The Donkey Q & A
Q.1. Rewrite the poem in the form of a prose passage.
Q.2. List the pairs of rhyming words in the poem.
Ans:old – hold, loose – use, bit – it, grey – way, doubt – about, round-ground, quest – rest, slim – him.
Q.3. What does the poet pray for? Why?
Ans: The poet prays that the world treats the little donkey with care because he realizes that the one-day-old donkey is very frail and certainly can’t take care of himself.
Q.4. Have you seen a newborn young one of an animal?
Ans.Yes,i have seen a newborn young one of a cow called Calf,it was very small and cute.
Q.5. Talk to your parents and family members and write what you could do when:
(1) you were a day old
Ans. I could only cry when i was a day old.
(2) you were one month old
Ans. I could drink water.
(3) you were six months old
Ans. I could go from one place to another by crawling
(4) you were one year old.
Ans. I could go from one place to another by walking.
Q.6. Form groups and hold debates on the following topics. Make bulleted lists of points in favour (pros) and those against (cons) the given statement. Let the whole class vote on
who won the debate.
a. Man should use animals for his own needs.
b. Contact with ‘flan has helped animals to survive.
Ans:PROS:
- Animal testing has contributed to many life¬saving cures and treatments.
- There is no other alternative method to testing on a whole body system.
- Animals are appropriate research subjects because they are similar to human beings in many ways.
- Animal research is highly regulated with laws in place to protect animals from mistreatment.
- Animals often make better research subjects than human beings because of their shorter life spans.
CONS:
- Animals testing is cruel and inhumane.
- Alternative methods are now existing that can replace the need for animals.
- Animals are very different from human beings and therefore make poor test subjects.
- 95% of the animals used in the research are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act.
- Animal tests do not reliably predict results in humans beings.
Q.7. Find what the young ones of the following animals are called.
1) donkey – foal
2) horse – foal
3) Lion – cub
4) tiger – cub
5) elephant – calf
6) sheep – lamb
7) lamb – lamb
8) cow – calf
9) pig – piglet
10) whale – calf
11) owl – owlet
12) swan – cygnet
13) eagle – eaglet
14) duck – duckling
15) peacock – peachick
Q.8. Complete the following using your own ideas.
(a) His head is too big to hold his neck.
(b) He was too shy to sing for the class.
(c) She was too proud to be a doctor.
(d) They were too tired to explore now.
(e) We are too busy to play video games.
(f) He was too lazy to open the door.
Q.9. Write a conversation between:
(a) A donkey and a dog
(b) A donkey and a horse
(c) A donkey and a schoolboy.
Q.10. If you saw someone ill-treating an animal, what would you do? Write about it in 5 lines.
Ans: If I saw someone ill-treating an animal, the first thing I would do is calmly but firmly suggest the person to stop his misbehavior act. I will explain to him that these vulnerable animals can’t speak for themselves. I will tell him that it is our duty to protect them and not harm them.
Q.11. Visit a library, find poems about animals. Copy them and recite them to your friends. (To be done by the students)