Introduction
This story is about a girl named Onshangla who learns how people can understand the world without seeing. Her mother plays a blindfold game with her, where Onshangla uses touch, smell, and taste to guess objects. Through this fun game, she learns to be kind and understand others, like the new boy in her class who cannot see.
Onshangla
Key Points
- Onshangla tells her mother, Ava, about a new boy in her class who cannot see.
- Ava plays a game with Onshangla to help her understand life without seeing.
- Onshangla is blindfolded and identifies objects using touch, smell, and taste.
- After the game, Onshangla is happy to see her mother again.
- Ava teaches that there are different ways to understand the world without sight.
- Onshangla and her friends are encouraged to be kind and make friends with the new boy.
Detailed Explanation
In this chapter, we meet a little girl named Onshangla who comes back home from school. She’s very quiet, and her mother, Ava, notices this and asks her if anything happened at school. Onshangla tells her that a new boy has joined their class who wears black glasses and cannot see. Onshangla is interested about how the new boy will do things since he can’t see like everyone else.
Ava decides to play a special game with Onshangla to help her understand how it feels to do things without seeing. She blindfolds Onshangla with a scarf and then asks her to guess what she’s holding in her hand. Onshangla touches and smells the objects to guess what they are. She correctly identifies a soft object as a rose by smelling it. She also recognizes a small bell by the sound it makes and a glass of orange juice by tasting it.
After these fun games, Ava removes the blindfold, and Onshangla can see again. She is happy to see her mother and thanks her for the game. Ava uses this opportunity to teach Onshangla and her friends that even if someone cannot see, there are other ways to understand the world around them. She encourages Onshangla and her friends to be friends with the new boy who cannot see.
Message:
After the game, Ava removes the blindfold, and Onshangla expresses her happiness and gratitude for the activity. Ava seizes this moment to teach Onshangla and her friends an important lesson: even though someone may not have the ability to see, there are other ways to understand and perceive the world around them. She asks them to make friends with the new boy and be supportive of his special ability.
New Words and Meanings
- Quiet: Making little or no noise.
Meaning: Silent or calm.
Example: The library is very quiet. - Front: The part or side that faces forward.
Meaning: The area before something.
Example: Please stand in the front of the line. - Sniff: To smell something by inhaling air through the nose.
Meaning: To draw air audibly through the nose.
Example: The dog began to sniff the flowers. - Remove: To take something away.
Meaning: To get rid of or detach.
Example: Please remove your shoes before entering. - Joy: A feeling of great happiness.
Meaning: Delight or pleasure.
Example: She felt pure joy when she saw her baby smile. - Blink: To close and open the eyes quickly.
Meaning: A brief shutting and opening of the eyes.
Example: The bright light made her blink several times. - Difficulties: Challenges or problems.
Meaning: Situations that make something hard to do or understand.
Example: He faced difficulties in his studies.