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Questions and Answers from "The Selfish Giant" by Oscar Wilde.

A. Complete these sentences in your own words:

1. When the Giant saw the children playing in his garden, he became very angry and scolded them in a very rough voice.

2. As he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden, the Giant wondered why the Spring is so late to come in his garden.

3. The Giant's heart melted because he saw the garden was full of flowers and the birds were singing and chirping beautifully.


B. Who said these words and why:

1. My own garden is my own garden.

---The Giant said these words, because he was very selfish and he wanted to enjoy the beauty of the garden alone.


2. Spring has forgotten this garden, so we will live here all the year round.

--- The Snow and the Frost said these words because they were very happy seeing that Spring had not come to the Giant's garden. They could live there the whole year and enjoy it.


3. How happy we were there!

--- The children said these words because they could not enter the garden after the Giant came back and they were sad as they did not have any place to play with each other.


4. This is a delightful spot, we must ask the Hail to visit us.

--- The North Wind said these words because the garden was full of snow and North Wind was roaring all day long, so if he would invite another friend of theirs, it would be more enjoyable and mose pleasant for them 


5. Climb up, little boy!

--- The Giant said these words because the tiniest boy in the garden could not climb on the tree and the Giant was already changed. So he tried to help the boy to enjoy the beauty of the garden.


C. Answer these questions:

1. Why did Spring not come to the Giant's garden?

--- Spring did not come to the Giant's garden because he was selfish and did not allow the children to come inside the garden. So Spring felt bad for them and decided not to come.


2. What did Frost said Snow do in the garden?

--- Frost painted all the trees silver and Snow covered up the grass with her 'great white cloak'.


3. What made the Spring finally visit the garden?

--- The Spring finally came to the Giant's garden because she saw the children entered the garden through a hole of the wall and enjoyed the beauty of the garden.


4. "How selfish I have been!" From this statement we know that the Giant has realised his mistake.

a. What was his mistake?

--- His mistake was to be a selfish one. He wanted to enjoy the beauty alone.


b. What made him realise his mistake?

--- He realised his mistake when he understood that Spring was late to come in his garden because of the children's misery.


5. How do we know that the Giant sincerely felt sorry for his action?

--- When the Giant helped the little child to climb up the tree, it becomes clear to the readers that he felt sorry for his action.


D. Think and answer:

1. Is there a moral in this story? If yes, what is it?

---- Yes, there is a moral in this story i.e. selfishness never brings joy in our life. If we share our things with others, it will give us immense peace, happiness and satisfaction.


2. In the story, the first letters of the names of seasons and natural phenomena (snow, frost, hail) have been capitalised. Why do you think this has been done?

--- The first letters of the names of seasons and natural phenomena have been capitalised in this story because they are personified here. They all are given the qualities of the human being to make the story more interesting and lively.


3. What do Spring and Winter symbolise in this story?

--- In the story, "The Selfish Giant", Spring symbolises all the positive energy and thing like happiness, helpfulness, selflessness etc. On the other side, Winter symbolises selfishness, haters, anger, sadness etc.



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Summary of the poem, "The Star" by Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor.

"The Star" by Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor is a children poem which is very popular among little boys and girls. The poets here use a little child as the protagonist of the poem who is surprisingly seeing the beautiful stars in the night sky. That little child expresses her amusement through the poem. 

When she sees that the stars are sparkling, she compares it with a diamond. She is looking at the stars in amusement. She says that when the hot and bright sun sets in the west in the evening time and does not show his light anymore, the stars come in the sky and share their beautiful 'little light'. 

She also says that when the travellers do not understand which way to go and become confused about the right path, the stars again through their tiny light show them the right way. Here the poets may talk about the Northern Star or Polestar which is particularly popular in the ancient time to show the way to the sailor.

The little child also expresses her pleasure in the poem. She says when everything is dark in the night, the stars peep through her curtains all throughout the night time. It remains in the sky till the next morning and when the sun again comes to the sky with his light, only then the stars go away. 

However, the whole poem is represented in a unique way. The poets draws a pen-picture of the night sky with a lucid and simple language. Rhyming words are used to make it more presentable to the children. This poem also works as lullaby for the very little children.
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Questions and answers from "Mowgli the Frog" by Rudyard Kipling.


1. Shere Khan 'was furious from the pain of his burned feet'. How did he burn his paws?

Ans. Shere Khan's paws were burnt from the woodcutter's campfire as he had jumped on it for hunting.

2.Which quality of the baby impressed both Father and Mother Wolf?

Ans. The baby was all alone in the jungle. He had no dress, no food. But inspite of all these shortcomings, the baby was very much brave, he was not afraid of the Father and Mother Wolf. This boldness of the baby impressed them.

3. 'The tiger's roar filled the cave with thunder'. What does 'thunder' mean here?

Ans. Literally, 'thunder'means the roar of the cloud and can create a shaking effect on the ground. Just like that the roaring of the tiger created a vibration in the cave.

4. How would the villagers have taken revenge had the baby been harmed?

Ans. If the villagers had been taking revenge, they would come to the place where wild animals lived and thus they could kill the baby.

5. What did Mother Wolf say the baby would do when it grew up?

Ans. Mother Wolf said that when the baby would grow up, it would take revenge on him who was very much crude with it. It would hunt Shere Khan as the tiger wanted to hunt the baby. 

6. Father Wolf 'shot up straight into the air for four or five feet, landing almost where he left ground'. Why?What did he do after that?

Ans. Father Wolf 'shot up straight into the air for four or five feet, landing almost where he left ground' because he tried to stop himself from jumping.
          
             After landing on the ground, he bursted out in surprise and said that he had looked a man's baby in front of him.

