Class-7 English Reader (Special), Lesson-16 The Pied Piper of Hamelin-I / M.P. Board
Lesson-16
The Pied Piper of Hamelin-I
Answer these questions:
1. What was Anand doing?
Ans- Ananad was reading some verses aloud.
2. What made Ravi and Ashok smile at Anand?
Ans- Ravi and Ashok smiled at Anand because he was so involved
in reading verses that he did not notice them.
3. How did the rats make the people uncomfortable?
Ans- Rats made the people uncomfortable
by eating up their grains, flour, bread and cheese. They were found in their
shoes, has, pockets and even cradles of babies.
4. Where did the people go one day?
Ans- People went to the Town
Hall to meet the Mayor one day.
5. Where was the Mayor?
Ans- The Mayor was in the hall with his councillors.
6. What were the councilors in constant fear of?
Ans- The councillors were in the constant
fear of losing their jobs.
7. How much time did the Mayor want to settle things?
Ans- The Mayor wanted a month’s
time to settle things.
8. What did the Mayor promise the people?
Ans- The Mayor promised the people to get rid of rats in a week’s
time.
Read the following sentences
ant tick true (T) or false (F):
1. Ashok was reading verses aloud. (F)
2. Anand told the story of the Pied Piper. (T)
3. The people were not afraid of rats. (F)
4. The rats were afraid of cats and dogs.(F)
Fill in the blank spaces by
choosing the correct option:
1. All the grain was eaten up by……
a. rats b. cats c. dogs
Ans- rats
2. Rats attacked the poor little…….
a. babies b. kittens and
puppies c. goats
Ans- kittens and puppies
3. One day ……went in a body to the town hall
a. the people b. the Mayor c. a lady
Ans- the people
4. What is …..doing?
a. the people b. the Mayor c. Ravi
Ans- the Mayor
5. I am not giving you fine words. I am ……too.
a. happy b. robbed of c. worried
Ans- worried
Give one word for:
1. Father’s father- Grand father
2.
Member of the council- Councillor
3. A place where printing is done- Press
4. The first citizen of India- The President
5. A baby cat- Kitten
Encircle the odd one:
1. flour, wheat, bread, vegetable
2. children, kitten, puppies, neighbour
3. the President, the Governor, the Chief Minister, the teacher
4. tree, plant, flower, jug
5. Diwali, Id, Holi, month
Fill in the blank spaces with
‘besides’/ ‘however’
1. Sita, Geeta, Reeta wanted to go to the cinema. Sita however, could
not go because her mother was ill; Besides, she had to complete her
homework.
2. The little boy fought bravely. He could not, however, defeat the robber;
Besides, he got wounded.
3. The merchant wanted to get money out of the farmer. The farmer, however was
not so simple; Besides, his story was even better than the merchant’s
and so the merchant had to pay.
Imagine that you are really
troubled by the rats in your house. Tell the class what the rats do. Use the
following clues:
nibble, food, wheat, clothes,
toys, cat, chasing, them
My Story-
I went out on vacation for a
month with my family. After coming back, we were surprised to see the empire of
rats in the house. They nibbled my books and clothes. They ate up the wheat and
other food items stored in the house. They made sleeping place among the toys
of my younger brother. Finally, I brought a cat in the house. Now my kitty
keeps chasing them all though the day and I can rest in peace.
Collect the stories and poems
about rats and share them with your class:
The Rat
As
often as he let himself be seen
We pitied him, or scorned him, or deplored
The inscrutable profusion of the Lord
Who shaped as one of us a thing so mean—
Who made him human when he might have been
A rat, and so been wholly in accord
With any other creature we abhorred
As always useless and not always clean.
Now he is hiding all alone somewhere,
And in a final hole not ready then;
For now he is among those over there
Who are not coming back to us again.
And we who do the fiction of our share
Say less of rats and rather more of men.
We pitied him, or scorned him, or deplored
The inscrutable profusion of the Lord
Who shaped as one of us a thing so mean—
Who made him human when he might have been
A rat, and so been wholly in accord
With any other creature we abhorred
As always useless and not always clean.
Now he is hiding all alone somewhere,
And in a final hole not ready then;
For now he is among those over there
Who are not coming back to us again.
And we who do the fiction of our share
Say less of rats and rather more of men.
-
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Malmo the Wounded Rat
A poor man saw, by the roadside, a large white rat. It seemed to be dead. Moving it gently he found it was alive, but had a broken leg. He took it up and carried it to his lonely home. He bound up the bruised leg, fed the poor creature, and soon it was quite well.
Sam Tills trained the rat to gentle ways, and taught it many little tricks. Malmo was the only company Sam had. He worked in a cotton mill, and took Malmo with him. He rode in his master's coat-pocket. It looked droll to see his white head peeping out.
Sundays both went to dine with Sam's sister. Malmo's funny ways made everybody laugh. When Sam said, "Malmo, go sit in my hat," he went at once. He curled himself up in it, and nodded off to sleep.
When his master said, "Malmo, we're going now; slip in," the droll pet jumped from the hat, ran up to his pocket-nest, said good-by in his own fashion, and was ready to start. Evenings, when Sam was reading or singing from his mother's hymn-book, Malmo had a nap on his master's head. When it was time to go to bed Sam stroked Malmo's soft fur. The rat rubbed himself against his master's hand. It was their good-night to each other. Then Malmo crept into his basket, and the candle was blown out. Soon both were fast asleep.
Author
– Rick Walton
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