Working with the poem : Solutions of Questions on Page Number : 137
Q1 : Answer the following questions.
(i) Pick out the line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes.
(ii) Which line shows a complete change of the child’s attitude towards snakes? Read it aloud.
(iii) “But mother says that kind is good…” What is mother referring to?
Answer :
(i) The line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes is ‘I saw a snake and ran away…’
(ii)The line that shows a complete change of the child’s attitude towards snakes is “There’s no mistake, it’s just a harmless garden snake!”
(iii)Mother is referring to the garden snake, which is harmless as it eats up only insects for its food.
Q2 : Find the word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass.
Answer :
The word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass is ‘wiggles’.
Q3 : There are four pairs of rhyming words in the poem. Say them aloud.
Answer :
The four pairs of rhyming words in the poem are as follows:
1. ‘Away’ and ‘say’
2. ‘Good’ and ‘food’
3. ‘Grass’ and ‘pass’
4. ‘Mistake’ and ‘snake’