5 Ans  At 9 30 when swami was supposed to be in the school prayer hall,

father came in and saw swami lying in the bench in the mother's room. On
enquiry about school for the day, the boy reported about his headache but his
stern father asserted that he should dress up and go to school not
withstanding his headache.

6 Ans Swami knew that his father was a very strict man and hence the
complaint of headache did not convince him, swami changed his tactics from
headache to delay and then to the arrogance of his teacher who might scold
him for his delay for half an hour

7 Ans On his way to school, Swami felt that he was the worst boy on earth.
His conscience bothered him as he realised that he had mixed up the real and
the imagined in describing his teacher Samuel to his father.

8 Ans  Swami’s conscience bothered him as he realised that he had mixed up

the real and the imagined in describing his teacher. Samuel was not all a bad
man and was undoubtedly the friendliest of the teachers who also had a high
regard for Swami as a student

9 Ans  On his way to school Swami recalled the appearance of his teacher
Samuel I his dark face, unshaven cheek, thin moustache and yellow coat.
Swami was rally confused thinking whether Samuel really deserved the
allegations made against him in Father’s letter of complaint to the headmaster.

10 AnsAs Swami entered the school gate, a clever idea occurred to his mind,
and he resolved that he would deliver the letter to the headmaster not before
attending the class but at the end of the day, so that during the whole day,
Samuel might have some dealings of arrogance with him to justify the
allegations made in the letter.
11 Ans Swami expected his teacher Samuel to misbehave with him but in
realty Samuel dealt with him with great gentleness. He not only sympathised
with swami for his headache saying why he at all come to school that day, but
also readily excused him for not doing the e homework.

12 Ansswami was filled with remorse when he recalled his teacher Samuel’s
appearance in his dark complexion, unshaven cheek, thin moustache and
yellow coat. The more he thought of Samuel the sadder he felt for him in
respect of his father’s complaint letter to the headmaster.

13 AnsSamuel asked Swami why he at all come to school that day with the
headache and Swami replied that his father asked him not to miss school. This
act of swami’s father impressed Samuel and he opined that the school needed
more and more parents like Swami’s.

14 AnsSamuel’s dealing with Swami revealed that as a teacher he was not

only conscientious but considerate to the students. Instead of scolding swami
for his delay, Samuel sympathised for him asking why he at all come to school
in spite of headache that day and also readily excused Swami for not
submitting his home lessons. He also had a regard for Swami as a student.
Hence Swami’s assessment of Samuel as the friendliest of the teachers was not
at all unjustified.

15 AnsAs the school bell rang for the last period at 4:30 p.m. Swami quickly
picked up his books and ran to the headmaster’s office only to see that it was
locked, and the peon informed him that the headmaster had gone on leave for
a week. Hence Swami quickly ran back home feeling relieved and with the
letter in his hand undelivered.
16 AnsAs Swami returned home with the complaint letter undelivered, his
father quickly snatched and tore the same away asserting that he knew
beforehand that Sami would not deliver the letter. He further added that after
that Swami should never seek his Father’s help to deal with his teacher as he
deserves his arrogant teacher Samuel.

17 AnsThe title “Father’s Help” has a two ward meaning. According to the
surface meaning, Father extended his helping hand in his reportedly arrogant
teacher Samuel of whom even the headmaster fears. But its inner significance
implies his far-sighted father wanted to mend his son’s behaviour of blaming
his teachers in attempt to cover up his own lapses.

18 AnsIt may appear that Swami’s mother pampered her son by generously
suggesting that Swami might stay back at home instead of going to school for
the day while his father overruled his complaints of headache and delay and
forced him to attend school in an apparently harsh manner. Thus mother’s
behaviour was emotional while father’s was pragmatic. Worrying about a son’s
health is quite a common phenomenon in the heart of a tender minded
mother more than that of a strong-nerved father.

19 AnsSwami’s father was a strict man who wanted to inculcate in his son
commitments to duty above the silly excuses of physical unfitness. As a
pragmatic minded responsible father, he wanted to groom his son to shoulder
the responsibility and not swing under lame excuses. So he sent Swami to
school and also created a situation for his son to face the adverse
consequences of unnecessarily blaming his teachers in order to cover up his
own faults. Hence the Samuel and the later episode certainly taught Swami a
life’s lesson never to repeat again.