What was the difference between Kezia's intention and the result in the pin-cushion incident?

The intention was love but the result became punishment

The governing concept is the contrast between intention and consequence. Kezia’s original purpose was affectionate: she wanted to make a handmade pin-cushion as a birthday gift for her father. To fill it, she unknowingly tore up the papers containing his speech. Her father did not see the loving intention; he saw the destruction of important papers and punished her. Thus an innocent act, begun in love, produced an unpleasant consequence. Option D accurately includes both parts of the contrast. Option A incorrectly calls her purpose mischief, B invents anger as her motive, and C wrongly describes the act as theft. The episode shows why children and adults may need communication before judging an action.

This is a Class 9 English question. Chapter: The Little Girl. Topic: Parent-child relationships.