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I.  Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option.
1. Stanza 1

Ans.

(i) Mr Raven is a bird. (bird/frog)

(ii) The name of the fox is Reynard. (Raven/Reynard)

(iii) Mr Raven had a piece of food in his beak. (a piece of food/ a bunch of leaves)

2. Stanza 2

Ans.

(i) The Fox calls the Raven a good-looking bird. (foolish/good-looking)
(ii) The Fox asks the Raven to sing. (dance/sing)
(iii) The Raven and the Fox live in the trees. (trees/woods)

3. Stanza 3

Ans.

(i) The Raven forgot that he croaked. (remembered/forgot)
(ii) The Raven opened its beak to sing. (eat/sing)
(iii) The food fell down. (food/Raven)

4. Stanza 4

Ans.

(i) The Fox laughed at the Raven. (laughed/looked)
(ii) It is not wise to be too proud of oneself. (wise/unwise)
(iii) The Raven learnt a lesson. (lesson/teaching)

II Read the poem again and match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B. Check your answers with your teacher and classmates.

Ans.

Column A Column B
1. perched (iv) sat on a branch
2. morsel  (i) a small piece of food
3. seek (v) to look for something
4. pride (iii) feeling that you are better than others
5. eyed (ii) looked with interest at something
6. limb (vii) branch of a tree
7. woods (vi) a smaller area of forest with similar kind of trees

II Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.
1. Sir Raven, you are a handsome bird.
Such feathers! If you would only sing,
The birds of these woods would call you King.

(i) ‘Such feathers’ refer to __________________ feathers.
A. shiny and beautiful
B. black and dull
C. grey and long
D. short and unattractive

Ans. shiny and beautiful

(ii) Why would the birds of the woods call the Raven ‘King’?

Ans. The birds would call the Raven as ‘King’ if he sang.

(iii) Why does the Fox address the Raven as ‘Sir’?

Ans. The Fox addresses the Raven as ‘Sir’ to flatter him and make him feel important.

2. The Raven, who did not see the joke,
Forgot that his voice was just a croak.
He opened his beak, in his foolish pride–

(i) Why did the Raven open his beak?

Ans. Raven opened his beak to sing.

(ii) Complete the following with one word from the given lines.
Fox : clever : : Raven : ______________

Ans. foolish.

III Why does the Raven forget that his voice is just a croak?

Ans. Due to his foolish pride Raven forgets that his voice is just a croak.

IV. How does Reynard make the Raven sing?

Ans. Reynard the fox makes the raven sing by using flattery to appeal to the raven’s vanity.

V. Why does Reynard say that pride is not wise?

Ans. Pride makes one forget their true nature and limitations. The Raven forgets its own voice is a croak and not a song. 

VI Give one reason why the teaching is quite a surprise.

Ans. The teaching is quite a surprise because the Raven is not as clever as the Fox is.

VII Imagine someone praises you too much. How would you react?

Ans. I would be alert after hearing the praise. Then I would analyze what is what and take proper steps to know the reality.

Let us learn

I Write the rhyming words from the poem. One has been done for you.

Ans.

Stanza 1
(i) limb-him
(ii) beak-seek

Stanza 2
(i) word-bird
(ii) sing-king

Stanza 3
(i) joke-croak
(ii) pride-eyed

Stanza 4
(i) know-glow
(ii) unwise – surprise

II Study the underlined words in the poem.
1. For the Raven held in his great big beak.
The words ‘big’ and ‘beak’ begin with the same /b/ sound.
2. The song of sweet birds.

Alliteration is a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. When two or more words together, begin with the same sound, it is called alliteration. Now, pick another example of alliteration from Stanza 2.

Ans. The birds of these woods would call you King.

III Choose the correct opposites from the box given below and complete the table. There are two extra words that you will not need. wise happy humility flew remembered notice dim cried silly

wise happy humility flew remembered
notice dim cried  silly

Ans.

Words Opposites
1. perched Flew
2. forgot remembered
3. foolish wise
4. pride humility
5. laughed cried
6. ignore notice
7. glow dim

Use any four words from the table given above to make sentences of your own.

Ans. Sentences
1. The bird perched on a branch.
2. I forgot to bring my lunchbox.
3. Don’t be foolish. Do your work with full energy.
4. she takes great pride in her work
5. The children laughed at the joker.
7. The moon glow at night.

Let us listen

I – You will listen to what the crow did after he lost his food. As you listen, mark the given statements as True or False. (refer to page 37 for transcript)

Ans.

1. The crow was unhappy that he lost his food. (True)
2. The crow thought that his lovely feathers made him smart. (False)
3. The crow wanted to tell his friends not to be proud. (True)

Let us speak

Narrate the poem in the form of a story. Give a different ending to the story. You may begin like this: This is a story about a clever fox named Reynard and Mr Raven. One day…

Let us write

Now, write the story you narrated in the form of a conversation.
(Remember to write only the actions for the Raven as he has food in his mouth and does not speak.)
You may begin like this.

Reynard: Good morning, Mr Raven! You seem to be awake so early!
(Mr Raven just nods his head)
Reynard: Oh, Mr Raven, you look …

Let us explore

Origami is the art of folding objects out of paper to create both two dimensional and three-dimensional objects. Let us make stick puppets and enact the poem. You may take the help of the pictures given below.

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