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Structure of the Chapter

Warm-up Reading
Activities that help students make connections A good mix of Indian and Western classics
between school content and their real lives and contemporary prose and poetry

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The Council of Mice
Waiting at the Window
Two Little Kittens Let’s read the story of a mischievous ghost who creates problems in the author’s home.
Two Little Kittens
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13 The Council of Mice It was Grandmother who decided that we must move to another house. And it was 11 Waiting at the Window
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everyone.
all because of a pret, a mischievous ghost, who had been making life intolerable for
Theme: Animals Theme: Childhood
Theme: Peace and harmony In India, prets usually live in peepul trees, and that’s where our Pret first had his
Time to start abode—in the branches of an old peepul which had grown through the compound wall
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Time to start For many years, the Pret had lived there quite Time to start
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and had spread into the garden, on our side, and over the road, on the other side.
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Find ten mice on the ship and circle them. observational skill based happily, without bothering anyone in the house. Imagine a day when you are not able to go out to play because of rain.
Fill in the missing numbers after solving the given problem.
I suppose the traffic on the road had kept him
computational thinking fully occupied. life skill self-awareness
cross-curricular Maths How would you spend your day?
= 8 Sometimes, when a tonga was passing, he
= 6 would frighten the pony and, as a result,
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= 5 the little pony-cart would go reeling off What kind of Let’s connect
Now, read the poem about a little boy who has a
the road. Occasionally he would get into weather you can
the engine of a car or bus, which would fun time at home, one rainy day. visualise while
These are my two drops of rain reading this poem?
soon afterwards have a breakdown. And he
+ – = liked to knock the sola-topis off the heads of Waiting on the window-pane.
sahibs, who would curse and wonder how a
breeze had sprung up so suddenly, only to die
I am waiting here to see
down again just as quickly. Although the Pret
Which the winning one will be.
could make himself felt, and sometimes heard, he
was invisible to the human eye.
Both of them have different names.
At night, people avoided walking beneath the
– + = peepul tree. It was said that if you yawned beneath One is John and one is James.
the tree, the Pret would jump down your throat and
ruin your digestion. Grandmother’s tailor, Jaspal,
All the best and all the worst
who never had anything ready on time, blamed the
Comes from which of them is first.
Pret for all his troubles. Once, when yawning, Jaspal had
James has just begun to ooze.
forgotten to snap his fingers in front of his mouth—always
mandatory when yawning beneath peepul trees—and the
Pret had got in without He’s the one I want to lose.
+ – = Jaspal had always been reeling: unsteady, like you might fall over Have you ever heard John is waiting to begin.
any difficulty. Since then,
abode: the place where one lives
ghost stories from your
suffering from tummy
upsets. breakdown: when something stops parents, grandparents or Let’s connect He’s the one I want to win.
working or falls apart
friends? Can you describe
you must do ooze: to flow slowly
mandatory: something that is required or
one of them in short?
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Comprehension Reference to the context
‘Will you hold your tongue,’ cried Read these lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.
the cat, ‘one word more, and I will But there’s little waves a-flowing, and there’s ripples circling yet,
1. Drop an unkind word, or careless: in a minute you forget;
Competency-based eat you too.’ And perhaps in some sad heart a mighty wave of tears you’ve stirred,
‘All-gone’ was already on the poor
mouse’s lips; scarcely had she spoken And disturbed a life was happy ere you dropped that unkind word.
it before the cat sprang on her, seized a. A person who says unkind words says them and
questions to develop About the Author her, and swallowed her down. Verily, i. forgets them ii. remembers them .
that is the way of the world.
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent, born on May 19, 1934 in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. His first
novel, The Room on the Roof, was published in 1956, and it received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957. Bond hold your tongue: to stop —Brothers Grimm iii. spreads them iv. stops them
has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which includes 69 books for children. He was awarded talking b. What e ect do such words create in a sad heart?
the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and verily: an old expression
Padma Bhushan in 2014. meaning ‘truly’ or ‘indeed’ c. How do such words a ect a happy person? Time to think and answer
the creative and critical About the Authors d. What analogy has the poet used to describe the e ect of harsh words on the listener? 1. Do you think that the mouse who was not in favour of the committee’s decision was wise?
Brothers Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (1785−1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786−1859) collected German
Explain.
life skill logical thinking
in the collection and some of the famous fairy tales in the collection are ‘Cinderella’, ‘The Frog Prince’, ‘Hansel and
2. Drop a word of cheer and kindness: in a minute you forget;
Time to answer folk tales and published them in a collection called Grimm’s Fairy Tales. There are about two hundred fairy tales But there’s gladness still a-swelling, and there’s joy a-circling yet, 2. Suppose you were the one mouse who opposed Dr Nibblecheese’s proposal. Suggest an
Gretel’, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, ‘Rapunzel’ , ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ , ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Snow White’ . ‘Cat and Mouse in
alternative solution that is feasible.
life skill critical thinking
thinking skills of A. Choose the correct answer. Partnership’ is a tale from that collection. And you’ve rolled a wave of comfort whose sweet music can be heard 3. How is Dr Nibblecheese similar to the mouse in ‘Cat and Mouse in Partnership’? And how
1. What would Pret do if you yawned beneath the peepul tree?
are they different? Make your observations in this diagram.
