Paper Boats : Chapter -6

Meena walked towards the stream near the bamboo bridge. She bent a little and put a paper boat in the water. It sailed down the stream swiftly. Meena was delighted. She went on putting several paper boats in the stream.

As the boats floated down the stream, she saw a naughty boy pushing the boats into the water. Meena stared at the boy angrily. He did not care for Meena’s angry face. She shouted “Stop!” But the boy did not stop.

“Why are you overturning the paper boats?” Meena asked angrily.

“Because it is fun,” replied the boy.

id Meena. “So, “It may be fun for you, but those are my paper boats” said Meena. “So, you just stop overturning my boats.”

The boy thought for a minute and said, “I will not do it again, but I also want to play. Can you help me?”

Meena said, “I have enough paper. You can make boats for yourself.”

The boy answered, “I don’t know how to fold the paper to make boats.”

Meena said, “That’s easy, I will help you.” She showed him how to make the boats.

Meena took out coloured paper of different sizes. She showed the boy how to fold and re-fold the paper to make a boat. The boy watched carefully. Then he took a piece of paper and started to make a paper boat. Soon a few boats were ready.

Meena gently put her boats in the stream. The boy put his boats in the stream too. The boats sailed down the stream. Both enjoyed watching the boats.

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Let us think

Answer the following questions.

1. What was Meena playing with?
Ans. Meena was playing with paper boats.

2. Meena was angry. Why?
Ans. Meena was angry because the naughty boy was overturning her paper boats in the stream.

3. How did Meena help the boy?
Ans. Meena helped the boy by teaching him how to fold paper and make boats. She also gave him coloured paper to make his own boats.

B. Think and answer.

1. Meena made paper boats. What else can you make with paper? Discuss in small groups.
Ans. We can make paper planes, paper caps, flowers, animals, houses, and fans with paper.

2. What games do you play with your friends? Which one do you like the most? Why?
Ans. I play games like cricket, hide and seek, football, and ludo with my friends. I like cricket the most because it is exciting and we can play together as a team.

C. Say whether True or False.

1. The boy thought it was fun to overturn paper boats. True

2. Meena ran home to complain about the boy. False

3. The boy did not know how to make paper boats. True

4. Meena had only white paper. False