Chapter - 3
Bravo Manju!
A. 1 . True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. False
6. True
B. 1. a. Mrs Parelkar said these words to her daughter Manjula.
b. Manjula needed to buy colours and paints to learn painting. Yes, she bought
what was needed.
c. The next day Manjula painted her first painting and showed it to her mother.
2. a. Mrs Parelkar said these words to Mr Parelkar.
b. Mrs Parelkar responded so to Mr Parelkar because he said that Manjula must
learn something more useful, like cooking or stitching. He thought that she would
never become an artist with hands like hers.
c. Mr Parelkar's words hurt Manjula and discouraged her from painting. She
returned to her room. She bundled up the watercolours and the three brushes
and tucked them away into the farthest corner of her cupboard.
3. a. Amol said these words to Manjula.
b. Amol was referring to the prize of the On-the-Spot Painting Competition in his
school.
c. Amol was confident of Manjula's talent and wanted to remind Manjula that she
could win a prize in the competition. He hoped to change her mind about
participating in it.
C. 1. Manjula had just two fingers on each hand.
2 Manjula received a set of artist's watercolours, a book 'Painting. Step by Step'
and three watercolour brushes.
3. Manjula decided to give up painting when she overheard her father saying that
she could not be an artist because of her hands. He had suggested that she take
up something useful like cooking and so she offered to help her mother.
4. Her mother reminded her of her potential and encouraged her to fight. Amol,
her brother, placed a newspaper cutting on her table. The report was about
Richard Belanger, a boy with artificial feet who played football. Amol hoped that it
would inspire Manjula to continue painting.
5. Amol, Manjula's brother, kept the newspaper cutting on her table hoping that
the inspirational story of Richard Belanger would encourage her to continue
painting.
6. Richard Belanger had artificial feet and yet, he played football against the odds.
His story was similar to Manjula's whose hands were different. His success
restored Manjula's faith in her abilities and encouraged her to fight to learn
painting.
D. 1. No, Manjula's handicap did not affect her daily life. She could paint, help in
the kitchen. go to the market and shop, and help her mother in the house like any
other person.
2. Manjula's family was not well off. One gets to know this because she hesitated
to ask her mother for painting materials thinking that they would be costly. Her
father too was not willing to spend money on the expensive watercolour sheets.
