NCERT Solutions for Class 5th English Chapter 4 The Wise Parrot

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Who is in the story. There are three: a rich merchant in a quiet village, his pet parrot in a cage of gold, and a parrot in the forest who never says a single word. The forest parrot has no name and only one action — yet the whole story turns on it. The problem. The parrot is bright, talkative and sharp-minded. It entertains the merchant with stories and songs, and the merchant feeds it well. But “deep inside, the bird longed for the open skies and green trees.” Good food in a golden cage is still a cage. The first try — asking. Before a journey the merchant asks his pet what gift it would like. The parrot asks for freedom in plain words: “please let me fly off into the sky.” The merchant refuses at once — “I cannot bear to let you go away.” Asking has failed. The second try — a message. T

• The Wise Parrot (story)
• A. Answer the following questions
• B. Think and discuss
• A. Fill in the blanks with suitable phrases
• B. Complete the sentences
• C. Present perfect tense
• A paragraph about birds and bird sanctuaries
• A. Listen and repeat · B. Which bird would you want to be?
• Complete the parrot’s story
• Bird feeders