SEBA Class 6 English (Sunbeam Reader I) Lesson 7 – The Mountain and The Squirrel Solutions & Summary
Find SEBA Class 6 English (Sunbeam Reader I) Lesson 7 – “The Mountain and The Squirrel” solutions, designed for Assamese medium students. This poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson presents a conversation between a mountain and a squirrel, teaching an important lesson about self-worth and differences in abilities.
Students will learn about self-acceptance, respecting differences, and how everyone has unique qualities. The poem highlights that both the mighty mountain and the small squirrel have their own importance in the world.
Our solutions include NCERT-based textbook answers, multiple-choice questions (MCQs), and a detailed chapter summary to help students understand the moral lesson and literary techniques used in the poem.
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The Mountain and The Squirrel
1.Did you like the poem ? Write three words you connect with each object you found in the poem. One has been done for you .
Squirrel Mountain Forest
Tree
Nut
Climb
Answer :- Squirrel Mountain Forest
Tree Large Tree
Nut Forest Green
Climb River Animal
2. Read the poem once again and answer the following questions:
(a) Why did the mountain call the squirrel ” Little prig” ?
Answer:- The mountain called the squirrel ”little prig”. Because the squirrel is smaller than a mountain.
(b) What did the squirrel say to the mountain?
Answer:- The Squirrel said the mountain was very big but all sorts of things and weather must be taken in together to make up a year.
(c) What are the main differences between the mountain and the squirrel?
Answer:- The main differences between the mountain and the squirrel are–
The mountain is very big and the squirrel is very small.
The mountain can’t move but the squirrel can move, climb trees etc.
The mountain has a forest on his back but the squirrel has no such forest on his back.
The squirrel can crack a nut while the mountain can not.
(d) ” If I’m not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry:
I’ll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel track.”
Who said these lines and to whom?
Answer:- The squirrel said these lines to the mountain.
(e) The word ‘former’ means the first one out of two, and the word ‘latter’ means the second one out of two.” And the former called the latter Little prig” — Who is the ‘former’ and who is the ‘latter’ in the poem.
Answer:- The ‘former’ is the mountain and the ‘latter’ is the squirrel , in this poem.
(f) Write down the lines from the poem that mean the following:
(i) The squirrel is not as big as the mountain and the mountain is not even half as energetic as Bun.
Answer:- If I’m not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry:
(ii) Everyone is unique in their own way. People have different skills and everything is put very wisely.
Answer:- Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;
(iii) To make a year and a revolution around the sun all types of things and weather must be taken into consideration.
Answer:- But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together
To make up a year,
And a sphere.
3. Read the following lines:
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together
To make up a year,
And a sphere.
Why does the poet talk about a year and a sphere?
Answer:- The poet talks about a year and a sphere because all good and bad or small and large everything must take in together to make up a world. everything matters in this world.
4. Here are some sentences related to the poem. Which sentences are true, and which are not true? Correct the ones which are wrong and write the correct sentence in your notebook.
(a ) The mountain called the squirrel ‘Little prig’.
Answer:- True.
(b) The squirrel told the mountain that it wasn’t a disgrace to be small.
Answer:- True.
(c ) The mountain is not as spry as the squirrel.
Answer:- True.
(d) The squirrel can carry a forest on his back.
Answer:- False.
5. Discuss in groups and share your answer with the class.
(a ) What was the cause of the fight between the mountain and the squirrel? Why do you think so?
Answer:- The cause of the fight between the mountain and the squirrel was that both of them were proud of themselves. They think one is greater than the other.
I think so because the mountain and the squirrel left no chance to compare.
(b) Tell your friends two things you like about the squirrel and two things you dislike about the mountain.
Answer:- The two things that I liked about squirrel are–
(i) He is proud of his skills.
(ii) He is happy with his small body.
The two things that I dislike about mountain are–
(i) The mountain insulted the squirrel by calling him ‘Little prig’.
(ii) The mountain is very proud of his large size.
6. Have you heard the folk tale of an old man and his wife ? They were quarreling about whose work was harder. Read and enjoy the story !
Once upon a time there was an old man who lived with his wife on a farm. One day they had a big quarrel. The old man said, ” keep quiet, women! You are so lucky. You do easy work, you get a time to rest and to enjoy yourself with your friends.” The old lady was very angry. ” How dare you say that ! I do such hard work! I work from morning till night cleaning the house, cooking food for you, washing your clothes, feeding the animals. Try doing it one day!” So the old man and the old lady decided to change places for one day. The old man stayed at home to do house work, and his wife went to the paddy field with the plough and the bullocks.
