Solution “What a Bird Thought” English Class 6 Unit 3 Chapter 2

What a Bird Thought – Part 2

Let us do these activities before we read.

2. Where are the places you see birds? What do you see the birds doing?

Ans. Birds can be seen in parks, gardens, trees, on rooftops, and near water bodies.

3. Do you want to fly like a bird? Why?

Ans. Birds might be flying, building nests, searching for food, or singing.

4. What does a baby bird think about its world?

Ans. At first, she thought her world was the blue shell, then she found it to be her nest, then left and the wide big world she flew in.

5. Read the sentences and replace the underlined words with their correct meanings.

S.No.	Sentences	Meanings
(a)	The color of the feather was not dark but pale.	at last
(b)	The butterfly moved lightly and quickly onto the flower.	light
(c)	Finally, I finished my bird painting after trying it many times.	labor
(d)	The pretty flowers were the prize for the gardener’s hard work.	fluttered

Answer:

(a) Pale – Light
(b) Moved Lightly and Quickly – Fluttered
(c) Finally – At Last
(d) Hard Work – Labor

Let us discuss

1. Read the poem. Identify the main idea of each stanza. There are two extra given.

(a) The bird steps out into the world.
(b) The bird lived happily in a small world.
(c) The bird becomes blind due to leaves.
(d) The bird flies away as an adult.
(e) The bird is unhappy with the straw nest.
(f) The bird lived in a cosy nest with its mother

Answer:

(a) The bird becomes energetic as she grows and flies to discover things for herself.
(b) The bird lives happily and secures in her nest.
(c) The bird flies out of the nest and sits on another branch and can see only leaves and feels blinded by the leaves around her.
(d) As an adult she flies into the wide world.
(e) bird is unhappy.
(f) The bird is comfortable with her mother.

2. Look at the pictures (a)–(d) and write the matching line from the poem for each.

Answer:

(a) Round nest in shell.
(b) Nestled by mother.
(c) Blind by leaves.
(d) Steps out into the world.

3. Answer the following with a word from the poem and check the answers with your partner.

(a) What was the shape of the bird’s first house? _ O _ _ _

Answer: Round

(b) What was the bird’s second nest made of? _ _ R _ _

Answer: Straw

Answer: Leaves

(d) What did the bird do at the end? _ _ _ W

Answer: Flew

Let us think and reflect

1. Write whether the following sentences are True or False.

(a) The bird changed its house two times.

Answer: True.

(b) The neighbours tell the bird about the world.

Answer: False.

2. Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given below.

(a) “I thought the world was made of straw,

And nestled by my mother.”

(i) Who lived in the nest along with the baby bird?

Answer: The mother bird lived in the nest .

(ii) Complete the following by choosing the correct option.

The bird thought the world was made of straw because ____ _

Answer: (b) its nest was made of straw.

(iii) Which word tells us that the baby bird was warm and comfortable?

Answer: The word “nestled” tells us that the baby bird was warm and comfortable.

(b) “I said the world is made of leaves,

I have been very blind.”

(i) Why did the bird think the world was made of leaves?

Answer: The bird thought the world was made of leaves because the nest was surrounded by leaves.

(ii) What does the set of words ‘I said’ mean?

Answer: (c) spoke

(iii) Fill in the blanks to complete the sentence.

Answer: The bird felt that it had been very blind because it could not see the leaves from inside the nest.

3. Why did the baby bird think that its first world was small, round, and blue?

Answer: The baby bird thought its first world was small, round, and blue because that is what it could see from its nest, which was limited and surrounded by the sky.

4. Where did the bird go when it fluttered from its straw nest?

Answer: The bird went out into the larger world, beyond the nest, likely exploring the trees and the sky.

5. What quality did the bird say it had when it flew away?

Answer: The bird said it had the quality of courage when it flew away.

6. Who do you think were the bird’s neighbours? Why do you think so? Discuss.

Answer: The bird’s neighbours were likely other birds, insects, or small animals living in nearby trees or nests. This is inferred because they shared the same environment and could interact with each other.

Let us learn

1. Let us write some rhyming words. One has been done for you

Words from the Poem
Stanza 1	Stanza 2	Stanza 3	Stanza 4
Well	Other	Find	Labors
Shell	Mother	Blind	Neighbors
New Rhyming Words
Fell	Father	Mind	Tailor

Now, complete a new stanza with rhyming words at the end of each line.

I fly high and I fly low,

But one thing I surely know,

Whenever I wish to rest,

My little nest is the best.

2. The poet uses words like ‘pale’, ‘blue’, ‘round’, ‘straw’ and ‘little’ to describe the bird’s nest.

Read a few more describing words.

pointed, green, thin, brown, small, wooden, hanging, round

Now, use the describing words given in the box to create six sentences based on the given picture.

(a) ……………………………………
(b) ……………………………………
(c) ……………………………………
(d) ……………………………………
(e) ……………………………………
(f) ……………………………………

Answer:

(a) A bird built a small nest on a tree.

(b) The tree is full of green leaves.

(d) The entrance to the nest has a round hollow shape.

(e) The bird if sitting near the entrance with her pointed beak.

(f) The roof of the nest is made of wood and is brown.

Let us listen

You will listen to a short poem. As you listen, fill in the missing words. You can listen to the poem more than once.

I’m a parrot, my name is Paro,
My feathers are __ __ __ g __ __ and they glow.
In the morning, I spread my wings,
___ ___ ___ around and see wonderful things.
Come with me through the skies so ___ l ___ ___,
To places old and places new.
Among the ___ ___ e ___ ___, where the breeze is light,
Many new s t __ __ __ ___ s, oh, what a sight!

Answer:

I’m a parrot, my name is Paro,

My feathers are bright and they glow.

In the morning, I spread my wings,

fly around, and see wonderful things.

Come with me through the skies so blue.

To places old and places new.

Among the trees, where the breeze is light,

Many new stories, oh, what a sight!

Let us speak

Speak with your classmates about which bird you would like to be. Include the following points.

• Which bird are you? [I am ……….…….]

Answer: I am a peacock.

• What do you look like? [I am ……….……. in color. I am a big/small bird. I have ……….…….].

Answer: I am a combination of beauty in colours. I am a big/small bird. I have a slender body.

• Where do you live? [I live in ……….……. It is (where) ……….…….]

Answer: I live in beautiful green surroundings. It is (where) what I enjoy most.

• What do you do during the day? [I ……….……. I also ……….…….]

Answer: I play with my mate. I also dance in the cloudy weather.

• Do you have any message for humans? [I want to tell the humans ……….…….]

Answer: I want to tell the humans should take care of me and not demolish our homes.

Let us write

1. Read how the bird perceived its world.

My world was small, round and light blue at first. After that my world was warm and comfortable. It was made of straw. In this world I could
only see leaves whenever I stepped out. In the end, my world became big. It had the sky and the earth as a part of it.

2. Now, discuss with your teacher and classmates how you think the world would look to the following.

(a) a baby (b) a fish

3. Now, write five sentences each, for both (a) and (b), in your notebooks. You can take help from the example given in 1.

Answer:

(a) A Baby’s World