B.1.
Answer the following questions.
(i) Do you ever fight with your brother/sister over things like sharing. Avar stationery, clothes, etc.? If yes, make a list of few such things.
Answer – Yes, I have fought with my sister over things like –
cloths
pens
pencil box
dolls
(ii) Do your parents punish you for quarrelling with your brother/sister? What kind of punishment do you get?
Answer – Yes, our parents punish us for quarrelling with my sister. We receive punishment like writing sorry to each other, sit ups and down twenty times, holding ears and standing in room etc.
(iii) How do you finally resolve the issue with your brother/sister? Do you think peaceful means are better to solve such problems or do you think that fighting solves the purpose better? Why?
Answer – We resolve the issue with each other by saying sorry when our parents make us understand things that we should love each other and give us advice to live in place. I think peaceful means are better to solve such problems because talking over a thing can resolve all misunderstandings and unnecessary fuss will not be created.
B.2. Now read the poem.
TWO LITTLE KITTENS
Answer – Students will read the poem ‘TWO LITTLE KITTENS’ under the supervision and guidance of the subject teacher.
B.3. Read the following and write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements. Correct the false statements and write them in the space provided.
(i) The two kittens started quarrelling over a mouse.
Answer – True
(ii) One of the kitten was bigger than the other.
Answer – True
(iii) The two kittens were thrown out of the room because they were unable to catch the mouse.
Answer – False – The two kittens were thrown out of the room because they were quarrelling over a mouse.
(iv) The weather outside was bright and sunny.
Answer – False – The weather outside was stormy.
(v) The old lady permitted the kittens to come inside.
Answer – True
(vi) The kittens started fighting again after coming inside the room.
Answer – False – The kittens found it better to lie by the fire than to fight.
B.4. How did the two kittens get punished for their greed?
Answer – They were thrown out of the room.
B.5. What lesson do you learn from this poem?
Answer – We should not quarrel; we should live together peacefully.
B.6. The first stanza of the poem says-
Two kittens
One stormy night,
Began to quarrel
And then to fight.
What is the difference between ‘a quarrel’ and ‘a fight’? You may consult a dictionary. Write your answers in the space given below.
quarrel – A struggle against something using physical force.
fight – An argument or disagreement between people, often about a personal matter.
B.7. Read the following:
As quiet as mice
As cold as snow
Do you think the above comparisons are suitable? The mice move around very quietly. Don’t they? The snow is always cold. Isn’t it? Similarly, the following comparisons can also be made.
• As quick as mice
• As white as snow
Now find suitable comparisons for the following:
(i) as soft as cotton
(ii) as light as feather
(iii) as bright as Sun
(iv) as fast as light
(v) as long as tail
(vi) as hard as rock
(vii) as black as coal
B.8. Read the poem again and find out at least six pairs of rhyming words. Also, add at least one more rhyming word of your own to each of these pairs. One example has been given to help you.
Rhyming words from the poem – Additional word
(i) night fight right
(ii) cat that rat
(iii) fell shell hell
(iv) broom room doom
(v) snow go low
(vi) door floor store
(vii) rice ice nice
B.9. Value Based Question
Have you read/heard the story of ‘The Two Cats and a Monkey’ from The Panchtantra? One student can narrate the story in the class. Now work with your partner and find out a few similarities and differences between the story and the poem ‘Two Little Kittens’
Answer –
Similarities
(i) two cats quarrelling over food.
(ii) two cats lost their food, both in the ‘Two cats and a monkey’ and in poem ‘Two little kittens’.
(iii) Both story and poem are about greediness.
Differences
(i) In story there was monkey and in poem there was mouse.
(ii) The monkey ate all the butter.
(iii) The cats realised that they should lie in front of fire quietly then to quarrel among each other.
What do you think this poem and the story teach us?
Answer – I think this poem and the story teach us not to do any foolish work like quarrelling or being greedy. We should work with cool mind and peaceful manner.