Lesson -8
The Elephant

Here comes the elephant Swaying along
With his cargo of children.
All singing a song:
To the tinkle of laughter
He goes on his way
And his cargo of children
Have crowned him with may*.

His legs are in leather
And padded his toes;
He can root up an oak

With a whisk of his nose.
With a wave of his trunk
And a turn of his chin
He can pull down a house
Or pick up a pin.

Beneath his grey forehead
A little eye peers:
Of what is he thinking Between those wide ears?
- Herbert Asquith


1.  Listen and repeat
Listen to the following words and repeat them aloud:
song 
way  
toes  
chin  
peers
along
may  
nose 
pin   
ears
wrong        
say   
rose  
bin   
cheers

2.  Read and learn
Animals can be divided into three groups- wild animals, pets and farm animals. Names of a few animals have been grouped below as wild, pet and farm animals.
Read and learn them:                   
Wild animals      
a.       elephant
b.       tiger
c.       lion                     
d.       monkey
e.       snake
                  
Pet animals 
a.       dog                               
b.       cat
c.       parrot
d.       pigeon
e.       rabbit

Farm animals     
a.       cow                                                            
b.       sheep                   
c.       hen                                                            
d.       horse
e.       pig

3.  Word power
1)  Complete the word puzzle, using the picture clues:


2)  Match the animals with their young ones:

AB
(1) Cow(a) Chick
(2) Sheep(b) Foal
(3) Hen
(c) Duckling
(4) Horse(d) Piglet
(5) Duck(e) Calf
(6) Pig(f) Lamb

Ans. - 


AB
(1) Cow(e) Calf 
(2) Sheep(f) Lamb 
(3) Hen
(a) Chick 
(4) Horse(b) Foal 
(5) Duck(c) Duckling
(6) Pig(d) Piglet

4.  Comprehension questions

Answer the following questions:

Q.1.  How does the elephant come?
Ans. - The elephant comes swaying along with his cargo of children.

Q.2.  What is the cargo of the elephant?
Ans. - It is the cargo of children.

Q.3.  What can the elephant do with its trunk?
Ans. - The elephant can root up an oak tree and can pull down a house or pick up a pin by the help of his its trunk.

Q.4.  What did the children do to the elephant?
Ans. - The children crowned him with may.

5.     Let's talk
Write your name on a piece of paper and put it on the right side of your chest. The teacher will collect all the pieces of paper, jumble them up and distribute them. Now each one of you will go round the class and find out who your piece of paper has.

Ask your friends. "Do you have my name slip with you?"

Answer your friend’s questions as:

"Yes, I have." / "No, I don't have."

Ans. - Do it yourself.


6.  Let's write
Fill in the blanks with the given words:
crowned, elephant, cargo, song, way, laughter, children
Here comes the elephant swaying along with his cargo of children. All singing a song. To the tinkle of laughter he goes on his way and his cargo of children have crowned him with may.