NCERT Book Class 4 Maths The Way The World Looks

The Way The World Looks

Gappu's Air Journey

Gappu was a brave little mouse. One day, he saw children playing with a huge gas balloon. The balloon went up and touched the roof. Gappu was thrilled. He got an idea. Next day, when the children went to school, Gappu climbed up the string of the balloon. He could see the blades of the fan from above. 

✤ Draw how the fan looks from below. 

Gappu looked down. He could see the bed, the chair, one table with books on it and the other table with a bottle, a jug, fruits etc.

✤ Look for these things in the photo.

The story demands a high level of imagination and children need adequate discussion about how things look differently in shape and size when you see them from different views and distances. However, the story should not lose its fun element.

✤ Can you think why Gappu could see the cheese on the jug but Chinky could not?

Just then a strong wind pushed the balloon out of the room.

The balloon flew up and Gappu started going up in the sky. As he looked down, he could see his house.

As he went higher he could see things around his house— the park, the Gurudwara, the railway-line, a sweet-shop and Suhasini's house with the big water-tank on its roof ...

✤ Imagine how your classroom looks from above. Try to draw it and mark the benches, blackboard, doors, windows etc.

The balloon went up, up and up. Gappu kept wondering how big the world is! Now he could see lots of houses, streets, roads and buses.

Suddenly, there was a loud sound ... ! The balloon burst and started falling down ... down ... and everything started looking bigger and bigger. ! --- Gappu fell on the railway-track. He ran to save himself from the cruel Monty who ran after Gappu and the other rats on the railway track.

When Gappu saw the railway-track from above, it looked like this—

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