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THIS E- LESSION IS PREPARED BY

MRS. RANJEETA SENAPATITGT (ENGLISH)

JNV CUTTACK, ODISHA

E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises

Before we proceedWalk across a green field, a park or ever under a clump of trees, and you will notice many wonderful things. What are some of the surprises a meadow has for someone with a keen eye and a sharp ear?

E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises Meadow surprises

-Lois Brandt PhillipsAbout the poet-Louis Philips was born in Prussia and moved to California in the early 1850s. He moved to Spadra{now part of Pomona} in 1862 and began engaging in sheep hearding and cattle raising. In 1864, Schlesinger and Tischler acquired the Rancho San Jose in a foreclosure Phillips, who had previously been a manager on the ranch, bought 12000 acres out of the foreclosure. He died of pneumonia in 1900 and is interred at Spadra Cemetery, Pomona.

E- Lesson On Meadow SurprisesTHE POEM

Meadows have surprisesYou can find them if you look;Walk softly through the velvet grass,And listen by the brook.

Brook-A small river

E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises

You may see a butterflyRest upon a buttercupAnd unfold its drinking strawsTo sip the nectar up.

A buttercup-A flower

E- Lesson On Meadow SurprisesYou may scare a rabbit

Who is sitting very still;Though at first you may not see him,When he hops you will

Scare-Frighten , Afraid of

E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises

A dandelion whose fuzzy headWas golden days agoHas turned to airy parachutesThat flutters when you blow

E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises

Explore the meadow houses,The burrows in the ground,A nest beneath tall grasses,The ant’s amazing mound.

Mound-A small heap of sand

Oh! Meadows have surprisesAnd many things to tell;You may discover these yourself,If you look and listen well.