Maharashtra Board Textbook Solutions for Standard Five

Chapter 25 - The Man in the Moon

Things to do

1. Read the following.

Skipper : captain of a ship or boat.

Dipper : This word has two meanings.
Dipper means a container for taking out water. Also, there are two constellations called Little Dipper (Little Bear) and Big Dipper (Big Bear) in the sky.

Milky Way : The band of light consisting of stars that spreads across the sky at night.

2. Answer the following questions.

(1) What mistake did the man in the moon make?
Ans: The man in the moon made the mistake of taking a drink of milk from the Milky Way using the Dipper.

(2) What did he try to take the milk from ?
Ans: He tried to take the milk from the dipper.

(3) Why did he spill the milk ?
Ans: He slowly and carefully filled the dipper, but just then the big bear and the little bear growled and howled, which frightened him, and he spilled the milk.

3. Read the following and say whether the statements tell you about facts or whether they are imaginary.

There is a man in the Moon.
Ans: Imaginary

The Moon sails across the sky.
Ans: Fact

The milky way contains milk.
Ans: Imaginary

You can fill the Dipper in the sky with milk.
Ans: Imaginary

The Big Bear in the sky can growl.
Ans: Imaginary

There are a number of stars in the sky.
Ans: Fact