What do you think happened that day ? Whose work was easier? Think of an ending for the story. Discuss your thoughts with the friend next to you and share it with the class .
Answer:- I think that day none of them could do their work properly. The old man couldn’t do the household chores properly and was very tired doing the work. The old lady also couldn’t plough. She got very tired and felt very thirsty. She came home tired and felt at ease only after drinking some water. Then both came to the decision that everybody’s work was hard enough. They resumed work as before and lived happily.
7. Look at this sentence.
(a) The mountain said to the squirrel, ” you are a little prig”.
The words used by mountains to call the squirrel are given in inverted commas. When the exact words used by the speaker are given in inverted commas, we call the words or sentences– direct speech.
We can rewrite the sentences by providing the information indirectly as follows:
The mountain told the squirrel that he was a little prig.
This is an example of an indirect narration – or indirect speech. Here is another example:
Bun said to the mountain, “you are very big.”
Bun told the mountain that he was very big.
Now try and change the following sentences from direct to indirect speech.
(i) Anurag said to Anu, ” you are a lazy girl.”
Answer:- Anurag told Anu that she was a lazy girl.
(ii) Anu said to Anurag, ” You are doubtless very smart.”
Answer:- Anu said to Anurag that he was doubtlessly very smart .
(iii) He said to her, ” I don’t play cricket.”
Answer:- He told her that he doesn’t play cricket.
(iv) She replied, ” I don’t play cricket.”
Answer:- She replied that she didn’t play cricket.
(v) She added,”I dance Bihu.”
Answer:- She added that she danced Bihu.
(vi) He said to her, ” I don’t dance Bihu.”
Answer:- He said to her that he doesn’t dance Bihu.
(vii) Arun said, ” A lazy girl cannot dance.”
Answer:- Arun said that a lazy girl couldn’t dance.
(viii) Anurag said,” I agree with you.”
Answer:- Anurag said that he agreed with me.
8. You know that we have names for people who do different kinds of work. For example, you are a student because you study in school. Do you know other such names? Fill in the table below with appropriate names.
Answer:- (i) Waiter
(ii) Doctor
(iii) Teacher
(iv) Pilot
(v) Dentist
(vi) Fire brigade
9. What would you like to be when you grow up? Think of five reasons why you have chosen this profession and share them with the class.
Answer:- I would like to be a good teacher when I grow up. I have chosen this profession for the following reasons –
(i) A teacher is a called a nation builder
(ii) Our country needs many good teachers to build the nation.
(iii) I would like to engage myself in building our future citizens.
(iv) teaching is a pleasure.
(v) teaching is an honorable job.
10. The pictures given below show people practicing different occupations or professions. Read and complete the sentences with appropriate words.
(a) (i) Terang is a _______ . He grows ______ and vegetables. He supplies food to the people living in towns and cities.
Answer:- farmer, paddy.
(ii) Reshma is a _________. People get their grocery supplies from her shop.
Answer:- Shopkeeper.
(iii) Robert is a ________. He drives the car of the governor. He is very honest and hardworking.
Answer:- Driver.
(iv) Neboli is a __________. She flies the aeroplane to different parts of the country. She is very careful because the lives of the passengers depend upon her.
Answer:- Pilot.
(v) Akhilesh is _________. He is very brave. He guards our borders against enemies.
Answer:- Border Police.
(vi) Mrs. Agarwal is a famous ___________. She is a hard – working woman. She employs over a hundred people in her industrial company.
Answer:- Industrialist.
(vii) Tina is an ___________. She works in a firm that designs houses and factories.
Answer:- Artist.
(b) Fill in the gaps in the sentences below using the information given above. Use although where needed:
(i) Although Mr. Shekhar Sharma is the Governor, when he is in his car, his life depends on ______________.
Answer:- Driver.
(ii) ____________ Terang is not as rich or powerful as Mr. Sharma, Mrs. Agarwal and Tina, they will get food to eat only if farmers like ____________ grow crops in the fields.
Answer:- Although, Terang.
(iii) _____________ _ Akhilesh is not a General, the people of the country are safe because of __________ like him.
Answer:- Although, Border Police.
(iv) Grocers like __________ can do business only because farmers like ________ produce things which she sells in her ___________.
Answer:- Reshma , Terang, grocery.
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