Chapter 15 – Bird Bath
The poet says that they have made a pretty little pool in their garden. The pool is lined with neatly-laid pebbles and filled with clean and cool water: certainly.
When the sun shines warmly, all the robins that are flying nearby will, without exception, fly down gently towards the pool to drink the water. They collect round the edge of the pool.
The robins splash about in the water, spraying the air all around with showers of bright droplets of water. Then they fly off quickly, singing happily.
Things to do
1. The poem has rhyming words at the end of the lines. Find and write the pairs of rhyming words in each stanza.
Ans:
made – laid
pool – cool
high – by
brink – drink
splash – flash
bright – delight
2. Guess the meaning of the following words in the poem.
lined
Ans: present in large numbers along the edges or sides of something
cluster
Ans: to be in a small group, close together
brink
Ans: edge
flash
Ans: go quickly
3. Rewrite the following lines in your own words.
(1) ‘Never one comes flying by
But will flutter down to drink.’
Ans: All the robins that are flying nearby will certainly, without exception, flutter down towards the pool to drink water.
(2) ………. ‘till off they flash
Singing sweetly their delight.’
Ans: ….till they fly off quickly, singing sweetly and happily.
4. Write what you can do to welcome birds in your surroundings.
Ans: In order to welcome and help birds, I can keep small bowls of water in my balcony or window, especially during summer. I can build small bird houses in the trees in my garden. I can also keep grains in these birdhouses for the birds. I can have larger plates with water which can be used as bird baths by the birds.
5. Discuss what you can do to help other animals in your surroundings. Write down any three ideas you like from the discussion.
Ans: Students must do this on their own.