nevertheless, she quit midway. He wondered why she did not come close. He started crying for food as he was continuously looking for food to survive hunger. Finally, the hunger made him overcome the fear and fly.

Seagull’s parents tried everything although he was unwilling to fly due to fear of falling. Seagull all the time watched his brothers and sisters although it was not enough to make the flying effort. All the efforts of the family could not make him fly by overcoming the fear of falling. Later the whole family left him and threatened every hard work his family want in ineffective. The fear of missing family and hungriness made the seagull fly by overcoming the fear.

Describe the narrator’s experience as he flew an Airplane into the storm

The author described the experience of flying in dark clouds and storms. The moment the flight entered into the dark clouds and the appearance of the storm made the plane started to twist and jump while flying in the mid-sky. The worst moment was when the author discovered that, due to the storm, the functionality of the compass stopped.

For the author, it constructed a fearful and terrible experience to fly in that situation. Later, he explored that the fuel in the tank was about to be emptied and the plane would not be able to fly for more than ten minutes. At that stage, the author discovered that the pilot of another flying black plane was sending him the signal to follow. The author followed the black plane and landed successfully on the runway with safety.

Why does the narrator say, “I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota…”?

The narrator described that he went into fear as he started to lose control of the aeroplane. He was thinking about black clouds, storms, and fuel. He looked at his brothers and sister however, it wouldn’t create any influence. The author could not get any information about another flight, and that’s why he stated I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota.

What made the woman in the control centre look at the narrator strangely?

The woman in the control centre looked strangely at the narrator as he described a black plane that sent him the signal to follow and with the direction of that plane he was able to land. The radar had not displayed any other plane, therefore, she looked at him strangely.

Who helped the narrator to reach safely?

There could be distinct reasons for overcoming the fear and landing on the runway safely. Consequently, it could be stated that there was no black plane, and its the author who successfully overcome the fear and landed.

FAQs

Q1. Why seagull’s parents left him?

Ans. After all the attempts of the seagull’s parents, he was not able to overcome the fear to fly. Even after watching his siblings fly, he could not build the entourage to fly. Consequently, his parents threatened him and left him alone.

Q2. Why seagull was not able to fly for the first time?

Ans. The fear of falling put more restrictions on the seagull’s mindset to fly. For seagull, it was a challenging task to fly. Seagull was constantly thinking that its wing will deliver the required support while he started to fly and ended fell down to the ground.

Q3. Was there any black plane?

Ans. Based on the radar, there was no black flight that guided the author to fly. It could be an illusion or overthinking while overcoming the fear