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Kerala Plus One English Board Model Paper 2020 with Answers
Time: 2½ Hours
Total Score: 80 Marks
(Question Nos. 1 – 4): Read the lines below and answer the question that follow: 1 Score each. (4 × 1 = 4)
Without Thee, what is all the morning’s wealth?
Come, blessed barrier between day by day
Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health.
Question 1.
‘Thee’ is the old form of the word _________
a) me
b) you
c) it
Answer:
b) you
Question 2.
Whom does the poet call ‘mother of fresh thoughts’?
Answer:
Sleep
Question 3.
Identify the poetic device used in the second line.
Answer:
Metaphor
Question 4.
Identify the rhyming words.
Answer:
wealth-health
(Question Nos. 5 – 8): Rewrite as directed. 1 Score each. (4 × 1 = 4)
Question 5.
What a beautiful smile you have!
Answer:
You have a beautiful smile!
Question 6.
You should treat triumph and disaster just the same. Then you will be a man and the earth will be yours. (Connect the sentences using ‘if’)
Answer:
If you treat triumph and disaster just the same, you will be a man and the earth will be yours.
Question 7.
Mr. Gupta was very busy. Yet he decided to visit Maggie’s house.
(Connect the sentences using ‘though’)
Answer:
Though Mr. Gupta was very busy, he decided to visit Maggie’s house.
Question 8.
“I want work that will make me use my head, brain work”, said Maggie to Mr. Gupta. (Begin with : Maggie told Mr. Gupta that ……………… )
Answer:
Maggie told Gupta that she wanted work that would make use of her head, brain work.
(Questions Nos. 9 – 12): Read the piece of writing below and answer the questions that follow :
The devastating flood in 2018 followed by the series of landsides in 2019 in Kerala was indeed surprising. More surprising was the courage and determination shown by the people of Kerala in both the rescue operations and the rehabilitation activities. All the people, forgetting all disparities and differences, plunged into action with a spirited sense of unity.
Needless to say, this great event is an exemplification of the age old saying, ‘Unity is strength’. What else have we learnt from this? Undoubtedly, the Law of Nature. Yes, before Nature all are equal, irrespective of caste, creed, colour, religion, region, money, etc. All the walls built by man – ‘high or low’, ‘strong or weak’, ‘costly or cheap’ – were collapsed by Nature within seconds.
But alas! Even after learning the good lesson, man has started repairing and rebuilding those broken walls! He goes on sticking to the convertional saying, ‘Good fences make good neighbours’. Herein lies the irony. Modern man has knowledge. He has discretion. But unfortunately he is not ready to apply them in real life!
Question 9.
What was more surprising then the occurence of flood and landslides? (1)
Answer:
The courage and determination shown by the people of Kerala in both the rescue operations and the rehabilitation activities.
Question 10.
What, according to the writer, does the Law Nature say? (1)
Answer:
The Law of Nature says all are equal, irrespective of caste, creed, colour, religion, region, money, etc.
Question 11.
Find out the word which means ‘traditional’. (1)
Answer:
Conventional
Question 12.
Suggest a suitable title to the piece of writing. (1)
Answer:
The Lesson the Devastating Floods and Landslides of 2018 & 2019 Give
Question 13.
Prepare a precise summary of the above piece of writing, reducing it to one third of its length. (4)
Answer:
In 2018 there was a devastating flood and in 2019 there was a series of landslides. But the people of Kerala stood united to overcome the problems. They taught us that before Nature all are equal. But slowly we are forgetting the lesson of unity we learnt during the disasters. We often forget to apply our knowledge and discretion and go back to our old divisive ways of life.
Question 14.
The passage given below contains a few errors. Edit the passage.
Young Stephen is no prodigy. He was just a ordinary English boy, slow for learning to read, his handwriting the despair of his teachers! He ranked no more than halfway up in his class.
Answer:
Young Stephen was no prodigy. He was just an ordinary English boy, slow in learning to read, his handwriting the despair of his teachers! He ranked not more than halfway up in his class.
(Question Nos. 15 – 16) : Answer all questions. Each carries 2 scores. (2 × 2 = 4)
Question 15.
“Country life has its advantages”, Nicholay used to say.
