CLASS 6 English A Pact With The Sun Revision Notes

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6. The Monkey and the Crocodile

1.This story tells us about the famous monkey and crocodile story in which the monkey lives alone in a tree. The monkey eats the fruit of his liking to his heart’s delight.

2. The monkey does not have a friend to talk to and share the fruits with. One fine day, a crocodile comes there. The monkey offers him fruit to eat.

3. Thus, he begins visiting the monkey regularly and eat fruits with him. He also carries some of them for his wife.

4. The monkey and crocodile talk about everything from birds to animals. Further, they also talk about the villagers nearby and the difficulty they have in raising good crops because of the lack of rain.

5. One day, the crocodile’s wife expresses her wish to eat the heart of his friend, monkey.

6. She orders him to bring him over someday but the crocodile does not agree to it. He does not want to kill him. However, she finally manipulates him to invite him for dinner.

7. He  invites him over for dinner. The monkey happily accepts and rides the crocodile’s back to reach the middle of the river. However, the crocodile cannot lie to him and tells him about his wife’s plan.

8. Soon, the monkey realizes the situation and fools him. He tells him he has left his heart at the tree so he must go back to get it. When they reach the riverbank, the monkey quickly jumps back on the tree.

9. Then, he bids the crocodile goodbye. This saddens the crocodile as he has lost a dear friend and he starts crying. So, we see how the crocodile never got to taste the sweetness of fruits again.

Therefore, we learn how this story teaches about different human traits through animals. Traits like friendship, betrayal and wisdom. 

1. The monkey was happy living in the fruit tree, but his happiness was not complete. What did he miss?

Ans: The monkey was happy living in the fruit tree, but his happiness was not complete because he was lonely and missed a companion to talk to and share the fruits with.He

needed a friend badly.

2. What did the two friends generally talk about?

Ans: The two friends, the monkey and the crocodile, generally talked about birds and animals, about the villages nearby and the difficulties villagers faced in raising good crops

for lack of rain.

3. Why was the crocodile’s wife annoyed with her husband one day?

Ans: The crocodile’s wife was annoyed with her husband one day because that day the crocodile stayed with the monkey longer than usual. 

4. Why was the crocodile unwilling to invite his friend home?

Ans: Many a time the crocodile's wife had told him that she Would like to eat monkey's heart.The crocodile was unwilling to invite his friend home because he was his only friend.

5. What did the crocodile tell the monkey midstream?

Ans: The crocodile told the monkey midstream that he had to go under water as he wanted to kill him as his wife could not survive without eating his heart.

6. How did the monkey save himself?

Ans:  He calmly informed the crocodile that he would do anything for him but he hadn’t brought his heart along and so asked the crocodile if they could swim back so that he could bring his heart back from the tree. On the river bank the monkey jumped on to the tree with a deep sigh of relief and thus saved himself.

7. What does the last sentence of the story suggest? What would the crocodile tell his wife?

Ans: The last sentence of the story suggests that the crocodile was very sad as he now realized how foolish he had been in listening to his wife and in doing so he had betrayed the

only friend he had in the world.

                     7. The Wonder Called Sleep

1. The chapter is about the importance of sleep. 

2.  sleep is a state of unconscious rest. Our day to day activities causes a lot of tiredness. Thus, it is the most beneficial part of getting sleep. 

4.  When we sleep, out muscles become more relaxed as we enjoy a sound sleep.

5. Further, our heart beat becomes slower when we sleep.  Our blood pressure and temperature  go down because of it. Our brain also slows down when sleeping. Thus, we cannot think or act in a conscious manner.

6. However, all these things go back to normal when we wake up from our sleep. Sometimes, we dream when we are sleeping and do not remember it when we wake up. Dreams are an essential activity of our mind.

7. They are what allow us to sleep even when there is a noisy background. It is said that our dreams mostly reveal the problems we face. Sometimes, they also offer a solution to these problems.

8. Our dreams can never determine our future or foretell it. Nonetheless, this wonder does transport us into a strange land. So much so that we even forget about our close ones during sleep.

