DEEP WATER

IMPORTANT QUESTION- ANSWERS 

1. When did the writer join the Y. M. C. A pool and why? 

Answer - The writer had a childhood fear of water and wanted to get over this fear. The Y. M. C. A had a swimming pool. It offered an opportunity to learn to swim. So, the writer decided to join it. 

2. What did the eighteen year old boy do to the writer and why? 

Answer - The eighteen year old boy saw the writer sitting alone on the side of the pool. He cried, "Hi, Skinny! How would you like to be ducked? " With this, he picked the writer up and tossed him into the pool.

3. How was the writer affected by the misadventure at the pool? 

Answer - It shook the writer badly. After some hours, he was able to walk back home. He was feeling very weak. He was trembling. He shook and cried when he lay on his bed. He couldn't eat anything and a terrible fear filled his heart. 

4.Narrate briefly the writer's emotions and fears when he was thrown into the pool.

Answer - At first, the writer was frightened. On the way down, he made a plan that he would hit the bottom and make a big jump to the surface. But the jump made no difference. He came up very slowly and got panicked. He was suffocating. He tried to cry but no sound came. He tried to bring his legs up. But a great force was pulling him under. Complete terror seized him.

5. How did Douglas make sure that he had conquered the old terror? 

Answer - The writer visited some of the famous water spots. He swam across them successfully. At last he went to lake Wentworth in New Hampshire. He swam two miles across the lake. Then he went and camped by the side of the Warm Lake. The next morning, he dived into the lake. He swam across to the other shore and back. He shouted with joy. He had conquered his fear of water.