Chapter- 6         In the Heart of a Seed


  1. What is buried deep in the earth?
    Answer:     A seed is buried deep in the earth.

  2. How is the seed described at the beginning?
    Answer:     The seed is asleep.

  3. Who sleeps fast asleep?
    Answer:     The dear little plant sleeps fast asleep.

  4. Who asks the seed to wake up?
    Answer:     The sunshine asks the seed to wake up.

  5. What does the sunshine say?
    Answer:     The sunshine says, “Wake.”

  6. What does the sunshine ask the seed to do?
    Answer:     It asks the seed to creep to the light.

  7. Where should the seed creep?
    Answer:     The seed should creep to the light.

  8. Who says ‘Wake’ again?
    Answer:     The voice of the raindrops says ‘Wake’.

  9. What do the raindrops help the seed to do?
    Answer:     They help the seed to wake up and grow.

  10. What happens to the little plant then?
    Answer:     The little plant hears the call.

  11. What does the plant do after hearing the call?
    Answer:     It starts to rise.

  12. Does the plant stay under the soil?
    Answer:     No, it rises from the soil.

  13. What quality does the plant have?
    Answer:     The plant is wonderful.

  14. Where does the plant come from?
    Answer:     The plant comes from inside the seed.

  15. What might the outside world be?
    Answer:     The outside world might be wonderful.

  16. Who helps the seed grow—sunshine or rain?
    Answer:     Both sunshine and rain help the seed grow.

  17. Is the seed active at first?
    Answer:     No, it is sleeping.

  18. What wakes the seed from sleep?
     Answer: Sunshine and raindrops wake the seed.

  19. Does the poem talk about growth?
    Answer:     Yes, it talks about growth.

  20. What rises from the seed?
    Answer:     A little plant rises from the seed.

  21. What does ‘creep to the light’ mean?
    Answer:     It means growing upward towards sunlight.

  22. What is inside the heart of a seed?
    Answer:     A little plant is inside the seed.

  23. Is the plant small or big at first?
    Answer:     The plant is small at first.

  24. What helps the plant come out of the soil?
     Answer: Sunshine and rain help it come out.

  25. What does the poem mainly describe?
    Answer:    The poem describes how a seed grows into a plant.

  26. Is the poem about nature?
    Answer:     Yes, it is about nature.

  27. Does the seed wake up immediately?
    Answer:     No, it wakes slowly.

  28. What does ‘buried’ mean?
    Answer:     It means covered under the soil.

  29. What is the tone of the poem?
    Answer:     The tone is gentle and hopeful.

  30. What message does the poem give us?
    Answer:     With care and patience, growth is possible.