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Q3. Why does the narrator say, “I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old
Dakota…”?

Q4. What made the woman in the control centre look at the narrator strangely?

Q5. Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely? Discuss this among yourselves and
give reasons for your answer.

Working with Language:

Try to guess the meanings of the word ‘black’ in the sentences given below. Check the
meanings in the dictionary and find out whether you have guessed right.

1. Go and have a bath; your hands and face are absolutely black __________.
2. The taxi-driver gave Ratan a black look as he crossed the road when the traffic light was
green. __________
3. The bombardment of Hiroshima is one of the blackest crimes against humanity.
__________

4. Very few people enjoy Harold Pinter’s black comedy. __________
5. Sometimes shopkeepers store essential goods to create false scarcity and then sell these
in black. __________
6. Villagers had beaten the criminal black and blue. __________