Chapter 6 

                                                                I Wonder Why?


1. Question: What does the poet wonder about the colour of the grass?

Answer: The poet wonders why the grass is green and why nature has given the grass its green colour.

2. Question: What question does the poet ask about the wind?

Answer: The poet asks why the wind can never be seen even though it moves everywhere around us.

3. Question: What does the poet wonder about birds?

Answer: The poet wonders who taught the birds to build their nests.

4. Question: What does the poet ask about trees?

Answer: The poet asks who tells the trees to take rest.

5. Question: What question does the poet ask about the moon?

Answer: The poet wonders where the missing part of the moon goes when the moon is not completely round.

6. Question: What does the poet wonder about the stars?

Answer: The poet wonders who lights the stars when they seem to blow out in the sky.

7. Question: What does the poet say about lightning?

Answer: The poet wonders who makes the lightning flash in the sky.

8. Question: What does the poet wonder about the rainbow?

Answer: The poet wonders who paints the rainbow in the sky.

9. Question: What does the poet say about the clouds?

Answer: The poet wonders who hangs the fluffy clouds high in the sky.

10. Question: What kind of questions does the poet ask in the poem?

Answer: The poet asks curious questions about nature and the mysteries of the world.

11. Question: Why does the poet ask so many questions in the poem?

Answer: The poet asks many questions because he is curious about the wonders of nature.

12. Question: What feeling of the poet is shown in the poem?

Answer: The poem shows the poet’s curiosity and wonder about nature.

13. Question: What does the poet think about the world around him?

Answer: The poet thinks that the world is full of mysteries and wonders.

14. Question: Why does the poet think about the grass and the wind?

Answer: The poet thinks about the grass and the wind because they are common parts of nature that make him curious.

15. Question: What lesson does the poem teach us?

Answer: The poem teaches us to observe nature carefully and think about its mysteries.

16. Question: What does the word “nest” mean?

Answer: A nest is the home of birds where they live and raise their young ones.

17. Question: What does the word “round” describe in the poem?

Answer: The word “round” describes the shape of the moon when it appears full in the sky.

18. Question: What does the poet say about the moon not being round?

Answer: The poet wonders where the missing part of the moon goes when it is not fully round.

19. Question: What natural things are mentioned in the poem?

Answer: The poem mentions grass, wind, birds, trees, moon, stars, lightning, rainbow and clouds.

20. Question: What does the poet think about the rainbow?

Answer: The poet wonders who paints the beautiful rainbow with different colours in the sky.

21. Question: How many colours are there in a rainbow?

Answer: There are seven colours in a rainbow.

22. Question: Where do birds live?

Answer: Birds live in nests which they build on trees.

23. Question: What is the place where birds live called?

Answer: The place where birds live is called a nest.

24. Question: What twinkles in the sky at night?

Answer: Stars twinkle in the sky at night.

25. Question: What is the silvery object that moves in the sky?

Answer: The moon is the silvery object that moves in the sky.

26. Question: What falls from the clouds?

Answer: Rain falls from the clouds.

27. Question: What is an arch of seven colours in the sky?

Answer: A rainbow is an arch of seven colours in the sky.

28. Question: What do clouds carry?

Answer: Clouds carry water drops which later fall as rain.

29. Question: What sound do birds make?

Answer: Birds produce a chirping sound.

30. Question: What do shepherds bring home in the evening?

Answer: Shepherds bring their sheep home in the evening.

31. Question: Who were the two famous persons in the story given in the lesson?

Answer: The two famous persons in the story were Akbar and Birbal.

32. Question: What challenge did Akbar give to Birbal?

Answer: Akbar asked Birbal to show a diamond costing one paisa for eight, honey costing one paisa for eight jars and a useless animal.

33. Question: What things did Birbal bring for Akbar?

Answer: Birbal brought a lamp, some water and a dog.

34. Question: Why did Birbal bring a lamp?

Answer: Birbal brought a lamp because it gives light like a diamond but costs very little.

35. Question: Why did Birbal bring water?

Answer: Birbal brought water because it is more valuable than honey for a thirsty man.

36. Question: Why did Birbal bring a dog?

Answer: Birbal brought a dog because it follows anyone who gives it food and therefore can be considered a useless animal.

37. Question: How did Akbar feel after hearing Birbal’s explanation?

Answer: Akbar was pleased with Birbal’s intelligent answers.

38. Question: What did Akbar give Birbal after hearing his answers?

Answer: Akbar gave Birbal a present as a reward.

39. Question: What quality of Birbal is shown in this story?

Answer: The story shows Birbal’s intelligence and clever thinking.

40. Question: What message do we learn from this lesson?

Answer: The lesson teaches us to think carefully about nature and also appreciate wisdom and intelligence.

Answer by Mrinmoee