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THINK AS YOU READ<\/strong><\/span> Q2. What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?<\/strong><\/span> THINK AS YOU READ<\/strong> <\/span> Q2.Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?<\/strong><\/span> Q3. Does her father believe her story?<\/strong><\/span> Q4. How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?<\/strong><\/span> Q5. Which country did Danny Casey play for?<\/strong><\/span> THINK AS YOU READ<\/strong><\/span> Q2. Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey? [Delhi 2014]<\/strong><\/span> Q3. Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?<\/strong><\/span> UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT<\/strong> <\/span> Q2. How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie\u2019s father?<\/strong><\/span> Q3. Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolise?<\/strong><\/span> Q4. What socio-economic background did Sophie belong to? What are the indicators of her family\u2019s financial status?<\/strong><\/span> TALKING ABOUT THE TEXT<\/strong><\/span> Q2.It is natural for teenagers to have unrealistic dreams. What would you say are the benefits and disadvantages of such fantasising?<\/strong><\/span> WORKING WITH WORDS<\/strong> <\/span> NOTICING FORM<\/strong> <\/span> THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE<\/strong> <\/span> WRITING<\/strong> <\/span> THINGS TO DO<\/strong> <\/span> SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/span> Q2. What are the other dreams of Sophie in addition to having a boutique?<\/span><\/strong> Q3. Why does -Jansie say : \u201cSoaf, you really should be sensible\u201d ?<\/strong><\/span> Q4. Compare and contrast Sophie and Jansie?<\/strong><\/span> Q5. What job is Geoff engaged in? How does he differ from his sister, Sophie?<\/span><\/strong> Q6. Why was Sophie jealous of Geoff\u2019s silence?<\/strong><\/span> Q7. What does Sophie tell Geoff about her meeting with Danny Gasey? How does Geoff react to it?<\/strong><\/span> Q8. How does Sophie\u2019s father react when Geoff tells him about her meeting with Danny Casey?<\/strong><\/span> Q9. \u201cHe don\u2019t believe you\u2014though he\u2019d like to.\u201d Who says so, about whom and in what context?<\/span><\/strong> Q10. Why do you think, does Goeff tell Sophie the following?<\/strong><\/span> Q11.Who was Danny Casey? How did the members of Sophie\u2019s family react towards him?<\/span><\/strong> Q12. Why was the visit of Sophie\u2019s father and his family to watch United \u2018their weekly pilgrimage\u2019 ?<\/strong><\/span> Q13. Where did Sophie meet Casey and what transpired between them?<\/strong><\/span> Q14. What promise does Sophie want Geoff to make and why ?<\/strong><\/span> Q15. Did Geoff keep his promise? How do you know?<\/strong><\/span> Q16. Why did Sophie not want Jansie to know anything about her meeting with Danny Casey?<\/strong><\/span> Q17. How did Jansie react at Sophie\u2019s story of her meeting with Danny Casey ? [Delhi 2014]<\/strong><\/span> Q18. What did Sophie want to keep a secret from her father and why? How did Jansie react to this disclosure?<\/strong><\/span> Q19. Why did Sophie choose to walk by the canal? What did she do there?<\/strong><\/span> Q20. How did Sophie react as she kept sitting for hours, waiting for Danny Casey and imagining his coming?<\/strong><\/span>
\nQ1.Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?<\/span><\/strong>
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sophie and Jansie would soon pass out of their school. Only a few months were left. Jansie knew very well that both of the them were earmarked for biscuit factory. Sophie had wild dreams about her career. Jansie was a realist. She knew that they did not pay well for shop work and Sophie\u2019s father would not allow her to work there.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Sophie wanted to open a boutique. It would be the most amazing shop that city had ever seen. Alternatively, she would become an actress and have the boutique as a side business. She also thought of being a fashion designer. Jansie had her feet firmly planted to the ground. She wanted Sophie to be sensible and drop all her utopian plans because all of them required much money and exprience.<\/p>\n
\nQ1.Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?<\/strong><\/span>