All in all, this chapter explores the wonderful powers of sleep. Further, it tells us how it is the sweetest and most common experience. Therefore, the chapter tells us how sleep is rightfully called a wonder.

Theme

It gives message that sleep is significant for leading a healthy life. Moreover, it tells us how we must all take a good sleep to get the most benefits.

1. What is the most obvious advantage of sleep?

Ans:

 It gives our tired body the rest it needs.It helps our body and brain to recover from fatigue caused by the day’s activities. After a good sleep we become alert and active again and ready for the normal activities of the day.

2. What happens to our body when we sleep?

Ans: Our muscles relax when we are in deep sleep.Our heartbeat slows down,body temperature and blood pressure also become normal. Our ever-active brain gets some rest 

3. Define a dream in your own words.

Ans: A dream is an activity of the mind that happens when we are asleep. It can also be defined as a series of thoughts, emotions and images that take place in a person’s mind

during sleep. 

4. Why are dreams important? Mention two reasons.

Ans: One is that dream can help us to sleep through noise or other disturbances. Secondly, dreams often reveal a great deal about one’s personality and its associated problem. If understood correctly, they can provide a key to the

solution of those problems.

5. Why has sleep been called a wonder?

Ans: Sleep has been called a wonder because it helps both our body and brain recover from fatigue caused by the day’s activities.It is a sort of escape from the reality of life.

                       8.  A Pact With The Sun

1. It is a story about a girl Saeeda whose mother suffers from fever, cough, body pain and joint pain and more. Even though a lot of physicians have treated her, she is not getting better.

2. Moreover, they forbid normal food and ask her to stay in a closed room so as  to avoid sunlight and fresh air. As expected, this does not work well for her. 

3. As people suggest her to consult a specialist, they agree despite being poor.  The specialist examines her and offers her costly yet effective medicines. Moreover, he does not forbid her from eating anything.

4. Most importantly, he asks her to get fresh air and sunlight. Thus, he asks her to move into a bigger room which gets the most sunlight. He advises her to sit in the sunlight for one hour every day.

5. Even though some people advise her against it, she does not listen to them. She makes the needed arrangements and wishes to sit in the sun for an hour. However, the next few days remain cloudy and there is no sign of sun.

6. She starts to lament and complain to God. Saeeda sees a spot of pale sunshine in the afternoon. She starts requesting the departing rays to come the next day and bring enough warmth and brightness.

7. Finally, the rays answer her prayer as her ailing mother needs their help. The rays plan to come out the next day as promised to Saeeda, but the sun tells them that it is their day off again as the clouds have blocked the road to the earth.

8. The ray which promised Saeeda tells the sun that it cannot stay back and it will pierce through the clouds to reach her courtyard. So, the rays revolt against the sun to keep their word.

9. They focus their heat and the clouds scatter away. Finally, they reach the earth and her mother is able to bask in the sun and breathe fresh air. This makes her pale face glow and as the doctor’s advice worked, she recovered fully.

Theme

It tells us the importance and healing powers of natural light and fresh air. 

1. What did the physicians ask Saeeda’s mother to do to get well? Did their advice help her? If not, why not?

Ans: The physicians asked Saeeda’s mother not to eat normal food and kept her under strict orders, to always remain in her small dingy room with doors and windows shut,if she

wanted to get well soon.

 No, the advice did not help. She became even more critical because she was not getting proper food, sunshine and fresh air which were essential for good health.

2. What did the specialist prescribe in addition to medicine?

Ans: The specialist prescribed a normal diet consisting of anything she wished to eat like chapati, vegetables, milk, fruits etc. In addition, he advised her to leave the dark room and

occupy a bigger room with doors and windows open, to sit in the sun every morning for one hour to get fresh air.He believed that sunshine and fresh air are more important than medicine.

3. What did Saeeda tell the sunrays to do?

Ans: Saeeda requested to come the next day with lots of warmth and brightness as her mother was ill and needed help to get well soon.

4. Why were the sunrays keen to go down to the earth the next day?

Ans: The sunrays were keen to go down to the earth the next day because they had promised Saeeda ,whose mother was ill and needed their help,that they would return the next day with more warmth and brightness.