Q1.
Aavi enjoys the rain and creates a poem. You can complete the poem and present it in your class. [I wonder, oh! I wonder so, / Which path does water choose to go? … I wonder, ponder and dream each day, / As water's journey takes its way.]
Answer
The two blank lines must keep the same rhythm and rhyme, and must add one more stage of the water's journey. Here is a completed version you can adapt.
I wonder, oh! I wonder so,
Which path does water choose to go?
I wonder, oh! I wonder so,
When does it snow?
I wonder, oh! I got a wonder call,
How does rain fall?
I wonder, oh! I wonder still,
How does it climb the highest hill?
I wonder, ponder and dream each day,
As water's journey takes its way.
Which path does water choose to go?
I wonder, oh! I wonder so,
When does it snow?
I wonder, oh! I got a wonder call,
How does rain fall?
I wonder, oh! I wonder still,
How does it climb the highest hill?
I wonder, ponder and dream each day,
As water's journey takes its way.
Other pairs of lines that fit just as well:
- "I wonder, oh! I wonder near, / Why do the drops on the glass appear?"
- "I wonder, oh! it makes me stare, / How does the puddle melt in air?"
- "I wonder, oh! at break of day, / Why do the dewdrops slip away?"
What makes a good completion here: the poem is a chain of questions about the water cycle, not statements. Each pair of lines names one stage — snow, rain, evaporation, condensation, the river running back to the sea — and ends with a rhyme. Keep the questioning tone, because the whole chapter is about asking questions before finding answers.
Tip for presenting it: read it with four friends, each taking one stage of the water cycle, and hold up a simple drawing — sea, cloud, rain, river — as your line comes. The class then hears the water cycle and sees it at the same time.