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sophie knew her father well. He would be angry if he knew of her meeting with the young Irish footballer, Danny Casey. She didn\u2019t tell him. When Geoff told his father about it, he became angry. He turned Ms head to look at her with disdain. Sophie wriggled where she was sitting at the table.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong> <\/span>No, Geoff doesn\u2019t believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey. First, he looks round in disbelief and says, \u201cIt can\u2019t be true\u201d. Again he says, \u201cI don\u2019t believe it.\u201d Sophie then narrates how Danny Casey came and stood beside her. Geoff asks her, \u201cWhat does he look like?\u201d So, he doesn\u2019t seem to be convinced that Sophie met Danny Casey.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>No, Sophie\u2019s father does not believe her story. When Geoff tells him that Sophie met Danny Casey, his father looked at SopMe with disdain. He ignores her totally. He thinks that it is yet another \u2018wild story\u2019. He begins to talk about Tom Finny, another great football player.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Geoff was always the first to share her secrets. So, she told him about meeting Danny Casey. She also told him about her plan to meet him next week. She suspected areas of his life about wMch she knew nothing. She longed to know them. She wished that someday he might take her with him. She saw herself riding there behind Geoff.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Danny Casey played for Ireland.<\/p>\n
\nQ1. Why didn\u2019t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?<\/strong><\/span>
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Jansie was very interested in things that did not concern her. She wanted to know other people\u2019s affairs. She would spread the news in the whole neighbourhood. So, Sophie didn\u2019t want Jansie to know about her story with Danny. It may also be mutual rivalry and one-up manship on her part. Sophie was startled to learn that Geoff had told Jansie about her story with Danny.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0No, Sophie did not really meet Danny Casey. She was very fascinated by the young Irish footballer. She imagined his coming. She sat in the park, waiting for Casey and knowing that he would not come. She felt sad. Sadness was a hard burden to carry. She was always lost in a dreamy world where she imagined Casey meeting her.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in person was when the family went to watch United on Saturday. Sophie, her father and little Derek went down near the goal. Geoff went with his mates higher up. United won two-nil. Her idol Casey drove in the second goal. She saw the Irish genius going round two big defenders on the edge of penalty area. He beat the hesitant goal keeper from a dozen yards. Sophie glowed with pride. She was very happy.<\/p>\n
\nQ1. Sophie and Jansie were classmates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story?<\/strong><\/span>
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Sophie and Jansie are poles apart in tastes and temperament. Sophie has fantastic dreams and floats in a fairy land. She is an incurable escapist who won\u2019t come out of her dreams. Jansie is down to earth\u2014a realist. Sophie wants to do something sophisticated. Jansie knows that these things require a lot of money which their families do not possess. Jansie also knows that they were earmaked for the biscuit factory. She even advises Sophie to be sensible and practical. Sophie considers Jansie \u2018nosey\u2019 and does not want to confide in her.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>Sophie\u2019s father has a plumpy face looking grimy and sweaty. He doesn\u2019t seem to be a soft or sophisticated man. Sophie fears his agressive manliness. He is a realist and does not believe in his daughter\u2019s wild stories. He loves watching football. He hopes young Casey will be as good as Tom Finney. He wishes that the young footballer keeps away from all distractions. He shouts instructions to Casey at the playground. When the Irish genius beats the hesitant goal keeper, Sophie\u2019s father screams with joy and pride. He goes to a pub to celebrate the victory.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Geoff is the only person who listens to Sophie\u2019s fantasies and long cherished dreams. Her father is too bossy and aggressive. He hates Sophie\u2019s fantastic stories. Even little Derek – makes fun of her growing rich. Her classmate Jansie is \u2018nosey\u2019 and can\u2019t be trusted with a secret. Only Geoff can be trusted to keep all the secrets of Sophie to himself.
\nFrom her perspective, Geoff symbolises an elder brother who has grown up and visited places unknown to her. She wished that someday her brother might take her to those places. He is sympathetic and cautions her by telling her that Casey might have strings of girls. He warns her that he would never show up again. He speaks softly so as not to break the heart of the young dreamer.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Sophie belongs to a lower middle class family. She is an escapist and has wild dreams. She dreams of things she can\u2019t have in real life. Jansie tells her that boutique needs a lot of money. Sophie knows that the family doesn\u2019t have money. She says, \u201cIf ever I came into money, I\u2019ll buy a boutique.\u201d Even little Derek understands her unrealistic nature.
