STD-9, Unit-9 Friend from the sky

creaks (ક્રીક્સ) કાઠી તૂટવાનો અવાજ

to catch cold (કૅચ કોલ્ડ) શરદી થવી

excitement (એકસાઇટમેન્ટ) ઉત્સાહ

control (કન્ટ્રોલ) નિયંત્રણ, કાબુ

to crawl (ક્રૉલ) ધીમે ધીમે ચાલવું, ભાંગભીંચે ચાલવું

to handle (હૅન્ડલ) ને બરાબર કાબૂમાં રાખવું, ચલાવવું

special (સ્પેશ્યલ) ખાસ, વિશેષ

centre (સેન્ટર) સંસ્થા, કેન્દ્ર

speech therapy (સ્પીચ થેરપી) બોલવાની ખોટ દૂર કરવાની સારવાર

subject (સબજેક્ટ) વિષય

exercise (એક્સરસાઇઝ) કસરત, વ્યાયામ

lonely (લોનલી) એકલું, એકલવાયું

neighbourhood (નેબરેજુડ) પડોશ

pastime (પાસટાઇમ) મનોરંજન

dim (ડિમ) ધુંધળું

movement (મુવમંટ) ગતિ

to scream (સ્ક્રીમ) મોટેથી ચીસ પાડવી

to bend down (બૅન્ડ ડાઉન) નીછે નમવું

to flap wings (ફ્લૅપ વિંગ્સ) પાંખો ફફડાવવી

lap (લૅપ) ખોળો

to wave (વૅવ) હાથ હલાવવો

faint (ફૅન્ટ) મૂર્છા, આશક્ત, નબળું

to arrive (અરાઇવ) આવી પહોંચવું, આવવું

puzzled (પઝલ્ડ) મુંજાઈ ગયેલું

route (રૂટ) માર્ગ

bill (બિલ) ચીઠ્ઠી

shovel (શવલ) પાવડી

exhausted (એગઝોસ્ટેડ) ખૂબ થાકી ગયેલું

native (નેટિવ) નું વતની, જન્મે કે મૂળ દેશ કે સ્થળનું

to migrate (માઇગ્રેટ) ઋતુ અનુસાર આવ-જા કરવી, સ્થળાંતર કરવું

region (રીજન) પ્રદેશ, વિસ્તાર

effort (એફર્ટ) સખત શ્રમ, જોરદાર પ્રયત્ન

flock (ફ્લોક) પક્ષીઓનું ટોળું

to bite (બાઇટ) બરચી ભરવું

to flutter (ફ્લટર) અચાનક ઉડ્યા વિના પાંખો ફફડાવવી

to huddle (હડલ) જૂથમાં ભેગા જવું

grains (ગ્રેન) અનાજના દાણા

to suggest (સજેસ્ટ) સૂચન કરવું

boiled (બૉઇલ્ડ) બાફેલું

to brighten (બ્રાઇટન) ચમકવું

peacefully (પીસફુલી) શાંતિથી

thrilled (થ્રિલ્ડ) રોમાચીત થવેલું

to introduce (ઇન્ટ્રોડ્યુસ) પરિચય કરાવવો

lame (લેમ) લંગડું

incident (ઇન્સિડન્ટ) ઘટના, બનાવ

to realize (રિઅલાઇઝ) સમજવું, જાણવું

delighted (ડિલાઇટેડ) ખૂબ ખુશ થયેલું

to treat (ટ્રીટ) સારવાર કરવી, -ની સાથે વ્યવહાર કરવો

royal (રોયલ) બારશાહી, ભવ્ય

guest (ગેસ્ટ) મહેમાન

to caress (કેરેસ) પોપાળવું

hopeful (હોપફુલ) આશાભર્યું

departure (ડિપાર્ચર) વિદાય

to lift (લિફ્ટ) ઉંચકવું

to shovel (શવલ) હસેલવું, હળવા મારવા

to disappear (ડિસઅપિયર) અદૃશ્ય થઇ જવું

reason (રીઝન) કારણ

friend from the sky

Mummy! let's give him some rice and milk, at once suggested Reshma. Her mother mixed boiled rice, milk and sugar and left near the bird in a little earthen pot. The child stole a glance at it. His eyes brightened and he started fluttering his wings, so that he could walk to it.

1) What did Reshma’s mother mix?

Ans. Rice and sugar.

2) What happened when the bird ate food?

Ans. When the bird ate the food, his eyes brightened and he started fluttering his wings.

From Salim Ali’s book ‘Indian Birds’ they found that it was a shelter duck. Its beak was broad and brown feathers. At the moment it looked exhausted.

1) Name the book written by Salim Ali.

Ans. The book is written by Salim Ali is ‘Birds of India.’

2) What was the name of the bird?

Ans. It was a shelter duck.

3) Describe the bird.

Ans. The bird had a broad beak and feather, blue-white and brown.

shoveller is not a native Indian bird. But it migrates from the cold regions of Russia. The strong winds have lost its way due to the heavy storm. It was almost exhausted and fell in the park.

1) From where does the shoveller migrate?

Ans. Shoveller migrates from the cold regions of Russia.

2) How did this bird lose its way?

Ans. It must have lost its way due to the heavy storm and got exhausted and fell in the park.

Reshma's mother tried to pick it up but the shelter duck fluttered to the door. She crouched down and reached out to the poor thing. It huddled in everyone and and they ran inside. Reshma tried to feed the bird and put breadcrumbs, nuts but did not touch any of them.

1) Name the things Reshma and her mother put before the bird to feed it.

Ans. Reshma and her mother put breadcrumbs, nuts, fruits and grams before the bird to feed it.

Mummy! what is the matter? asked Reshma. Her mother said, "It was Mitra’s mischief. She put some grass into it." It was Mitra’s mischief. She had removed the basket and secretively put some grass into it. It was Mitra’s mischief. She looked at the basket. It was empty. Reshma woke up. She looked at the basket. It was empty. She cried bitterly. Her mummy and papa searched for Mitra all over the house and at last found him near the water tub in the bathroom.

1) With what did Reshma prepare Mitra’s bed?

Ans. Reshma had prepared Mitra’s bed with grass.

2) What happened when Reshma woke up?

Ans. When Reshma woke up she found the basket empty.

3) What was Mitra?

Ans. Mitra was near the water tub in the bathroom.