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William Douglas
Feared Water
3/4 years old, went to beach with father knocked down, swept over by waves suffocated,
frightened.
At 10/11 year old
Decided to learn swimming, Y.M.C.A. pool, Yakima
pool safe 2/3 feet at shallow end, 9 feet at deep end
got water wings
fear back, beginning to feel comfortable
feeling short lived, another incident.
Misadventure
big boy threw him into deep end
frightened, lungs ready to burst
decided to hit feet on bottom and return as a cork
came up slowly, opened eyes, water every where
swallowed water and choked
terrified, tried to scream, no sound
legs paralyzed, rigid
went down, second time
hit bottom, felt dizzy, paralyzed, rigid
groped for support, called for help, no result
went down third time
stopped struggling, legs limp
blackness swept his brain
was quiet, peaceful, drowsy
On being conscious, he
found himself, lying on stomach, vomiting
heard voice of same boy
reached home-felt weak, trembled
wept, couldn.t eat, frightened, avoided water
2. “Now you can swim. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke.”
i) Who is the speaker of the above line?
ii) With whom is he giving the above instruction?
iii) What is ‘crawl stroke’?
iv) What is the outcome of the above instruction?
Prepared by:
Md. Ali Ahmed, PGT (English), KV ONGC Sivasagar
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Do it yourself:
Look for any other question (both SQ and LQ) asked in the previous year’s Question Papers of CBSE
Board Examinations for Class XII. Try to answer them if you find it different from the ones given
above.
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Prepared by:
Md. Ali Ahmed, PGT (English), KV ONGC Sivasagar