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CHAPTER-6, , The Monkey and The Crocodile, , Q.1, The monkey was happy living in the fruit tree, but his, happiness was not complete. What did he miss?, Answer:, , The monkey was happy living in the fruit tree. He ate the, , fruit of his choice to his fill. However, his happiness was, incomplete as he did not have anyone to interact with. He, felt lonely and missed a companion., , Q.2, What did the two friends generally talk about?, Answer:, , The monkey and the crocodile became very good friends., , They generally talked about birds, animals and villagers, nearby. They also talked about the difficulties faced by, the villagers in raising crops when rain failed.
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Q.3, Why was the crocodile's wife annoyed with her husband, one day?, , Answer:, , One day, the crocodile came back late after meeting the, monkey. This annoyed his wife as she was troubled by, taking care of the young crocodiles alone., , Q.4, Why was the crocodile unwilling to invite his friend, home?, , Answer:, The crocodile's wife expressed her desire of eating the, heart. The crocodile considered the monkey to, , monkey's, be a very nice friend and did not wanted to harm him at, first. This made him reluctant in inviting the monkey, home., , Q.5, What did the crocodile tell the monkey midstream?, , Answer:
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The crocodile carried the monkey on his back and reached, the midstream but after that he could not hold back the, secret and told the monkey that he was invited as the, crocodile's wife wanted to feast on the monkey's heart., , 6, , How did the monkey save himself?, Answer:, The monkey was scared but still kept his calm and told, the crocodile that he did not mind if the crocodile's wife, ate his heart. He further lied that he forgot to bring his, , heart and will need to go back to the tree to bring it. The, crocodile innocently accepted this lie and took the, , monkey back to the tree. The monkey on reaching the tree, eloped and thus saved his life. The monkey jumped on the, tree and saved himself., , Q.7, What does the last sentence of the story suggest? What, would the crocodile tell his wife?, , Answer
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crocodile, , The last sentence of the story suggests that the, lost a good, had leant a lesson and realized that he has, that, friend because of his wife's greed. It is very likely, home., he'll rebuke the wife after returning to their
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CHAPTER-7, , The Wonder Called Sleep, , Q.1, What is the most obvious advantage of sleep?, Answer, , The, , obvious advantage of sleep is that it helps our, of, and mind to relax and get ready for the activities, , most, , body, , the next day., , Q.2, What happens to our body when we sleep?, Answer:, When, , we, , recovers, , sleep,, , from, , the, , bodily muscles relax., , fatigue, , caused, , The, , body, , by the routine activities of, , fall., temperature and blood pressure, slow down as well., The heart-beat and the brain activities, the day. The, , body, , Q.3, Define, , a, , Answer:, , dream in your, , own, , words.
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A dream is the activity of the mind while a person is, sleeping. The activities in the dream can be probably, possible and probably not. The dreams can be usedto, understand the mental health of a person., , Q.4, Why are dreams important? Mention two reasons., Answer:, Dreams are important for the following reasons:, , ) They help us sleep through noise and other, , disturbances., (ii) They may reveala lot about the, health and problems., , (ii) They, , may, , provide the, , person's, , solution of some, , understood correctly., , mental, , problems, , if, , Q.5, Why has sleep been called a wonder?, Answer:, , Slecp has been called a, , wonder for the, , (1) t overpowers anyone and, everyone., , following reasons:
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(i) Nobody knows exactly, what brings about sleep., Gii) It is a common experience but nobody knows its, secrets and depths., (iv) It has the ability to take away all our fatigue and, reenergize us for the new challenges., (v) It makes us forgetful of even our dearest persons and, , objects for the time being, 6, , Describe, have had., , briefly to the class an improbable dream you, , Answer:, , One, , night, , I had, , an, , improbable dream., , I was, , sleeping on a, , cosy bed. All of our watchmen had fallen asleep. Some, thieves got into our house. They searched all the safes andd, , cash boxes and filled their, , bags with, , cash and jewellery., , They got out of our house and their Maruti car was, , standing at a small distance. Some policemen on patrol, duty grew suspicious. They overpowered the thieves and, took hold of the entire cash and, came to, jewellery., They, our house and, handed them to my mother. It was early, , morning. I woke up and found everything in my house at, , its place.
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Q.7, Grandmothers and mothers sing nice little songs while, , rocking little ones to slecp. Such a song is calleda, lullaby'. Do you remember a lullaby in your own, , language? Tell the class in English what the lullaby says., Answer:, , A 'lullaby' is a sweet song sung generally by ladies to, make their babies sleep while they rock the cradle. These, , songs are generally in the folk languages. The English, translation of one such 'lullaby' is given below., Oh moon! We are waiting for you. Bring the stars also, with you. We have great love for them too. Fairies also, live with you. Bring them also along with you. They will, , recite their stories and sing sweet songs to my child. Let, them lull him to sleep. He is creating a nuisance for me. I, am unable to work as long as he is awake.
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VOCATION - WORKING WITH, , THE POEM, Q.1 A, Your partner and you may now be able to answer these, , questions., Who is the speaker in the poem? Who are the people the, , speaker meets? What are they doing?, Answer:, The poem has been authored by a school going kid. The, , speaker meets a hawker, a gardener and a watchman, while going to his school. The hawker was selling, bangles, the gardener was digging the ground and, watchman kept, , a, , watch in the street at night., , Q.1B, What wishes does the child in the poem make? Why does, , the child want to be a hawker, a gardener, or a watchman?, Pick out the lines in each stanza, which tell us this., Answer:
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The child in the poem wants to be a hawker,, and a watchman at different times., , a, , gardener, , The child wants to be a hawker because he likes that the, hawker he wants to spend 'his day on the road' and is not, in any hurry., , gardener because he thinks that the, gardener does what he wills and nobody stops him even, while sweats during the day. This is evident from these, lines: 'does what he like with his spade' "Nobody takes, He wants, , to, , be, , a, , him to task even when "he gets baked in the sun or gets, wet'.
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WHAT IF-WORKING WITH, THE POEM, , Q.1A, Who is the speaker in the, , poem?, , Answer:, , The speaker in the poem is a child who is a school-going, student. The different kinds of doubts in the form of, What ifs" mentioned in the poem reflect the small fears, , and wories the child is thinking about during his, , childhood days.
