Chapter 16
SINGING SHELL
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I found a shell, a curly one,
āĻāĻা āĻোāϞা āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞোঁ, āĻāĻা āĻোঁāĻা,
Lying on the sand,
āĻŦাāϞিā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§°ি āĻĨāĻা,
I picked it up and took it home,
āϤুāϞি āϞৈ āĻā§°āϞৈ āϞৈ āĻāϞো,
Cold inside my hand.
āĻšাāϤ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻ াāĻŖ্āĻĄা।
Mummy looked at it and then
āĻŽāĻŽীāϝ়ে āĻাāϞে āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ
She held it to my ear,
āϤাāĻ āĻŽোā§° āĻাāĻŖāϤ āϧ⧰ি ā§°াāĻিāϞে,
And from the shell there came a song.
āĻā§°ু āĻোāϞাāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻা āĻীāϤ āĻāĻšিāϞ।
Soft and sweet and clear.
āĻোāĻŽāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŽিāĻ া āĻā§°ু āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ।
I was surprised - I listened hard,
āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻš’āϞোঁ - āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻ োā§°āĻাā§ąে āĻļুāύিāϞোঁ,
But it was really true,
āĻিāύ্āϤু āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āϏঁāĻা āĻāĻিāϞ,
I wish you'd find a nice big shell
āĻāĻা āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻোāϞা āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāϞে āĻাāϞ āĻāĻিāϞ
And hear it singing too!
āĻā§°ু āĻাāύ āĻোā§ąাāĻ āĻļুāύা
Exercise
1. Read the poem and answer whether the following statements are true or false
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻো āĻĒāĻĸ়ি āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻŦāĻ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏঁāĻা āύে āĻŽিāĻা āϤাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦ
a) The child picked up the shell.
āĻļিāĻļুāĻিāϝ়ে āĻোāϞাāĻো āϤুāϞি āϞৈāĻিāϞ।
Answer: True.
b)The shell was hot in his hand.
āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻোāϞাāĻো āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻāĻিāϞ।
Answer: False.
c) The child threw away the shell.
āĻļিāĻļুāĻিāϝ়ে āĻোāϞাāĻো āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāϞে।
Answer: False.
d) The shell was curly one.
āĻোāϞাāĻো āĻোঁāĻা āĻāĻিāϞ।
Answer: True.
e) There came a song from the shell.
āĻোāϞাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻা āĻাāύ āĻāĻšিāϞ।
Answer: True.
f) The song was hard and bitter.
āĻীāϤāĻো āĻāĻ িāύ āĻā§°ু āϤিāϤা āĻāĻিāϞ।
Answer: False.
g) The child was surprised.
āĻļিāĻļুāĻি āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
Answer: True.
h) His mother was also surprised.
āĻŽাāĻো āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
Answer: False.
2. Answer the following:
āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻāĻĨাāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
a) Have you ever seen a shell?
āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻŦা āĻāĻা āĻোāϞা āĻĻেāĻিāĻেāύে?
Answer: No, I never seen a shell.
b) Where did the child find the shell?
āĻļিāĻļুāĻিāϝ়ে āĻোāϞাāĻো āĻ’āϤ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer: The child found the shell lying on the sand.
c) What was its shape?
āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻāĻৃāϤি āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer: It was curly.
d) What did the child hear from the shell when it was held to his ear?
āĻļিāĻļুāĻিāϝ়ে āĻোāϞাāĻো āĻাāĻŖāϤ āϧ⧰ি ā§°াāĻিāϞে āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻি āĻļুāύিāĻিāϞ?
Answer: The child heard a soft, sweet and clear song from the shell when it was held to his ear.
3. Write the rhyming words of the following:
āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻেāĻāĻাā§° āĻāύ্āĻĻāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϞিāĻা।
a) Bard - Hard
b) Bold - Cold
c) Mind - Find
d) Near - hear
e) Long - song
f) Beside - inside
g) Card - Hard
h) Dig - Big
i) bind - Wind
j) here - there
k) book - look
l) ringing - Singing
4. Write the opposite words of the following:
āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϞিāĻা।
Small - Big
Give - Recieve
Here - There
Hard - Soft
Outside - Inside
Bitter - Sweet
Lost - Find
False - True
Now - Then
5. Match the statements with the picture :
āĻŦিāĻŦৃāϤিāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻŦিāĻāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻŽিāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ :
a) A dog is barking.
āĻুāĻুā§° āĻāĻাāĻ āĻেāĻ āĻেāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে।
āĻāĻা āĻĢোāύ āĻŦাāĻি āĻāĻে।
c) A cow is mooing.
āĻāĻāύী āĻাāĻ āĻŽুং āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে।
d) A cock is crowing.
āĻāĻা āĻুāĻুā§°াāĻ āĻাāύ্āĻĻি āĻāĻে।
e) A horn is blowing
āĻāĻা āĻļিং āĻŦাāĻি āĻāĻে
f) A bee is buzzing.
āĻāĻা āĻŽৌāĻŽাāĻি āĻুāĻ্āĻāύ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে।