📚 WHY IS THE SKY SO HIGH 📚
📖 Let's read
It was 10 o'clock in the night. Mimi and Raju had not yet gone to bed. They wanted to hear a bedtime story from their mother. So Mimi and Raju's mother lay down with them on the bed. "All right, then, " mother said, "I will tell you a story. I heard this from my mother when I was your age." "What is the story all about?" Mimi and Raju asked, all excited. "It's about the sky," mother said, smiling, "Do you want to hear it?" "Oh yes!" they said. Mother began the tale :
Long ago, everybody could touch the sky.
The Sky stretched like an umbrella over the Earth. He played with little children. They threw balls at him. He threw the balls back. The Sky and the children laughed together in happiness. The Sky was very close to the Earth.
Activity - 1
👉 Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements in the given boxes :
(a) Mimi and Raju were not excited about hearing the story. [ F ]
(b) Once upon a time, children played with the sky. [ T ]
(c) The sky and the children were very happy then. [ T ]
(d) At that time, the sky was far away from the earth. [ F ]
Activity - 2
👉 What would you do if you could touch the sky? Discuss with your partner.
Ans. If I could touch the sky, then I played with the sky.
📖 Let's continue
In those days, there lived an old woman. She was the oldest woman in the village. She lived in a little mud hut. Her hut was beside a paddy field. There were coconut trees at a distance. She had very little work to do. She had nowhere to go. So all day long, she cleaned her hut.
One hot summer day, there was dust everywhere. People were coughing and sneezing with the dust. Even the Sky coughed and sneezed.
The old woman's hut was also covered with dust. She swept and swept the little hut. She swept the inside of her hut. She swept the outside of her hut. Dust rose all around her in brown clouds.
The Sky could not breathe easily. The dust got into his nose and made him sneeze. The sneeze shook the world with its loud sound. The sneeze of the Sky was thunder. People covered their heads and ran indoors in fear. But the old woman kept on sweeping with her broom.
The dust from her broom got into the sky's eyes and made them water. The water fell as drops of rain. Raindrops fell on to the areas she had just swept.
Activity - 3
👉 Complete the following sentences with words from the text :
(a) The old woman lived in a mud hut.
(b) The hut was beside a paddy field .
(c) One hot summer day there was dust everywhere.
(d) The old woman swept her hut with a broom .
Activity - 4
👉 Complete the following table. One is done for you :
Who/What Did the following
(i) The old woman cleaned her hut
(ii) The Sky coughed and sneezed
(iii) Dust rose all around in...
(iv) The water fell as drops of rain
📖 Let's continue
The old woman looked angrily at the Sky. "Stop raining at once, " she ordered. The Sky could not stop raining. His eyes were full of dust with all her sweeping.
She picked up her broom, and started to sweep. She swept harder and harder. More and more dust flew up.
The Sky jumped out of her way. He tried to avoid the dust "Please, stop sweeping," he pleaded. The old woman did not listen to his request. She kept on sweeping. She wanted to keep her hut clean.
The Sky could take it no more. He sneezed and coughed. He thundered and rained. At last, the Sky flew up. He flew out of reach of the old woman's broom. The Sky never came down again.
But the Sky is still a friend to little children. From a distance, he watches them play and smiles happily.
Activity - 5
👉 Arrange the following sentences in the correct order. Put the numbers in the given boxes. One is done for you :
(a) The Sky flew out of reach of the old woman's broom. [5]
(b) The sky could take it no more. [4]
(c) The old woman ordered the sky to stop raining. [1]
(d) The old woman kept on sweeping. [3]
(e) The sky could not stop raining. [2]
Activity - 6
👉 Answer the following questions :
(a) Why was the old woman angry at the sky?
Ans. Because, the sky's eyes water fell as drops of rain. Raindrops fell on to the areas she had just swept.
(b) What did the sky do to avoid the dust?
Ans. The sky jumped out of her way.
(c) Why did the woman keep on sweeping?
Ans. Because, She wanted to keep her hut clean.
(d) Is the sky your friend? Give reasons for your answer.
Ans. Yes. The sky is my friend. Because, I play with the sky and the sky fell drops of rain.
Activity - 7 (a)
👉 Circle the words which are the names of persons, places or things :
(a) Mira is a girl.
(b) My uncle lives Kolkata .
(c) The Statesman is a famous newspaper.
(d) Piku went to Agra to see the Taj Mahal .
Activity - 7 (b)
👉 Underline the Proper Nouns in the following passage :
There lived a young boy in village. His name was Rajib . He studied in class VI. His sister Bihu studied in class IV. One day they went to visit the zoo in Kolkata . They also visited the Victoria Memorial . Thet enjoyed the day very much.
Activity - 7 (c)
👉 Underline the neuter gender in the following sentences :
(a) The old woman swept with her broom .
(b) The calender is on the wall.
(c) The teacher is writing on the blackboard .
(d) The lion lives in the forest .
Activity - 7 (d)
👉 Underline the common gender in the following sentences :
(a) The servant sweeping the floor.
(b) The students are going out for a picnic.
(c) The king was a kind person .
(d) The son of my neighbour is my classmate .
Activity - 8 (a)
👉 Fill in the blanks with words from the help box. One is done for you.
(a) My pet cat has green eyes .
(b) The old man was coughing the entire night.
(c) After the rain, there was no dust on the road.
(d) We should always try to avoid telling lies.
(e) The bird flew off to the sky.
✏️ Help Box : dust, coughing, flew, avoid, eyes.
Activity - 8 (b)
👉 Make sentences of your own using the following words :
Village : She was the oldest woman in the village.
Broom : The old woman kept on sweeping with her broom.
Stop : The Sky could not stop raining.
Play : The sky watches them play and smiles happily.
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