Class 8 English (It so Happened) Chapter 5 Question Answers - Princess September

Q1: What did the sisters advise the Princess to do about her bird?
Ans: The sisters advised the Princess to keep her bird in a cage so that she could be sure of having it all the time.

Q2: What did the king like and dislike about parrots?
Ans: The king liked that parrot speaking ‘God save the king’ and disliked listening when parrots say ‘Pretty Polly’.

Q3: What was the offer of the eight princesses?
Ans: The eight princesses offered that they would put their pocket money and buy her a lovely green and yellow parrot.

Q4: What inspired the bird to sing?
Ans: The bird got his inspiration from trees, the lake, and the green rice growing in the fields.

Q5: What was the idea that the eight sisters tried to put into September’s mind?
Ans: The eight princesses were jealous that September roamed about with her bird in the palace. They wanted her to put her bird into the cage.

Q6: Why did the bird say ‘What is the joke’?
Ans: The bird said so because September caged the bird whereas he preferred freedom.

Q7: How many daughters did the royal couple have?
Ans: The royal couple had nine daughters.

Q8: How did September react to their offer?
Ans: September thanked them all and said that she had a better bird.

Q9: What was the reason behind the delay in the arrival of the bird?
Ans: The bird answered that his father-in-law wanted him to stay for a party.

Q10: What was the gift given to the princess by the king?
Ans: The king gave away the green parrots in a golden cage.

Q11: ‘The new bird was full of new songs but the old parrots always repeated themselves’. What did they say?
Ans: All the old parrots could say ‘God save the king” and some of them could even say ‘Pretty Polly’ in seven languages.

Q12: Why were they named after the months of the year?
Ans: They were named after the months of the year because the queen could not recall their names easily.

Q13: What was not liked by the king about the councilors?
Ans: The king said that they say the same thing in seven different ways. He said that they say pleasing words without having genuine feelings.

Q14: What was the reaction of the Queen?
Ans: The queen did not go to comfort the princess. On the contrary, she called it nonsense and ignored it.

Q15: What made September wipe her tears?
Ans: Princess September was crying over the death of her parrot. Then entered a little bird hopping into her room. He sang a beautiful song for her and that made her wipe her tears.

Q16: What did the Maids of Honour do to comfort the princess?
Ans: The princess was burst into tears at the loss of the parrot. Maids of honour tried to comfort her. Later they informed the queen.

Q17: What thoughts had haunted the mind of the princess when the bird took too long to return?
Ans: The princess thought that something might have happened to him. He might be in trouble because of hawks with snares, or he might have forgotten her.

Q18: Why couldn’t the bird sing that day?
Ans: The bird couldn’t sing because it was caged against his wishes.

Q19: What pulled the princess out of her gloom?
Ans: The coming of a little bird into her room comforted Princess September. She was so enchanted that she forgot about her loss.

Q20: What happened to the parrot of Princess September?
Ans: The parrot of Princess September was lying dead at the bottom of its golden cage.