Maharashtra Board Class 5 English Balbharti Unit Two Chapter 15 Bird Bath PDF Download

Bird Bath

In our garden we have made

Such a pretty little pool,

Lined with pebbles neatly laid,

Filled with water clean and cool.

When the sun shines warm and high

Robins cluster round its brink.

Never one comes flying by

But will flutter down to drink.

Then they splash and splash and splash,

Spattering little showers bright

All around, till off they flash

Singing sweetly their delight.

- Evoleen Stein

Things To Do

1. The poem has rhyming words at the end of the lines. Find and write the pairs of rhyming words in each stanza.

2. Guess the meaning of the following words in the poem.

lined, cluster, brink, flash

3. Rewrite the following lines in your own words.

(1) Never one comes flying by

But will flutter down to drink.

(2) till off they flash

Singing sweetly their delight.

4. Write what you can do to welcome birds in your surroundings.

5. Discuss what you can do to help other animals in your surroundings. Write down any three ideas you like from the discussion.

Teacher's Note

This poem teaches children to love birds and help them. You can make a bird bath in your home like in the poem so birds can drink water.

Exam Trick

Remember the rhyming pairs: made-laid, pool-cool, high-by, brink-drink, splash-flash, bright-delight. Write them in your notebook.

Points to Remember

The poem is about a bird bath in a garden.
Birds come to drink water from the bird bath.
Birds splash and play in the water happily.
We should help birds by giving them water and food.
We can make a bird bath at our home.

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