Chapter 1 – What a Bird Thought
In the poem, a bird describes its various homes. The bird says that it first lived very nicely in a little house, which was small, round, and made of pale blue shell. The bird next lived in a small nest, quite content in it and not needing another one. It thought its world was made of the straw surrounding it. It was covered by the body of its mother.
One day, says the bird, it flew unsteadily out of the nest to see what it could find. It thought that it had been blind earlier, but now it realizes that the world is made of leaves. It then flew beyond the tree and saw the blue sky. It began to wonder how the world was really made. It did not know, and it asks if the reader knows.
Things to do
1. Find and list the rhyming words from the poem.
Ans:
(a) well – shell
(b) other – mother
2. Learn and recite the poem.
Ans: Students must do this on their own.
3. Describe the following in one or two lines.
The first little house of the bird.
Ans: The first little house of the bird is actually an egg. It is small and round in shape and pale blue in colour.
The nest.
Ans: The nest is made of dried grass and is small in size.
The world around the bird’s nest.
Ans: The world around the bird’s nest is vast. It includes the green leaves of a tree and an open blue sky.
4. Imagine the following and write about each in your own words :
What the world looks like to a baby.
Ans: The world of a baby consists of its mother, father, and a few other family members. A baby’s world includes a crib, the walls of the room where it stays, the crib toys, the window, the blue sky, and the streets full of people. Since a baby is little, the world looks big to it.
What the world looks like to a fish.
Ans: The world looks blue to a fish, since it is an aquatic animal surrounded by water. Coral reefs and underwater plants of various types make the world of a fish very colourful.