Chapter 1 -
Ten Little Fingers
Textbook Question Answers
(a) What is there in our small village?
Answer: There are small houses, gardens full of flowers, green fields, and beautiful nature in our small village.
(b) What do the boys of the neighbourhood do?
Answer: The boys of the neighbourhood play, run, and enjoy together.
(c) What can be seen in the village field?
Answer: In the village field, cows and goats can be seen grazing, and children can be seen playing.
(d) Why is our small village like a mother?
Answer: Our small village is like a mother because it loves, protects, and gives us peace—just like a mother does.
(e) What rises in the east in the morning?
Answer: The sun rises in the east in the morning.
Additional Question Answers
(1) What is the name of the poem?
Answer: The name of the poem is "Ten Little Fingers".
(2) What is the poem "Ten Little Fingers" about?
Answer: The poem is about a child who wants to use his fingers, eyes, ears, mouth, and nose to spread love and happiness.
(3) What does the child want to do in the poem?
Answer: The child wants to share love with everyone using his ten fingers, two eyes, two ears, one mouth, and one nose.
(4) What is the main idea of the poem?
Answer: The main idea of the poem is that even a small child can share love and joy with others using simple things.
(5) What can we do with our ten fingers?
Answer: With our ten fingers, we can write, draw, eat, play, and help others.