Over miles and miles of water just by dropping one kind word.
e Pret would enter you house and start throwing things around. Time to answer a. Who forgets a er speaking words of cheer and kindness? (name of the character)
i. the listener
the students e Pret would start doing tricks and bother you. A. Who said these statements. iii. the audience ii. the spectator (name of the character)
1. ‘But we must make a provision for winter, or else we shall su er
e Pret would jump down your throat and ruin your digestion.
e Pret would appear before you and ask you to change your home. from hunger.’ iv. the speaker Differences Similarities Differences
2. ‘Well, here you are again.’ b. Which feelings linger even when the words are forgo en?
2. Why did Grandmother’s tailor, Jaspal, su er from tummy upsets? c. Whose sweet music can be heard?
3. ‘All went o well.’
the Pret cursed him with tummy upsets as he used to blame him for all d. In the above lines, which word can be considered a synonym for ‘comfort’?
the troubles 4. ‘What does that ma er.’ i. cheer ii. relief
he forgot to snap his ngers while yawning beneath the peepul tree 5. ‘And what was the child christened?’ iii. cosiness iv. contentment
he forgot to snap his ngers while sleeping beneath the peepul tree 6. ‘All good things go in threes.’
B. Answer these questions. Time to think and answer
he was a picky eater and always used to avoid eating homemade food 1. What made the mouse agree to live and keep house together with the cat?
someone? Share your thoughts.
3. Why did the Public Works Department cut the peepul tree? 2. Why did the cat and the mouse buy fat and store it in the church? 1. Do you think speaking kindly to people will really help in creating lasting impressions on
they wanted to clean the area for the construction of a new bungalow 3. What was the cat’s excuse for leaving the house and going to the church to eat the fat? 2. Has anyone ever talked to you unkindly? How did it feel? How do you tackle such value kindness
situations?
they were informed about the Pret on the peepul tree by Grandfather 4. Describe how the cat duped the mouse three times. Time to enjoy
they wanted to build a yover, and the tree and a bit of a wall were in the way 5. When did the mouse realise that the cat had lied to her and devoured the fat all by life skill handling emotions 1. You’ve already learnt that alliteration is the repetition of the beginning consonant
sounds in neighbouring words. Now, read the poem again and look for three examples
they wanted to widen the road, and the tree and a bit of wall were in the way herself? 113 of alliteration.
2. Write the rhyme scheme of these stanzas
4. Why did the Pret decide to take up residence in the bungalow?
because he was deprived of his tree factual RTC 89 a. Stanza 1:
because he was looking for a change b. Stanza 3:
because he was suspicious that the peepul tree has grown weak and can fall anytime c. Stanza 5:
because he was aware that the tree will be cut down some day d. Stanza 6:
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MCQs inferential and
evaluative
Time to study language
You have learnt that pronouns are words that replace nouns. Let’s study the different kinds
of pronouns.
Time to study language 1. Pronouns that stand for a person or a thing are called personal pronouns. For example,
• I am going to fight the Britishers.
You have learnt that adjectives tell us more about nouns. Adjectives can be divided into
kinds of adjectives. • We shall name him Damodar.
different kinds according to the way they describe nouns. Let us understand the different
I, we, he, she, it, they, you, me, him, her, us and them are personal pronouns.
2. Pronouns that tell us what belongs to whom are called possessive pronouns.
1. Adjectives of quality describe the quality of a noun. For example,
• This is a nice necklace.
For example,
• This is my horse. That horse is yours.
Grammar 2. Adjectives of quantity indicate the amount of things but not the exact number. For e words mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs are possessive pronouns.
example,
3. Pronouns that are used to point out people or things are called demonstrative pronouns.
• I need some money to buy sweets.
For example,
things. For example, • That is a book.
3. Adjectives of number tell us the exact number of things, or their order in a series of
Clear grammar explanations with contextual • We caught two burglars. The words this, that, these and those help to point at people and things and are called
demonstrative pronouns.
4. Pronouns that are used to ask questions are called interrogative pronouns. For example,
4. Possessive adjectives tell us that something belongs to someone. For example,
• They were allowed to keep their wedding necklaces.
examples and application-based interactive 5. Demonstrative adjectives are used to point at people or things. For example, • Whom do you want to meet?
The words what, who, whom and which are used to ask questions and are called
• This wedding band is mine.
interrogative pronouns.
5. Pronouns that are used as a direct object when the object is the same as the subject are
exercises to improve language skills • Whose car is this? called reflexive pronouns. For example,
6. Interrogative adjectives are used to ask questions. For example,
quality quantity number • Manikarnika hurt herself.
young some possessive demonstrative interrogative The words herself, himself and themselves are reflexive pronouns.
shiny many two my that whose 6. Pronouns that are used to lay special emphasis on the subject are called emphasising
good five them these which pronouns. For example,
all first • Rani of Jhansi herself led her army.
right enough our those what
three your this who Complete the sentences by choosing an appropriate pronoun.
1. I baked the cake .
Complete the sentences with the adjectives as instructed.
1. himself themselves
doll is this? (interrogative adjective) myself herself
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3. apartment. (adjectives of quality)
bag is this? (interrogative adjective)
4. The firemen rescued
(adjectives of number) puppies from the burning building.
5. There was milk in the jug. (adjectives of quantity)
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