Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow: The mountain and the squirrel
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1. Did you like the poem? Write three words you connect with each object you read in the poem. One has been done for you.
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Squirrel Mountain Forest
tree big large
nut high green
climb forest squirrel
2. Read the poem once again and answer the following questions:
(a) Why did the mountain call the squirrel " Little prig"?
Ans. The squirrel is very small creature, So the mountain is teasing the squirrel and called him "Little prig".
(b) What did the squirrel say to the mountain?
Ans.The squirrel said that although he is too small but he is more lively and active. If he cannot carry forests on his back, neither the mountain can crack a nut. They both have different talents.
(c) What are the main differences between the mountain and the squirrel?
Ans. The mountain is huge and strong, but the squirrel is small and active. The mountain can not move and crack a nut but the squirrel can move easily and can crack a nut.
(d) " If I'm not so large as you,
you are not so small as I,
And not half so spy:
I'll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel track."
Who said these lines and to whom?
Ans. The squirrel said this line to the mountain.
(e) The word 'former' means the first one out of two, and the word 'latter' means the second one out of two.
"And the former called the latter Little prig'" - who is the 'former' and who is the 'latter' in the poem?
Ans: Former is the mountain and latter is the squirrel.
(f) Write down the line from the poem that mean the following:
(I) The squirrel is not as big as the mountain and the mountain is not even half as energetic as Bun.
Ans. If I'm not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry:
(II) Everyone is unique in their own way. People have different skills and everything is put very wisely.
Ans.Talents differ; all is well and wisely put.
(III) To make a year and a revolution around the sun all types of things and weather must be taken Into consideration.
Ans. But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together
To make up a year,
And a sphere.
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