Class 6 (Poorvi) - Unit 1 : Fables and Folk Tales - The Raven and the Fox

Let us do these activities before we read.

I. We know that frogs croak. Did you know that ravens also croak?

Answer – Yes, we know that raven (a bird like a crow) also croak. They use the croak sound to communicate with other ravens and also to mark their territory.

II. Which animal is shown to be cunning in stories? Circle the correct answer.

1. tiger                                 2. fox                                     3. Bear

Answer – 2. fox

Let us discuss (Page 14):

I. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option.

1. Stanza 1

(i) Mr Raven is a bird. (bird/frog)

(ii) The name of the fox is Reynard. (Raven/Reynard)

(iii) Mr Raven had a piece of food in his beak. (a piece of food/a bunch of leaves)

2. Stanza 2

(i) The Fox calls the Raven a good-looking bird. (foolish/good-looking)

(ii) The Fox asks the Raven to sing. (dance/sing)

(iii) The Raven and the Fox live in the woods. (trees/woods)

 

3. Stanza 3

(i) The Raven forgot that he croaked. (remembered/forgot)

(ii) The Raven opened its beak to sing. (eat/sing)

(iii) The food fell down. (food/Raven)

 

4. Stanza 4

(i) The Fox laughed at the Raven. (laughed/looked)

(ii) It is not wise to be too proud of oneself. (wise/unwise)

(iii) The Raven learnt a lesson. (lesson/teaching)

 

II. Read the poem again and match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B Check your answers with your teacher and your classmates.

Column A	Column B
1. perched	(i) a small piece of food
2. morsel	(ii) looked with interest at something
3. seek	(iii) feeling that you are better than others
4. pride	(iv) sat on a branch
5. eyed	(v) to look for something
6. limb	(vi) a smaller area of forest with similar kind of trees
7. woods	(vii) branch of a tree

Answer –

Column A	Correct Answer
1. perched	(iv) sat on a branch
2. morsel	(i) a small piece of food
3. seek	(v) to look for something
4. pride	(iii) feeling that you are better than others
5. eyed	(ii) looked with interest at something
6. limb	(vii) branch of a tree
7. woods	(vi) a smaller area of forest with similar kind of trees

 

Let us think and reflect

 

II. Read the following lines and answer the questions that follow.

1. Sir Raven, you are a handsome bird.

Such feathers! If you would only sing,

The birds of these woods would call you King.

(i) 'Such feathers' refer to feathers.

A. shiny and beautiful

B. black and dull

C. grey and long

D. short and unattractive

Answer - A. shiny and beautiful

(ii) Why would the birds of the woods call the Raven 'King'?

Answer - The cunning Fox is fooling the Raven by saying that Raven is a handsome bird and he has beautiful and shiny feather.  If the Raven will sing, the birds of the woods would admire his singing and call him the ‘King’.

(iii) Why does the Fox address the Raven as 'Sir'?

Answer - The Fox addresses the Raven as 'Sir' to flatter him and make him feel important. It is his plan to make the Raven sing and thus to get his food.

III. Why does the Raven forget that his voice is just a croak?

Answer -  The Raven is flattered by Fox's praises and becomes proud of himself. He starts believing that he really can sing well and forgets that his voice is just a croak.

IV. How does Reynard make the Raven sing?

Answer - Reynard makes the Raven sing by flattering him and praising his appearance and his voice. He fools him by saying that the birds of the wood would call him a King if he would sing. This leads the Raven to open his beak and sing.

V. Why does Reynard say that pride is not wise?

Answer - Reynard says that pride is not wise because it can lead to foolish actions. Because of the pride Raven thinks that he really can sing and also loses his food.

VI. Give one reason why the teaching is quite a surprise.

Answer - The teaching is quite a surprise because the Raven fails to see Fox’s plan. He truly believed that Fox is admiring him and ends up losing his food.

 

Let us learn (Page 16)

I. Write the rhyming words from the poem. One has been done for you.

 

Stanza 1 (i) limb – him (ii) beak – seek

Stanza 2 (i) word – bird (ii) sing – king

Stanza 3 (i) joke – croak (ii) pride – eyed

Stanza 4 (i) know – glow (ii) unwise – surprise

II. Study the underlined words in the poem.

1. For the Raven held in his great big beak.

The words ‘big’ and ‘beak’ begin with the same /b/ sound.

 

2.The song of sweet birds.

 

Alliteration is a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. When two or more words together, begin with the same sound, it is called alliteration.

 

Now, pick another example of alliteration from Stanza 2.

 

Answer – The birds of these woods would call you king.

 

III. Choose the correct opposites from the box below and complete the table. There are two extra words you will not need.

Use any four words from the table above to make sentences of your own.

(Do yourself) 

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