Write two advantages of living in country side.
Answer:
a) The country side is much less polluted than the towns and cities.
b) There is less hurry and haste in the countryside.
Question 16.
According to Esther Dyson, Cyberspace has many wonderful possibilites.
Mention two such possibilities.
Answer:
a) It has many information and entertainment services.
b) Cyberspace allows communities of any size to flourish; in democracy, minority groups are squeezed out or ignored.
(Question Nos. 17 – 19 : Answer any 2 questions in 2 or 3 sentences. Each carries 3 scores. (2 × 3 = 6)
Question 17.
Dr. Kalam wants every youth to be unique. What does he mean by ‘being unique’?
Answer:
Unique means something for which there is no other example. Each person is unique because there is nobody else exactly like him. Each person is gifted in his own way and so Kalam tells people: “Be you, don’t try to be somebody else”.
Question 18.
In this article ‘Is Society Dead?’ Andrew Sullivan refers to the ‘i-Pod people’. Who are ‘i-Pod people?
Answer:
The i-pod people are those who walk around with wires hanging down from their ears, and their i-pods tucked into their pockets. They are oblivious to the world around them. Even when people say ‘hello’ to them, they don’t seem to hear as they are fully immersed in their musical world.
Question 19.
Max Beerbohm’s objection to ‘walking for walking sake’ is that it stopes the brain. Why does he say so?
Answer:
He thinks that a person’s power to instruct or to amuse when he is sitting on a chair or standing on a hearth-rug leaves him when he goes for walking for walking’s sake. Plenty of ideas come to him when he is in a room. But when he goes out all those ideas evaporate. His knowledge goes away, his imagination dries up and light goes from his eyes and he will go on repeating the same thing.
(Question Nos. 20 – 25): Answer any 4 questions in about 60 words. Each carries 4 scores. (4 × 4 = 16)
Question 20.
‘Computers can never substitute human brain’.
Two points of argument in favour of the above statement are given below:
• Human brain is the most powerful device in the world.
• Computers themselves are the products of human brain.
Write four points opposing the statement.
Answer:
a) Computers have better memories, so they can be fed a large amount of information and we can tap into all of it almost instantaneously.
b) Computers don’t require sleep the way humans do, so they can calculate, analyze and perform tasks tirelessly and round the clock.
c) Computers are simply more accurate in a wide range of high-value functions than we are.
d) They’re not affected or influenced by emotions, feelings, wants, needs and other factors that often cloud the judgement of people.
Question 21.
Imagine, you happen to visit the Fijian village of Namuana and meet the women there. Out of curiosity, you wold like to know more about the strange ritual of turtle calling. Write four questions.
Answer:
a) Can you please tell us why you perform this ritual?
b) Do you think the turtles will appear when you make this chant?
c) Do you really believe that princess Tinaicogoba and her daughter Raudalice were turned into turtles?
d) Do you still hate the people of Nabukelevu village for taking away your princess and her daughter?
Question 22.
The crew of the Titanic are considered real heroes. Why? Describe the unusual courage shown by those heroes.
Answer:
The crew of the Titanic are real heroes. Captain Smith was the commander of the ship. When the huge iceberg collided with the ship, the ship wrecked. Captain Smith not even for a moment thought of saving his life. He told the Crew that they were British and they should remember their country and do their duty. They decided to send the women and children in the lifeboats. The crew had no hope of saving themselves. The Titanic sank from sight as the band played “Nearer my God to Thee”. This shows the unusual courage shown by those heroes.
Question 23.
Elaborate the idea in the following lines :
Your heads must come
To the cold tomb;
Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.
Answer:
One day all people have to die as death shows no discrimination between the rich and the poor, male and female, educated and illiterate or master and slave. Only the actions of the just and honest people will smell sweet and become beautiful flowers in their dust. It means the good things done by the righteous will be gratefully remembered by the living.
Question 24.
Prepare a brief profile of K. Sivan, developing the hints below:
Kailasavadivoo Sivan
Birth : 14 April 1957, Kanyakumar District, Tamil Nadu
Education : S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil (B.Sc.)
Madras Institute of Technology (BE)
Indian Institute of Science (ME)
Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai (Ph.D.)
