NCERT Book Class 3 English Marigold Dont Tell

UNIT IX

 Are there some things that grown-ups don’t let you do? Read about what this child feels.

Don’t Tell

There are lots of things

They won’t let me do-

I'm not big enough yet,

They say.

       So I patiently wait

       Till I’m all grown-up;

       And I’ll show Them all,

       One day.

I could show Them now

If they gave me the chance.

There are things I could do

If I tried.

         But nobody knows,

        No nobody knows, that I’m

        Really a giant,

        Inside.

New words

enough, chance, giant, patient

Reading is fun

1. How old is the speaker?

2. Who are ‘they’ and ‘them’ in the poem?

3. What is the secret the speaker is hiding? 

Talk time

1. Think of three things that ‘they’ won’t let you do.

2. What are the things you’d like to do when you are grown-up that you can’t do now?

Please refer to attached file for NCERT Class 3 English Don’t Tell