Question

Read the following extract and convert it into a dialogue between Daisy and the Lark in about 120 words :

[You may begin with : Lark : I have no water ........]

“I have no water,” said the captive lark, “they have all gone out, and forgotten to give me anything to drink. My throat is dry and burning. I feel as if I had ** and ice within me and the air is so oppressive. Alas! I must , and part with the warm sunshine, the fresh green meadows, and all the beauty that ** has created.” And it thrust its beak into the piece of grass, to refresh itself a little. Then it noticed the little daisy, and nodded to it, and kissed it with its beak and said : “You must also fade in here, poor little flower. You and the piece of grass are all they have given me in exchange for the whole world, which I enjoyed outside. Each little blade of grass shall be a green tree for me, each of your white petals a fragrant flower. Alas! you only remind me of what I have lost.”

“I wish I could console the poor lark”, thought the daisy. It could not move one of its leaves, but the fragrance of its delicate petals streamed forth, and was much stronger than such flowers usually have : the bird noticed it, although it was dying with thirst and in its pain tore up the green blades of grass, but did not touch the flower.

Answer 1

Dialogue between Lark and Daisy.

Lark : I have no water. They have all gone and left me in this cage. My throat is dry and burning. I feel as if I had ** and ice within me and the air is so oppressive. Alas! Goodbye sunshine. I must and part from you and the fresh green meadows and all the beauty of *’ creation.

Daisy : I will surely meet with the same fate, thrust into your cage, deprived of fresh air and the green grass.

Lark : Poor, lovely daisy, I will be your friend forever.

[The lark kissed the Daisy with its beak]

You, poor little flower must also fade in here. But I am glad that I have you and the piece of grass with me. I will treat each blade of grass like a green tree and each of your petals as a fragrant flower. Your presence in my cage is reminder of what I have lost.

Daisy :Poor Lark, you look so forlorn, but I have no words of comfort, for I too am very sad. I cannot even move my leaves. But I can make you feel better with the fragrance of my delicate petals. Breath on the fragrance, dear Lark, it is better and stronger than any other flower.