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  2. The Blue Bead is a work of famous novelist and non-fiction writer, Norah Burke. It is a story depicting the heroic deed of a twelve-year-old girl named Sibia. She saves the life of a Gujar woman from a crocodile without wasting a moment. She was a simple Indian girl living in poverty.

  3. Jan 2, 2023 · The short story “The blue bead” written by Norah Burke in 1953 is all about a twelve-year-old girl; her heroic deed and a simple, innocent wish. The story starts with the description of a river and a crocodile and then transitions into the description of a twelve-year-old poor girl Sibia.

  4. The Blue Bead by Norah Burke is a story that follows a day in the life of an ‘Indian’ girl who saves a Gujjar woman from being shred to pieces by a crocodile.

  5. Summary. This story starts with a mugger crocodile lying motionless waiting for food. Beside him lay a small blue bead. In the village above the river lived a little girl, Sibia. Being poor she never owned anything but a rag. Her family could not even afford her a new needle or a handful of beads to make a necklace.

  6. The Blue Bead Short Story Summary & Notes in English Class 10 ICSE - Sibia - A Poor Young Girl Sibia is a young girl with heat full of pure wishes and beautiful dreams. She is full of fascination for jewellery even though.

  7. Jun 27, 2020 · The Blue Bead Summary of the Story. It is a short story by Norah Burke which is centered on a young girl, Sibia. There is a giant crocodile too which lives in the river for a long time. The girl with her mother and some other women goes to collect the paper grass from the cliffs above the river.

  8. Jul 24, 2018 · The Blue Bead’ by English novelist Norah Burke is about a poor, yet fearless 12-year old girl whose only wish is to own a simple necklace made of beads. In “The blue bead”, the girl Sibia only wore rag, didn’t have enough to eat, and had to cross crocodile-infested waters daily to go to work.