\nGeoffs occupation reflects their socio-economic background. He is an apprentice mechanic. He travels to his work each day to the far side of the city. His jacket is shapeless. Her father lacks sophistication. He is a heavy breathing man. He sits in his vest at the table. He grunts and tosses one of little Derek\u2019s shoes from his chair on to the sofa. There is stove in the same room where dirty washing is piled in a comer. Sophie\u2019s father goes to pub on his bicycle. All these indicators confirm their lower middle-class family background.<\/p>\n
\nDiscuss in pairs<\/strong><\/span>
\nQ1.Sophie\u2019s dreams and disappointments are all in her mind.<\/strong><\/span>
\nAns:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Sophie is a young school-girl belonging to a lower middle-class family. She wants to rise from the situation in which she finds herself. She is an incurable dreamer and escapist. She dreams of opening a boutique. Her classmate Jansie, who had her feet firmly planted on the ground, tells Sophie that opening a boutique requires a lot of money and experience and she has neither of them. Sophie, who floats in a dreamy world of her own, dreams of becoming an actress or a fashion designer. She has dreams of a hero also. She develops fascination for Danny Casey, the wonder-boy of football. She sees him in action only once when he scores the second goal for United. She imagines him coming to her and tells her brother about the meeting. She goes on waiting for him on the next date but he does not turn up. She becomes sad and carries the burden of sadness all the times. Thus, her dreams and disappointments are the creations of her mind.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Teenagers have boundless enthusiasm and ambitions. They have sweet dreams and go on fantasising. It is natural for them to do so. Every youth is a dreamer. Every great scientist or writer has a dream. Without some thing to aspire for one can\u2019t strive to achieve that goal. Dreams lead to the golden gate of success. Some teenagers float in the world of fantasy. They have unreal dreams. It is just like a child asking for the moon. Their feet are in the mud and they dream of the stars in the sky. Such fantasising results in disappointment and disillusionment. A dreamer who fails to realise his dream is labelled a failure. Those who realise their dreams become heroes and achievers in their spheres. I think it is better to have dreams even if we fail to realise them. Who would have dreams if the teenagers don\u2019t\u2014will these grey-headed, grey-bearded persons have dreams? Let the teenagers indulge in their natural activity and dream of a golden future. They will strive to translate them into reality.<\/p>\n
\nNotice the following expressions. The highlighted words are not used in a literal sense. Explain what they mean.<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.
\n\u2022Sophie felt a tightening in her throat.
\nIf he keeps his head on his shoulders.
\n\u2022On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to the United.
\n\u2022She saw … him ghost past the lumbering defenders
\nAns.<\/strong><\/span> (i)Phrase Meaning : Words had to be prized out of him. He was so silent that words had to be extracted from him with great difficulty or force.
\n(ii)Phrase Meaning : … a tightening in her throat. Sophie felt a stiffness in her throat and felt upset.
\n(iii)Phrase Meaning : … keeps his head on his shoulders. If he is sensible or intelligent.
\n(iv)Phrase Meaning : … they made their weekly pilgrimage. They went to see the football match every week as if they were visiting a holy place.
\n(v) Phrase Meaning :… ghost past. Making a silent move or running to dodge\/deceive.<\/p>\n
\nNotice the highlighted words in the following sentences:<\/strong><\/span>
\n1.\u201cWhen I leave,\u2019 Sophie said, coming home from school, \u201cI\u2019m going to have a boutique.\u201d
\n2. Jansi, linking arms with her along the street, looked doubtful.
\n3.\u201cI\u2019ll find it,\u201d Sophie said, staring far down the street.
\n4. Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy.
\n5.And she turned in through the open street door leaving Jansie standing in the rain.
\n-When we add \u201cing\u201d to a verb we get the present participle form. The present participle form is generally used along with forms of \u201cbe\u2019, (is, was, are, were, am) to indicate the present continuous tense as in \u201cSophie was coming home from school.\u201d
\n-We can use the present participle by itself without the helping verb, when we wish to indicate that an action is happening at the same time as another.
\n-In example 1, Sophie \u201csaid\u201d something, \u201cSaid\u201d, here, is the main action.
\n-What Sophie was doing while she was \u201csaying\u201d is indicated by “coming home from school\u201d. So we get the information of two actions happening at the same time. We convey the information in one sentence instead of two.
\n-Analyse the other examples in the same way.
\n-Pick out five other sentences from the story in which present participles are used in this sense.
\nAns.<\/strong><\/span> 1.\u201cShe thinks money grows on trees, don\u2019t she, Dad? said little Derek, hanging on the back of his father\u2019s chair. ,
\n2.She was conscious of a vast world out there waiting for her …
\n3.She saw herself riding there behind Geoff.
\n4.Here I sit, she said to herself, wishing Danny would come, wishing he would come
\nand sensing the time passing.
\n5.She waited, measuring in this way the changes taking place in her.
\n6.Sitting here waiting and knowing he will not come I can see the future…<\/p>\n
\nNotice these words from the story.<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022\u201cchuffed\u201d, meaning delighted or very pleased
\n\u2022\u201cnosey\u201d, meaning inquisitive
\n\u2022\u201cgawky\u201d, meaning awkward, ungainly.
\nThese are words that are used in an informal way in colloquial speech.
\nMake a list of ten other words df this kind.
\nAns.<\/strong> <\/span>(i) \u201cboutique\u201d, meaning a shop selling fashionable clothes or expensive gifts.
