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(SCERT)
State Council of Educational Research and Training.
CLASS : VI
SUBJECT : ENGLISH (Rainbow i)
Chapter : 8
Friends
COMPLETE CHAPTER SUMMARY
Summary of "Friends":
"Friends" is a beautiful, comforting poem written by the American author Abbie Farewell Brown. The poem highlights the close bond between human beings and nature.
While resting on the ground under a tree, the young speaker looks up at the natural world and recognizes elements of nature as true friends. The Sky resembles a large, warm smile leaning over the child. The Sunshine filters through the green leaves like delicate lace, gently kissing the child's face just like a mother does before bedtime. The Wind moves silently across the landscape, whispering pleasant things and making its presence felt through a soothing touch described as "careful wings".
Ultimately, the poem teaches that nature is alive with invisible, gentle protectors. Because these natural friends are always surrounding us, a child should feel safe, secure, and completely without fear wherever they wander.
'Friends' কবিতাটিৰ সম্পূৰ্ণ অসমীয়া সাৰাংশ (Chapter Summary)
'Friends' (বন্ধুসকল) হ’ল আমেৰিকান লেখিকা তথা কবি এবি ফেয়াৰৱেল ব্ৰাউনৰ (Abbie Farewell Brown) দ্বাৰা ৰচিত এক অতিকে সুন্দৰ আৰু মন স্পৰ্শ কৰা কবিতা। এই কবিতাটিত মানুহ আৰু প্ৰকৃতিৰ মাজত থকা গভীৰ তথা নিবিড় সম্পৰ্কক অতি সৰলভাৱে প্ৰকাশ কৰা হৈছে।
কবিতাটিত এটি সৰু ল’ৰা বা ছোৱালীয়ে গছ এজোপাৰ তলত ঘাঁহনিৰ ওপৰত শুই শুই প্ৰকৃতিৰ অপৰূপ সৌন্দৰ্য উপভোগ কৰিছে আৰু প্ৰকৃতিৰ বিভিন্ন উপাদানক নিজৰ প্ৰকৃত বন্ধু হিচাপে অনুভৱ কৰিছে। কবিয়ে দেখুৱাইছে যে আমাৰ চাৰিওফালে থকা বিশাল আকাশখন (Sky) এটা মৰমিয়াল ডাঙৰ হাঁহিৰ দৰে, যিয়ে ওপৰৰ পৰা অতি আদৰেৰে আমাৰ ফালে দোঁ খাই আছে। গছৰ পাতবোৰৰ মাজেৰে সৰকি অহা ৰ’দৰ পোহৰক (Sunshine) কবিয়ে মাকৰ মৰমৰ চুমাৰ সৈতে তুলনা কৰিছে। ঠিক যেনেকৈ ৰাতি শুবলৈ যোৱাৰ আগতে মাকে নিজৰ সন্তানক মৰমেৰে চুমা খাই শুৱাই দিয়ে, তেনেকৈয়ে সূৰ্যৰ পোহৰে আহি শিশুটিৰ মুখমণ্ডল স্পৰ্শ কৰে।
আনহাতে, প্ৰকৃতিৰ আন এক উপাদান বতাহজাকে (Wind) ঘাঁহনিৰ ওপৰেৰে অতি নীৰৱে আৰু গোপনে আহি কাণত কোমল আৰু ধুনীয়া কথা গুণগুণাই কৈ যায়। যদিও বতাহজাকক চকুৰে দেখা পোৱা নাযায়, তথাপিও তাৰ মৰমিয়াল আৰু যত্নশীল ডেউকাৰ পৰশ (Careful wings) শিশুটিয়ে স্পষ্টকৈ অনুভৱ কৰিব পাৰে।
কবিতাটিৰ শেষৰফালে কবিয়ে উল্লেখ কৰিছে যে আমাৰ এই ধুনীয়া পৃথিৱীখনত প্ৰকৃতিৰ বহুতো নম্ৰ, শান্ত আৰু অদৃশ্য বন্ধু আমাৰ অতি ওচৰতেই আছে, যাক হয়তো আমি সদায় চকুৰে দেখা নাপাবও পাৰোঁ। যিহেতু প্ৰকৃতিৰ এই সুৰক্ষামূলক আৰু মৰমিয়াল শক্তিবোৰ সদায় আমাৰ কাষত থাকে, গতিকে কোনো এটা শিশুৱেই এই পৃথিৱীৰ যিকোনো ঠাইতে কেতিয়াও অকলে থকা বুলি ভাবি ভয় বা শংকা কৰিব নালাগে। প্ৰকৃতিয়ে আমাক সদায় নিজৰ বন্ধুৰ দৰেই সুৰক্ষা আৰু মৰম দি ৰাখে।
Activities:
1. Answer the following questions:
a) Who are the poet's friends?
Answer: The poet's friends are the Sky, the Sunshine, and the Wind.
b) What is the Sky like?
Answer: The Sky is like a kind big smile bent sweetly over the poet.
c) What does the Sunshine do?
Answer: The Sunshine flickers through the leaves and kisses the poet upon the face like a mother before bed.
d) What does the Wind whisper?
Answer: The Wind whispers pretty things as it comes stealing over the grass.
e) Whose careful wings does the poet feel?
Answer: The poet feels the careful wings of the Wind.
f) Why should a child never feel a fear?