Positions held : Director of VSSC
Chairman of ISRO (15 January 2018)
Achievements : 104 Satellites with PSLV.
The Chandrayaan-2 mission
Answer:
Dr. Kailasavadivoo Sivan was born on 14 April 1957 in the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. He did his B.Sc. in S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil. He got his BE from the Madras Institute of Technology. He had his doctoral research and got his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. He held various prestigious positions. He served as the Director of VSSC (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre) Thiruvananthapuram. He has been serving as the Chairman of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) since 15 January 2018. He has supervised the launching of 104 Satellites with PSLV. Under his chairmanship, ISRO launched Chandrayaan-2, the second mission to the moon on July 22, 2019.
Question 25.
Imagine you are a TV reporter. Now you are standing at La Villette. Le Horla is about to take off. Prepare a live report of the event.
Answer:
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Today is the day, 8th July, for Le Horla is taking off from La Villette. We are right in front of Le Horla, the hot air balloon. It is getting filled up and is swelling and wriggling like a huge worm. It is surrounded by some 300 enthusiastic people. Now the passengers are getting in. The Captain is Jovis. The others in the basket attached to the balloon are Lieutenant Mallet, M. Etierine Beer, M. Paul Bessand, and M. Patrice Eyries. I see them talking animatedly. Now Patrice Eyries is coming down. It seems he can’t go because the balloon can’t take the weight of all of them. He walks away dejectedly. Poor guy! All his dream of an adventure is gone!
M. Joliet tells the ladies to keep off. When the balloon lifts sand will be thrown into their hats. He cuts the ropes that hold the balloon to the ground. Look! Le Horla is lifting upward, like a bird lifts off. Up, up and up goes the balloon! People scream with joy! Le Horla climbs above the city of Paris and it is slowly disappearing! The sight of the earth from the balloon will be fantastic. We wish the passengers a lot of luck!
(Question Nos. 26 – 30): Answer any 3 question in about 120 words. Eahc carries 6 scores. (3 × 6 = 18)
Question 26.
‘Compassion’ is the attitude of sharing the sufferings of others.
No doubt, Hasan in an embodiment of compassion. What other qualities does he have?
Analyze the character of Hasan.
Answer:
Hasan was the serang of Ranaganji, a passenger ship sailing to Calcutta with nearly 1500 passengers. The Chief Physician on the ship was A.J. Cronin. When Cronin reported to the captain of the ship that two lascar deck hands had small pox, Hasan volunteered to nurse them. He made a shelter in the stern of the ship into which the infected persons were removed. Later there were more people and the number of the sick went up to 14. When two sick men who were Hindus died, Hasan sewed their shrouds and read loud a short passage from the Ramayana, although he himself was a devout Muslim. It showed his religious tolerance. Their bodies were cast overboard. When the ship reached Colombo, the sick men were taken to the hospital and Hasan was in the forefront to help them, although some of them were with running sores of smallpox. Normally no one would dare to do such things because small pox used to be such a killer disease. Hasan is a good example for a selfless, courageous, and sacrificing person and it is hard to find such people who will risk their life to save others.
Question 27.
‘Money like vodka can play queer tricks with a man’, says Ivan in ‘Goosberries’. Here money is compared to liquor. Like liquor, money makes a man play strange tricks. This is what we see in the present society. Modern man grows more and more selfish and greedy day to day. In order to make more money, he is ready to play any foul game. Unforunately he forgets the fact that money is one of the important things in life, not the only important thing.
What do you think about this situation? Prepare a blog, analysing your thoughts.
Answer:
I do agree that money is one of the important things in life, but certainly it is not the only important thing. It is not money that makes things work. Many things are done because of people’s firm determination and hard work. Many of the big events that have happened in the world, big changes that have come through, didn’t happen just through money.
When Mahatma Gandhi started the freedom struggle he didn’t do it because he had a lot of money. It is one’s vision that takes him along. Money has its role to play, but I surely don’t think money is everything. Money provides a man all necessities, comforts, amenities and luxuries. But money alone will not bring him happiness and contentment. Many wealthy people have committed suicide. Marilyn Monroe, Guru Dutt and Meena Kumari – all of them very popular, successful and rich film actors. There are things other than money which can raise a person higher in life.
