1. What is your opinion about the theme of the story?
2. The middle-aged man remembers his joyous days of youth. What are the different
words/ phrases used in the story (for example, dark dancing eyes; swift and sweet
of limbs) to show the characteristics of the youth?
3. ‘A blessing rests on the house where the shadow of a tree falls’. And so the present
owners must also be receiving the tree’s blessings. What does the narrator’s
grandmother mean by this statement?
4. Are the grandmother and Chief Seattle expressing the same feelings about trees
and nature? Why?
Look at the picture. Our water
resources are getting polluted
every day. If we do not care enough
to prevent pollution and save
water there is going to be an acute
scarcity of drinking water
I. Visit five houses in your locality and collect the following information. 1. Number of members in the family
a. adults b. children
2. The average quantity of water used in the household (in litres).
a. for drinking and cooking food
b. for washing clothes and cleaning the house
c. for cattle
d. for gardening 3. The average quantity of water wasted in the household (in litres)
a. for drinking and cooking food
b. for washing clothes and cleaning the house
c. for cattle
d. for gardening 4. What are the water sources for the household and what is the average quantity
of water used from these sources.
a. well in the household b. public well
c. water from public taps d. river, pond, lake, etc.