Answer: A child should never feel afraid because many gentle, invisible friends in nature are always near to protect them.
g) Can you consider the sky, the sunshine and the wind as your friends? Why?
Answer: Yes, we can consider them friends because they bring us comfort, warmth, and joy just like real friends do.
2. Write the rhyming words from the poem for the ones given below:
while →
tree →
lace →
head →
grass →
things →
near →
see →
Answer:
while → smile
tree → me
lace → face
head → bed
grass → pass
things → wings
near → fear
see → be
4. Use the ideas written in the cards to tell the summary of the poem to the class:
Answer:
Summary:
The poet is lying on the ground under the trees, looking through the branches. The Sky looks like a kind big smile bent over them. The Sunshine flickers through the lace of leaves and kisses the poet like a mother. The Wind moves invisibly, whispering pretty things with its careful wings. There are so many gentle friends in nature that are invisible, so a child should have no fear wherever they may be.
5. Write what the word 'friend' means to you:
Answer:
Friend: A friend means someone who is caring, helpful, trustworthy, and always supports you when you are in need.
Who your friends are: My friends are my classmates, my parents, and the beautiful nature around me.
6. a) Find the other simile in the poem and write it down:
Answer: "And kisses me upon the face / Like Mother, before bed."
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8. Add words to 'rain' to make new words:
Answer:
Rain + coat = Raincoat
Rain + bow = Rainbow
Rain + water = Rainwater
Rain + fall = Rainfall
9. Let's make as many words as we can from the letters in the grid (S, A, N, F, R, U):
Answer:
FUN
SUN
RUN
FAN
FUR
AN
10. b) Rewrite the sentences by placing the adjectives in the right order:
Incorrect: I met a tall old kind man.
Correct: I met a kind tall old man.
Incorrect: He bought me a plastic red round beautiful ball.
Correct: He bought me a beautiful round red plastic ball.
Incorrect: He also bought me a wooden heavy bat.
Correct: He also bought me a heavy wooden bat.
11. Need
12. a) Read the words and write 'adj.' for adjective and 'adv.' for adverb:
Answer:
kind: adj.
sweetly: adv.
pretty: adj.
careful: adj.
gentle: adj.
scarcely: adv.
12. b) Change the adjectives into adverbs and the adverbs into adjectives:
Answer:
kind → kindly
sweetly → sweet
pretty → prettily
careful → carefully
gentle → gently
scarcely → scarce
13. Choose the verbs to indicate that these actions will happen tomorrow:
Answer:
a) The poet will look up through the tree.
b) The Wind will flicker through leaves.
(Note: The textbook contains a slight typo matching 'Wind' with 'flicker'; following textbook sentence structure:)
c) The Sunshine will come secretly.
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19. Add two more situations when you will say 'No':
Answer:
When someone asks you to keep a secret from your parents.
When someone forces you to do something dangerous or harmful.
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21. b) Prepare a greeting card for your friend's birthday and write a birthday wish:
Answer:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Dear Rahul,
Wish you a very Happy Birthday! May your day be filled with joy, laughter, and lots of cake. Have a fantastic year ahead!
With love,
Jahan
ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT QUESTIONS :
Q1. What is the central setting where the poet experiences these friends?
Answer: The poet is lying down on the grass on the ground, looking up at the sky through the branches of a tree.
Q2. How does the poet describe the movement of the Wind?
Answer: The poet describes the wind as moving secretly ("stealing") over the grass and passing by with gentle, careful wings.
Q3. What is the main message given by the poet to children in the final stanza?
Answer: The main message is that nature is full of gentle, protective friends, so children should never feel lonely or afraid wherever they are.
ADDITIONAL MCQs :
Q1. Who wrote the poem 'Friends'?
a) William Wordsworth
b) Abbie Farewell Brown
c) Robert Frost
d) John Keats
Answer: b) Abbie Farewell Brown
Q2. The Sky is compared to a:
a) Mother's face
b) Lace of leaves
c) Kind big smile
d) Careful wing
Answer: c) Kind big smile
Q3. What does the Sunshine do through the leaves?
a) Whispers
b) Flickers
c) Steals
d) Sings
Answer: b) Flickers
Q4. The word 'scarcely' in the poem means:
a) Easily
b) Loudly
c) Barely
d) Happily
Answer: c) Barely
EXAM PREPARATION QUESTIONS
Read the lines below and answer the questions:
"The Wind comes stealing o'er the grass To whisper pretty things; And though I cannot see him pass, I feel his careful wings."
1. How does the wind move?
Answer: The wind moves secretly and quietly over the grass.
2. What does the wind do when it arrives?
Answer: It whispers pretty things to the poet.
3. Can the poet see the wind? Which line tells you this?
Answer: No, the poet cannot see the wind. The line is "And though I cannot see him pass".
HOTS QUESTIONS :
Q1. Why does the poet capitalize 'Sky', 'Sunshine', and 'Wind' in the poem?
Answer: The poet capitalizes these words to use the literary device of personification. By treating them as proper names, she gives them human-like status as real, living friends.
Q2. How can nature help a child who is feeling lonely or scared?
Answer: Nature offers constant companionship through elements like the warm sunshine, cooling breeze, and vast sky. Recognizing these elements as gentle friends helps a child realize they are never truly alone.
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