A billionaire with an empty heart is worse than a poor man with a compassionate heart. Beyond money, there are things like love, sweet manners, sympathy and high esteem. A sincere, honest and dependable person is more contented and happy in life than a rich, heartless man.
Many famous and well-loved people like poets, artists, statesmen and philosophers lived and died in poverty but with contentment. They are still remembered and honoured for their great work. Nobody carries any money with him when he departs from this world. What go with him are the good deeds he had done while he was alive.
Question 28.
We can see some parents giving tab or mobile phone to their little children, just to make them eat a crumb of food. Is this kind of parenting good?
Attempt a write up on good parenting in the light of the stray ‘His First Flight’.
Answer:
We often see parents giving a tab or a mobile phone for their children just to make them eat a little food. This is very wrong. Children need not be ‘bribed’ to eat food. If they are hungry they will eat. Does any mother give a bribe to her small infant who is hungry? The infant informs its mother that it is hungry by crying and the mother feeds it.
In the story “His First Flight” by Liam O’Flaherty we see a good example of fine parenting. Here we see how the mother of a young sea gull who was afraid to fly out of its nest is persuaded by her to venture out. Even when the young seagull saw his brothers and sister running to the end of the ledge, flapping their wings and flying away, he did not have the courage to follow them. His father and mother shouted at him and threatened to starve him. But he was not ready to leave his nest and fly out.
Then the mother knew what to do. She knew the young seagull was starving. She sat on a plateau which could be reached only by flying. There she sat and started tearing a piece of fish at her feet. The sight of the food maddened the hungry young seagull. He made a low sound as if begging his mother to give him a piece. But the mother also made a low sound, showing she heard the cry but did not come near the nest. Then he cried ‘ga, ga, ga’. The mother screamed back at him, mocking him. His mother picked up a piece of fish and flew towards him. He was happy and was hoping to get his food.
But the mother did not come to the nest but stood a little far, in mid air, tempting the young seagull to venture out. Maddened by anger he dived at the fish. With a loud scream he fell outwards and downwards into the space. He was terrified for a moment and his heart froze. The next moment he felt his wing spreading outwards. He felt the wind under his stomach and against his wings. He was flying. He was no longer afraid. He flapped his wings and soared upwards. His parents and his siblings joined him in his joyful ‘ga-ga-ga-ga-ga’ noise. He had his first flight. Parents should help the children to be self-reliant.
Question 29.
In the Fijian legend, we sea Tinaicoboga and Raudalice, being tortured by the cruel fishermen. Such atrocities and tortures, which started time immemorial are containing even now, in the civilized society.
Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper, expressing your concern over the issue and suggesting some” ways to correct it.
(Hints: Women – powerful – but treated otherwise – patriarchal society – remedies – empowering women – strict enforcement of laws – ensuring punishment, etc.)
Answer:
AlAzhar High School
Mala
20 July 2020
The Editor
Indian Express
Kochi
Atrocities Against Women
Atrocities against women are nothing new in India. There was the heinous practice of Sati where a woman had to burn herself jumping into the funeral pyre of her husband. How cruel a custom that was!
If the woman refused to jump, people would push her into the burning pyre. It was due to the efforts of Raja Ram Mohan Roy that Lord William’ Bentick abolished the Sati system in 1829.
But cruelty to women is continuing on a daily basis. We all thought there would be an end to the atrocities against women after the Nirbhaya case of 2012. It involved the rape and fatal assault that occurred on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South Delhi. The incident took place when a 23 – year – old female physiotherapy intern was beaten, gang-raped, and tortured in a private bus in which she was travelling with her male friend. There were six men who were convicted in the case. One died in jail. One was a minor. The other 4 were hanged in Tihar jail on 20 March 2020. It took 8 years to hang these men. I feel they should have been hanged long ago.
We hear almost every day women getting killed mostly by their frustrated lovers. I don’t understand
how a real lover can bum, stab or hang a girl or woman he has loved. Naturally it is not love behind those heinous crimes. It is mere lust. People become blind with lust and they kill the object of their lust.
