Maharashtra Board Textbook Solutions for Standard Four

Lesson 18 – Growing up

fuzzy: covered with soft, fine hair that sticks up. 

chrysalis: a stage in the life cycle of a butterfly. It is also the name of the hard case in which the caterpillar lies till it is transformed into a butterfly. 

tadpole: a stage in the life of a frog or toad. At first, a tadpole has a long tail but not arms or legs.

Things to do

1. Find more information about the life cycle of a frog and a butterfly. Present the information with the help of pictures, photos or diagrams. 

Ans: Students should do this on their own.

2. From the poem “Mr Thomas Frog, mention –

(a) one fact 

Ans: The tadpole had lost its tail.

 

(b) one imaginary thing

Ans: The frog was weeping.