WORKING WITH THE POEM
1. Answer the following questions.
(i) Pick out the line that suggests that the child is afraid of snakes.
Ans:- “I saw a snake and ran away”.
(ii) Which line shows a complete change of the child's attitude towards snakes? Read it aloud.
Ans:- “It’s just a harmless garden snake!”.
(iii) "But mother says that kind is good”. What is mother referring to?
Ans:- The mother is referring to the garden snake that the child saw.
2. Find the word that refers to the snake's movements in the grass.
Ans:- Wiggles.
3. There are four pairs of rhyming words in the poem. Say them aloud.
Ans:- Away-say,
Good-food,
Grass-pass,
Mistake-snake.
4. A snake has no legs or feet, but it moves very fast. Can you guess how? Discuss in the group.
Ans:- A snake has no legs or feet, but it moves very fast. It crawls very well by twisting its body which helps it move forward very fast.
5. Can you recall the word used for a cobra's long sharp teeth? Where did you come across this word first?
Ans:- The long sharp teeth of a cobra are called fangs. I came across this word in Biology.
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