Ours is a patriarchal society. We should empower our women through education and employment. Boys and girls, men and women should be taught the importance of the equality of sexes. There are laws in the country against atrocities against women but they are not enforced. Even in the case of Nirbhaya, justice was delayed. Justice delayed is justice denied.
Jose Mangalath
Irinjalakuda
Question 30.
Reading the story ‘Conceptual Fruit’ you become more to the thoughts and feeling of the children with special needs. You also become aware of the importance of inclusive education. Express your thoughts and feelings to one of your friends studying abroad, through an e-mail.
Answer:
Svetlana@gmail.com
Dearest Svetlana, I hope you and your family are fine. Last time when you wrote to me you said about a friend of yours who was differently-abled.
Today I want to tell you about a story I read. There is this girl named Greta. She is a differently-abled girl. She goes to a special school. She is 16, but is at a much lower class than her younger brother. She could tie her shoes only by the age of 10. Still she has some desires. She wants to have a big house. She loves peaches. She also loves cats. Her father is quite a loving father. He tries hard to make his daughter happy. He can’t buy her a real house. Instead he makes her a house on the cyberspace. Greta wants a blue bowl in every room. She wants peaches in the kitchen and living room and all the bedrooms. She wants 11 windows covered with sheer white curtains. She has a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, a bedroom for a cat. Her mother and brother are not so understanding and compassionate like her father. As the girl and the father make their plans for the house they make eyes to mean that he is just wasting his time. Greta is happy with her imaginary house. The father hopes and prays that one day Greta may live in a house of her dreams! I felt moved by the emotions of the loving father.
Hope you are keeping well. Write back to me at your earliest.
Lovingly,
Job
(Question Nos. 31 – 34): Answer any 2 questions in 180 words. Each carries 8 scores.(2 × 8 = 16)
Question 31.
Next to food, bloodshed caused byroad accidents is the greatest disaster in Kerala. If flood occurs occasionally, accidents occur frequently. No day passes without an accident in the state. Kerala witnessed a higher to road accidents in 2018 than in previous years.
Write an eassy on howto avoid road accidents. (Hints : Road accidents – man – made disaster – mostly human error – loss of lives serious injuries – ways to avoid – traffic rules – strict action by police, etc.)
Answer:
INCREASING ROAD ACCIDENS IN KERALA
Next to floods and landslides, road accidents are the biggest disaster in Kerala. Major floods and landslides come only once or twice in a century but road accidents kill and maim people every day. Kerala had a higher number of road accidents in 2018 than in the previous years.
Road accidents are mainly man-made disasters. They happen mostly due to human error. Road accidents cause unnecessary loss of lives, serious injuries and financial losses to people. In 2018 there were 40181 road accidents in Kerala killing 4303 people. Why so many accidents and deaths? There are many reasons. One reason is the bad condition of our roads, which are full of potholes and are unmarked. The next reason is the bad condition of the vehicles. Very old and un-roadworthy vehicles are driven on the roads. A third reason is the reluctance of the drivers to obey the laws. Drivers drive without wearing seat belts, and two-wheeler riders ride without wearing helmets.
Some of the people, especially the youth, drive at breakneck speed, not worrying about the speed-limits. Another reason is the corruption by the law-enforcement agencies. People get driving licenses by bribing. When people are caught for offences like over¬speeding, not wearing seat belts or helmets, they bribe the officials and get away with it. This disaster on our roads must be stopped. Let there be good roads, which are properly marked. Let the law- enforcement agencies strictly enforce the law and punish the offenders severely. Severe punishment will make the public think twice before they break the law. The roadworthiness of the vehicles must also be regularly checked. Above all, there should be awareness programmes to educate the people- about the need to use the road safely.
Question 32.
It is not surprising that this astonishingly vital man, full of self-confidence and an unusual kind of power, standing for quality and freedom for every individual, fascinated the masses of India and attracted them like a magnet.
Prepare a speech on the sublime qualities of the man mentioned above, to be delivered in a Function planned in your school in connection with Gandhi Jayanthi Celebration.