\n(ii)\u201cdad\u201d, meaning father.
\n(iii)\u201cscooping\u201d, meaning picking up something with a spoon.
\n(iv)\u201cprized out\u201d, meaning extract some infrmation with difficulty or force.
\n(v)\u201cmuttered\u201d, meaning murmured.
\n(vi)\u201cpub\u201d, meaning a place where one can drink.
\n(vii)jeered\u201d, meaning taunted.
\n(viii)\u201cdamn\u201d, meaning \u2018go to hell!\u2019
\n(ix)\u201cghost past\u201d, meaning moved unseen and unheard.
\n(x)\u201chuh\u201d, meaning an expression showing disagreement.<\/p>\n
\n-Think of a person who you would like to have as your role-model.<\/strong><\/span>
\n-Write down the points to be discussed or questions to be asked, if you were asked to interview that person on the Television show.<\/strong><\/span>
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0INTERVIEWING SUNIL GAVASKAR<\/strong>
\n1.Welcome, Sunil to our chat show. How do you feel at this stage of life?
\n2.Sachin Tendulkar has broken your record of hitting the highest number of test hundreds. How do you react to that?
\n3.What helps you to keep fit and smart at this age?
\n4.What are your current international engagements?
\n5.What do you prefer\u2014writing books on cricket or commenting on television?
\n6.Have you ever thought of coaching India?
\n7.Would you like to be involved intimately in grooming budding talent, if offer comes from the right quarters?
\n8.What are your plans for helping the players to get a better deal?
\n9.How do you balance your international engagements with you personal obligations?
\n10.What are your interests other than cricket?<\/p>\n
\n1.Look for other stories or movies where this theme of hero worship and fantasising about film or sports icons finds a place.<\/strong><\/span>
\nAns:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Extension Activity : To be attempted under the guidance of the teacher.<\/p>\nMORE QUESTIONS SOLVED<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\nQ1. What does Sophie dream of doing after she passes out of school? Why do you call it a \u2018dream\u2019 and not a \u2018plan\u2019?<\/strong> <\/span>
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sophie dreams to have a boutique of her own. It will be the most amazing shop the city has ever seen. She says that she will buy a boutique if ever she comes into money. She does not mind becoming an actress to run a boutique as a side business. Since she has no money or experience, it is called a \u2018dream\u2019 and not a \u2018plan\u2019.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The greatest dream of Sophie is to have a boutique. She wants to be a bit sophisticated and rise above her lower-middle class status. Her other dream is of being an actress as \u201cthere\u2019s real money in that\u201d. Moreover, actresses don\u2019t work full time. She can look after her first love i.e. boutique as a side business. She has another option. She can be a fashion designer, and do something sophisticated.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Jansie knows Sophie\u2019s family background and financial position. She knows that both of them are earmarked for that biscuit factory. Sophie dreams of big and beautiful things like having a boutique or becoming an actress or a fashion designer. All these things need a lot of money and experience. Sophie has neither of them. So Jansie being down-to-earth advises her to be sensible and stop having wild dreams.<\/p>\n
\nOR<\/strong><\/span>
\nJansie is Sophie\u2019s classmate and friend but doesn\u2019t entertain any \u2018wild dreams\u2019like her. Why?<\/strong><\/span>
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Sophie and Jansie are classmates and friends, but the similarity ends here. They are poles \u2019 apart in thinking and temperament. Sophie is an incurable dreamer and escapist. She dreams of big and beautiful things, which are beyond her reach.
