What a Bird Thought Textbook Questions (NCERT Solutions)
Let us do these activities before we read.
1. Look at the picture and discuss what you see in the picture with your teacher and classmates.
Think of a time when you worked hard. What did you do then?
- How did it help you?
- How did it make you feel?
Also, discuss in groups.
Ans. There is a bird nest on the tree with one bird and a parrot. The parrot is sitting on the branch of a tree and the other one is about to sit on it.
(ii) I worked hard for my exams.
- I came first in my class.
- I was happy.
2. Where are the places you see birds?
What do you see the birds doing?
Ans. The parrot is sitting on the branch of the tree doing nothing, while the bird is coming back to its nestling.
3. Do you want to fly like a bird? Why?
Ans. Yes, I want to fly like a bird to explore the world.
4. What does a baby bird think about its world?
Ans. The baby bird first thought that the world was an egg and then the nest. After that, the bird realised the world was made of leaves. Eventually, it understood that the world was too vast.
5. Read the sentences and replace the underlined words with their correct meanings.
| S.No. | Sentences | Meanings |
| (a) | The colour of the feather was not dark but pale. | at last |
| (b) | The butterfly moved lightly and quickly onto the flower. | light |
| (c) | Finally, I finished my bird painting after trying it many times. | labour |
| (d) | The pretty flowers were the prize for the gardener’s hard work. | fluttered |
Ans.
| S.No. | Sentences |
| (a) | The colour of the feather was not dark but light. |
| (b) | The butterfly fluttered onto the flower. |
| (c) | At last, I finished my bird painting after trying many times. |
| (d) | The pretty flowers were the prize for the gardener’s labour. |
Let us discuss
1. Read the poem again. Identify the main idea of each stanza. There are two extra given.
(a) The bird steps out into the world.
(b) The bird lived happily in a small world.
(c) The bird becomes blind due to leaves.
(d) The bird flies away as an adult.
(e) The bird is unhappy with the straw nest.
(f) The bird lived in a cosy nest with its mother.
Ans.
(b) Stanza 1
(f) Stanza 2
(a) Stanza 3
(d) Stanza 4
2. Look at the pictures (a)–(d) and write the matching line from the poem for each.
Ans.
(a) The World was small and round,
And made of pale, blue shell.
(b) The world was made of straw,
And nestled by my mother.
(c) I said the world is made of leaves,
(d) At length I flew beyond the tree.
3. Answer the following with a word from the poem and check the answers with your partner.
(a) What was the shape of the bird’s first house? _ O _ _ _
(b) What was the bird’s second nest made of? _ _ R _ _
(c) What did the bird see when it came out of its nest? L _ _ _ E _
(d) What did the bird do at the end? _ _ _ W
Ans.
(a) Round
(b) Straw
(c ) Leaves
(d) Flew
Let us think and reflect.
1. Write whether the following sentences are True or False.
(a) The bird changed its house two times.
(b) The neighbours tell the bird about the world.
Ans.
(a) False
(b) False
2. Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions given below.
(a) I thought the world was made of straw,
And nestled by my mother.
(i) Who lived in the nest along with the baby bird?
(ii) Complete the following by choosing the correct option.
The bird thought the world was made of straw because __________.
1. it lived in a straw hut
2. its nest was made of straw
3. its mother fed straw to it
4. there was straw all around
(iii) Which word tells us that the baby bird was warm and comfortable?
Ans.
(i) The bird’s mother lived in the nest with her baby bird.
(ii) b. its nest was made of straw
(iii) nestled
(b) I said the world is made of leaves,
I have been very blind.
(i) Why did the bird think the world was made of leaves?
(ii) What does the set of words ‘I said’ mean?
1. flew
2. shouted
3. spoke
4. cried
(iii) Fill in the blanks to complete the sentence.
The bird felt that it had been very blind because it could not __ __ __ the leaves from __ n __ __ __ e the nest.
Ans.
(i) The baby bird thought the world was made of leaves as it flew out of the nest and sat on the tree only to see leaves around.
(ii) c. Spoke
(iii) The bird felt that it had been very blind because it could not see the leaves from inside the nest.
3. Why did the baby bird think that its first world was small, round and blue?
Ans. The baby bird was in its small and round egg. It thought that the world was only a small and round pale blue shell because he had not seen anything beyond it.
4. Where did the bird go when it fluttered from its straw nest?
Ans. The baby bird fluttered out of its nest and sat on the tree, all it saw was leaves.
5. What quality did the bird say it had when it flew away?
Ans. The baby bird had turned adult as it says ‘Quite fit for grown-up labours’ when it flew away from the tree.
6. Who do you think were the bird’s neighbours? Why do you think so? Discuss.
Ans. The ‘bird’s neighbours’ are birds and animals. Like the baby bird, the other birds and animals don’t know how the world is made.