Maharashtra Board Textbook Solutions for Standard Three

Lesson 17 – Curiosity

children butterflies: young ones of butterflies

warble: twitch or wiggle very fast.

Things to do

1. List any five questions that the child in the poem has. 

Ans: The questions that the child in the poem has are;

(a) What makes it winter and then spring?

(b) Why do people keep winking their eyes?

(c) Where do birds sleep?

(d) Do bees like to sting?

(e) What makes leaves grow in the shapes they do?

2. List any three other questions about birds, animals or natural things that you have.

Ans: The questions are;
(a) Why are birds blessed with both wings and legs?
(b) Why do only birds fly in the sky?
(c) Do animals and birds also have families like us?

3. Where can you find the answers to your questions? Write any 2 sources.

Ans: 

(a) We can find the answers to our question with the help of the internet or Google.

(b) We can also ask our elders or our teachers.