7. Why was Shere Khan angry?

Ans. Shere Khan was angry for two reasons. First of all, he had missed his prey and another reason is that his feet were burnt from the woodcutter's campfire.

8. How did Father Wolf know that Shere Khan would not be able to attack them?

Ans. Father Wolf knew that Shere Khan would not be able to attack them because the mouth of the cave was very narrow and Shere Khan could not be coming out from the cave.

9. Why were Father and Mother Wolf angry with Shere Khan?

Ans. Father and Mother Wolf were angry with Shere Khan because he didn't hunt the baby, but he wanted it as his quarry and he also wanted to kill it.

10. From this story what can you tell about the importance of the pack of the wolves?

Ans. In this story, 'pack' suggests the wolves who were hunting together. The importance of the pack is that they always stayed together and helped one another. It is also important that if any wolf wanted to keep any man's baby with it, the wolf had to take permission from the pack. They could not do anything alone. They teach us the lesson togetherness, unity. 

11. Write three qualities of the Mother Wolf. Give examples from the story.

Ans. i) Brave: 
                       Mother Wolf was very  brave, because she went against Shere Khan and challenged him that they would nurture the baby.

ii) Firm in her decision:
                        Mother Wolf was the one who took the decision to keep the baby with them.

iii) Kind:
               When she saw the man's baby, she became find of it and decided to take it with them.



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Critical appreciation of the poem, "First Spring Morning" by Robert Bridges.

"First Spring Morning" is a very beautiful poem by Robert Bridges which was published in the Book V of "The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges" in 1863. The poem is all about the happiness and merriment of the poet in the time of spring. The name of the poem is quite suggestive of the theme of it. The poet is very glad to see the 1st morning of the spring. 

The poet here in a very minute way discusses the incidents and actions happened in spring time. The poet says that he can feel the gentle calm air of the spring time. The birds are singing and chirping because they can fly now in the 'unclouded' sky. This term 'unclouded' is suggesting that before the coming of the spring, it was raining for sometime. However, now the birds are happy to see the unclouded bright sun. 

In the 2nd paragraph, the poet more clearly expresses how happy everybody was with the coming spring. The children are playing and dancing in the meadows, they are collecting different kinds of flowers which are available during this time like primroses, bluebells, oxlips etc.

The last paragraph is all about the innocent mischief doing  by the children. The woodman is cutting woods beside his "Willow hut" and the children are planning to make him terrified by hiding behind his hut. Not only that, they also want to sing Happy song after doing this naughtiness. Here it is clearly shown how innocent and pure they are. 

The whole poem is written in a light-hearted manner. Nothing is serious. But the poem is completely rhythmic in its own way. The poet uses many alliteration here to give the poem a beautiful structure. He usese the phrase like "blades of bluebells" and "boughs to burst" etc. The language of the poem is quite simple and straight forward. 
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Summary of the poem, "Govinda's Disciple" by Rabindranath Tagore, ISCE, CLASS 6.

Rabindranath Tagore's "Govinda's Disciple" is a moral poem which gives us an insight of what is real meaning of spiritualism and how we can achieve it. It is all about the relationship between a guru, Govinda and his Disciple, Ragunath. It shows how materialism creates a barrier in the way to achieve spiritualism.
     Here Govinda teaches Ragunath material pleasure and spiritual pleasure can not go together. We have to choose any one of them. However, before going to the direct poem, we should know about Govinda. Govinda Singh was one of the founders of Sikh Religion. He had many pupils whom he gave the knowledge of spiritualism and salvation.

        In the very beginning of the poem, the poet gives the description of the nature. These natural images transform the readers' mind from the worldly surrounding to the core of nature. Rabindranath describes that the river Ganga is flowing whose water is crystal clear, it looks transparent. The bank of the river is marked with the jutted rocksf which it seems like the river bank is set into a perpetual frown. The hill  is looking completely dark because of the thick forest which was also marked by the small streams which were flowing here and there through it.

        Govinda was reading scriptures sitting on the rock in the side of the river bank. Ragunath came with a pair of Bangles as a gift to his master. The master was not satisfied with it and he wanted to give him a lesson. He let one of the bangles to roll down into the river. Swing it, Ragunath desperately jumped into the river to find it out. But Govinda looked unbothered, with no time he started reading his scriptures again. Just like Govinda, the water of the river looked unworried and it continued to hide it away and moved in its own wish. 

        After a long search, Ragunath came to his master and asked him to say where the bangles were. But suddenly to Ragunath's shock, Govinda threw the other bangle into the water and said, " Here it is". This is how the poem ends.

         This is how he teaches a lesson to his disciple. The true quality of a teacher is to show the right path to his disciples. Here in this poem it is shown very clearly. Govinda taught Ragunath that we should leave the attraction for material pleasure and then only we can feel the spirituality. The poem ends in a very abrupt manner which gives us a strong and powerful message.
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Write a summary of the poem "Habits".

"Habits" is a short lyric poem written by Carol Beachy Wenger. It is written due to make the people understand what are the benefits and flaws of habits. The poet here divides habits in two sections, good habits and bad habits.

    Wenger here gives some precise characteristics of good habits as well as bad habits and also tells us about the ways of growing it. To make his point more clear and understandable, he uses a point of comparison between habit and a plant. He says thatjust like a plant grows into a tree by much care, habits grow slowly but firmly through extra care and time.

    He says that habit is a very 'sticky' thing that means when a habit grows, it does not leave us very easily, it becomes a part of our daily life. If a good habit grows within us, it brings happiness and good consequences in our life, whereas a bad habit brimgs "pain and stife" in our life. The poet also says that good habits grow little slow in comparison to the bad habits. However whether it is good or bad, it remains with us forever and becomes "more firm and strong" with the course of time.            
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