\nOn the other hand, Jansie is realistic and practical. She knows that they are poor and will have to work in the biscuit factory after leaving school. She is well aware that big things require big money and experience, which they don\u2019t have. It is better to live in reality and think accordingly.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Geoff is a grown up boy. He left school three years ago. Now he is an apprentice mechanic. He has to travel to his work each day to the far side of the city. He speaks little but listens to his sister\u2019s \u2018wild stories\u2019. But he is not a day dreamer like her. He knows the financial limitations of his family. He cautions Sophie against entertaining dreams for a celebrity like Danny Casey.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Geoff was almost grown up now. He spoke little. Words had to be extracted out of him like stones out of the ground. Sophie was jealous of his silence. She knew that when he was not speaking, he was away somewhere. He was out in the surrounding country\u2014in those places she had never been. She wanted to share her brother\u2019s affection.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sophie tells Geoff that she met Danny Casey. Geoff is surprised. He looks round abruptly and asks \u2018where?\u2019 Sophie replies that she met him in the arcade. Geoff can\u2019t believe her. He says, \u201cIt\u2019s never true.\u201d He asks her, \u201cWhat does he look like?\u201d She replies that he has green eyes and is not very tall. Geoff is still not convinced.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Geoff informs his father that Sophie had a meeting with Danny Casey. He turns his head on his thick neck to look at her in disbelief. His expression is one of disdain. He ignores the news and goes on to talk about Tom Finney. He hopes that Danny will he like Tom Finney one day. When Sophie says that Casey is going to buy a shop, he reacts sharply. \u201cThis is another of your wild stories.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Geoff says so to Sophie about their father. He reacted sharply to her account of meeting Danny Casey. Geoff said that she had met him in the arcade and then told him how it had been. Their father said aggressively that she was going to talk herself into a load of trouble. Sophie asked Geoff to confirm that it was true. It was then that Geoff uttered these remarks. *-<\/p>\n
\n(i)\u201cCasey must have strings of girls.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>
\n(ii)\u201cAs if he\u2019d ever show up.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Geoff knows that Sophie is still very young and immature. She is crazy after Danny Casey, the Irish wonder-boy. He tries to convince Sophie that a celebrity like Casey must have a large number of girls running after him. She says that he doesn\u2019t have any. He will give her autograph next week if she cares to meet him next week. Geoff is not convinced. He doubts if he would ever show up.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Danny Casey was a young Irish football player. He played for the United. The Irish prodigy could easily dodge the defenders and score goals. Sophie\u2019s father was a football fan. He admired old heroes like Tom Finney and young wonder boy Casey. Geoff had a large poster of United first team squad on his bed room wall. There were three coloured photographs of Casey in the row below it. Every Saturday they went to watch United play.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sophie\u2019s father was a keen footfall fan. He took great interest in the career of Danny Casey, the Irish prodigy. Geoff, too was interested in football. Sophie considered Danny Casey her personal hero. She always dreamt of him. Casey was playing for United. The family visited the stadium regularly to watch him. So the family\u2019s visit was like a religious or holy weekly ritual\u2014a pilgrimage.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Sophie met Danny Casey in the arcade. It was she who spoke first and asked if he was Casey. He looked surprised. He was certainly Danny Casey as he had the Irish accent. She had already heard him on television. She asked him for an autograph for little Derek. But neither of them had any paper or pen. Before going he promised to give his autograph if she cared to meet him next week.<\/p>\n
\nOR<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhy does Sophie say: \u201cPromise you\u2019ll tell no one\u201d and \u201cPromise, Geoff-Dad\u2019d murder me.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sophie wants to confide in Geoff what happened dining her meeting with Danny Casey. Before telling him the details, she wants him to promise that he would tell no one about her meeting and the next \u2018date\u2019. She is afraid of her father\u2019s anger. She fears he would murder her. Geoff assures her that she is quite safe. Their father does not believe such wild stories.<\/p>\n
\n‘ OR<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhy did Sophie say \u201cDamn that Geoff, this was a Geoff thing not a Jansie thing.\u201d<\/strong><\/span>
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sophie had told Geoff about her meeting with Danny Casey and asked him to promise that he would tell no one. It was a secret between the two\u2014something special just between them. Geoff did not keep his promise. He told Jansie\u2019s brother Frank about it. Sophie cursed Geoff, as it was his doing, not Jansie\u2019s.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sophie knew that Jansie was \u2018nosey\u2019. She was very inquisitive by nature. She took special interest in knowing new things about others. Sophie did not trust Jansie as she could not keep a secret. She could spread the rumour in the whole neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Jansie was a classmate and friend of Sophie. She lived in the same neighbourhood. She knew Sophie quite well. She was also aware of Sophie\u2019s habit of dreaming. On learning of her meeting with Danny Casey, her first reaction was of disbelief. \u201cYou never did\u201d, exclaimed Jansie. But when Sophie told her about her request for autograph, Jansie softened a little and said, \u201cJesus, I wish Fd have been there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sophie told Jansie that she wanted to keep her meeting with Casey a secret. There would be a row if her father knew it. Jansie thought that he would be pleased. Sophie told Jansie what a misery her father was. Moreover, she did not want crowd of people asking him about Danny Casey and her. She feared that he would murder her. Her mother felt upset whenever there was a row. Jansie assured Sophie that she could trust her to keep the secret.<\/p>\n
\nAns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Sophie walked by the canal along a sheltered path. It was far away from the noise and crowd of the city. It was a place where she had often played when she was a child. There was a wooden bench beneath a solitary elm tree. Lovers sometimes came there. That was the most suitable place where she could dream of her hero Danny Casey.<\/p>\n