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1. Which flowers gave way to large woody seedpods?

2. In which month do the pods explode like anti-aircraft shells?

3. How are the seeds carried away through the winds of heaven?

Let’s Listen

Your teacher will read out a paragraph from the chapter. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks.
1. __________________ was one day leaning over an iron pan.

2. Fishing the handkerchief out with a _________ Mirza sent it to the wash.
3. The washerman said he had tried every______________ known to his trade.
4. Mirza found he had discovered ______________.

5. Mirza erected a flourishing factory in __________________.

Let’s Speak

Prepare a speech on the topic 'future world without any trees' for your class. You may begin
by discussing human activities which led to deforestation. Also, include water pollution, soil
erosion, air pollution, etc. which are the outcome of cutting of trees. In the end, discuss ways
and means of controlling the menace called pollution and deforestation and how to restore
greenery on earth.

Let’s Write

Write an ‘Autobiography of a Tree’. You may pick any tree of your choice.

(Clues—origin, favourable conditions, the period of growth, the surroundings, the weather,
flowering season, the fruits)

Autobiography of a Tree
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Vocabulary

Suffix – ‘ance’
• Observance is a great power of human beings

• His resemblance to his father is uncanny.

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