Answer:
My dear friends,
As you all know, today we are celebrating Gandhi Jayanthi. We are proud that a man like Gandhiji was born in India and he is our Father of the Nation. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar in Gujarat on October 2, 1869. He was educated in law at University College, London. In 1891, after having been admitted to the British bar, Gandhi returned to India and attempted to establish a law practice in Bombay. Two years later he went to Durban, South Africa, as a legal advisor. Arriving in Durban, Gandhi found himself treated as a member of an inferior race. He was appalled at the widespread denial of civil liberties and political rights to Indian immigrants to South Africa. He threw himself into the struggle for elementary rights for Indians. Later he returned to India and fought for India’s freedom which finally came on 15 August 1947.
Gandhi is man of peace. He always advocated non-violence. He was known for his fearlessness. That is why he could fight with a mighty power like the British. He was always guided by truthfulness. He influenced millions of people in India in varying degrees. Some changed completely; others were affected only partly. Different people reacted differently and each one had his own answer about the change. His call for action was two-fold. One involved in challenging and resisting foreign rule. The other was fighting against our own social evils. His principal aims were freedom through peaceful means, national unity, solution of minority problems, improvement of the depressed classes and the ending of untouchability.
Gandhi was not just a national figure but an international one. In 1948 he was killed by a fanatic named Nathuram Godse. When he died, Nehru said that ‘The light has gone’ away from India’. On the 70th birthday of Gandhiji, in 1939, this is what Albert Einstein said about him: “Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such a one as this, ever in flesh and blood, walked upon this earth.
As we celebrate Gandhi Jayanthi, we us pledge that we will follow the path of peace, fearlessness, truthfulness and tolerance which guided Ganhiji all his life. That is the greatest tribute we can pay him. Jai Hind!
Question 33.
In the poem “If”, Rudyard Kipling describs the qualities of an ideal person. How far do you agree with him? What are your attributes of an ideal person? Prepare an article on ‘The Qualities of an Ideal Person’.
Answer:
He should not lose his head, even when others around him have lost theirs. He has to trust himself when all people doubt him. He should wait and shouldn’t be tired of waiting. When people tell him lies, he should not follow their example. People may hate him but he should not hate them. He should not try to look too good and try to talk too wise.
He should dream, but should not make dreams his master. He should think but shouldn’t make thoughts his aim. He should view Success and Failure equally. Even when the results of his hard work are destroyed, he should get ready to build them. He should not tell others about his tosses. He should persevere, always being optimistic. He should keep talking with the crowds but maintain his virtue. He can walk with kings but shouldn’t lose the common touch. Neither his friends nor his enemies should be able to hurt him. All men should be able to count on his help. He should forgive people who have offended him. If he can do all these things the Earth and everything in it is his and he will then be a man.
Question 34.
Read the poem given below and write a critical appreciation of it:
Wind o nthe Hill
No one can tell me
Nobody knows,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind goes.
It’s flying from somewhere
As fast as it can,
I couldn’t keep up with it,
Not if I ran.
But if I stopped holding
The string of my kite,
It would blow with the wind
Fora day and a night.
And then when I found it,
Wherever it below,
I should know that the wind
Had been going there too.
So then I could tell them
Where the wind goes …………….
But where the wind comes from
Nobody knows.
-A.A Milne
Answer:
“Wind on the Hill” by A. A. Milne contains the thoughts of a child-like narrator. The poem begins with the speaker wondering over the origin and destination of the wind. No one can tell him where the wind comes from or where it goes. It is flying from somewhere and it is flying very fast. He could not catch up with the wind even if he ran as fast as he could. But he has a technique of knowing the direction of the wind. He is holding a kite. If he stopped holding the string of the kite, it would blow with the wind for tong. When he finds it later lying somewhere he will know over which all places the wind blew. Then he can tell others where the wind was going but he can’t say where it came from.
The poem has profound thoughts. Although the narrator is a child, he speaks like a learned philosopher. Like the wind, many of us may not know how certain things originate although we know where and how they end. Love is like wind. We don’t how it begins but we do know where it is going. The language of the poem is very simple. It is a 5-stanza poem in rhyme. The rhyming scheme is abcb. It as a fine rhythm that mimics the blowing of the wind. The imagery of superb. The kite flying along with the wind makes a lively picture. The poem reminds us the statement in the Gospel of John, Chapter 3, Verse 8: “The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.”