In "The Story-Teller," what is meant by the word flicker in the line, "The children’s aroused interest began to flicker?" Their
interest goes back and forth in the story. The children's interest is aroused further. They become too tired to be interested. The children's interest is unaffected.
This statement about the giraffes is a logical fallacy called hasty generalization. The boy thinks that if one giraffe was friendly to him, that all giraffes are bound to do the same - he is generalizing something that doesn't have to be correct.