The piano lesson.

1. With a will to win, with a will to succeed,
2. If you have this, you can achieve success.
3. Why the cat is happy? Because he is in the fish shop.
4. How did he play the piano in the first time?bashed , stroke very heavily.
5. Singing vigorously is called belting a tune.
6. Croon means to sing.
7. The keys of the piano are made from ivory.
8. You can read this lesson and understand in no time at all that is very quickly.
9. Showing or feeling great pride or pleasure is Pleased as PUNCH.
10. Plink is making  a short ringing sound on the piano.
11. Plonk is making  the Thud sound by hitting heavily.
12. Squeal is screaming in a shrill voice.
13. persistence and determination is called the Tenacity.
14. amused greatly and delighted means Tickled pink.
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16. Who wrote this " The Piano lesson."? Rob Reilly.
17. What does this talk about? A piano as gift ..
18. Who gave this gift to whom? Husband gave it  as a gift to his wife.
19. What did this bring? the happiness.
20. What saddened them? the loss of it.
21. What was the son's age when his father returned from war?
22. five years.
23. What was his (the son's father)? He was a flying officer .
24. What happened  a month later? because of non-payment of instalment the piano was taken away by the company.
25. Where did his father get a job? In an accounting firm.
26. What did the flying officer do? Qualified to become a Chartered Accountant.
27. He sacrificed a lot and he was successful.
28. What made the father to try and succeed?The loss of piano.
29. What happened two years later? They saved a lot of money and bought a piano for cash down payment.
30. What lesson did they learn? Happiness cannot be secured by a loan or instalment. It has to be earned with efforts and sacrifice.
31. Owning a valuable thing is nice. But it must be bought with cash down or else if something happens, it may be taken away,if bought on instalment system.
32. What changes came over the mother? She was all for learning the piano. Every day she practised for long hours and became a master in a month's time and she started singing vigorously.She used to play  in the parties and she felt like a princess and was delighted at all the attention showered on her.
33. What did she tell her son about the piano and his father?
34. It was good and it brought a change in father's attitude and getting a job.Dad also missed her playing the piano when it was taken away. She was positive minded and did not worry about the missing piano. she had the tenacity and determination and she was happy when it was bought for Cash down payment.
35. During the time of the missing piano , she had lot of self-control and she bore it with patience .
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38. Dad had bought mum a piano.
39. We positioned in the living room.
40. Mom practised  and  within a month she managed to belt out a song.
41. All the neighbours  gathered with her to croon and sing
42. Dad was sad that he had been unable to find a job.
43. They had to sell the piano for non-payment of loan.
44. At last dad got a job in an accounting firm.
45. He rose in a position  and after two years saved enough money to buy another piano for cash down payment.
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