NCERT Solutions for Class 4th English Chapter 6 Braille

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The accident. Long ago in France, a little boy named Louis Braille was playing outside his home. He was three years old. His father was a blacksmith and was working nearby. Louis played with the tools, and a sharp tool pierced his eye. Within a few days he was blind in that eye. The other eye also got affected, and he became totally blind. School, and ‘Night Writing’. In 1819, when he was ten, Louis joined the Royal Institute for Young Blind Persons in Paris. He learnt letters by using wood, cloth or pins arranged in pincushions. Around that time an army man, Capt. Charles Barbier de la Serre, had invented ‘Night Writing’ — an alphabet of raised dots and dashes that soldiers could ‘read’ with their fingers in the dark. It was too difficult, and so it was not a success. The Braille alphabet

• Braille
• A. Answer the following.
• B. Think and discuss.
• B. Louis Braille lost his eyesight in an accident.
• D. Look at the picture story.
• Now fill in the blanks from the suitable options.
• Two activities to do yourself