NCERT Solutions Class 3 English Chapter 9 Madhu s Wish

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CLASS 3 · ENGLISH

NCERT Solutions
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Chapter 9: Madhu's
Wish

NCERT Textbook — Santoor

BOOK PAGES SECTIONS QUESTIONS MEDIUM

88 – 101 14 39 English

Every question Step by step Exam ready
Activities, in-text questions The working shown, not Written to match how
and all exercises. just the final answer. marks are awarded.

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Chapter 9 of Santoor closes Unit 3, Good Food. Madhuʼs Wish is a story by Sudha Murty. Madhu loves food.
He shares his lunch with an old man, and the old man gives him one wish from a banyan tree. Madhu wishes
for food and says “Nothing else.ˮ Then he gets hiccups and finds there is no water. After the story you sort
foods into baskets, learn describing words, join sentences with and and but, use because, play with words
that start with the same letter, and make a table mat.

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Summary and word meanings
Madhu s Wish story by Sudha Murty
ʼ ( )

Summary
Madhu loved food and always wanted to eat different snacks .

One day he kindly shared his lunch with an old man .

The happy old man said the tree would grant Madhu a wish .

Madhu wished only for food and baskets of tasty food appeared
, .

Then he got hiccups but there was no water anywhere Sharbat kheer and badam milk did
, . ,

not help.
At last he asked for water, and his hiccups stopped. He learnt that no drink can replace
water.

साराशं (िहन्दी मे)ं
मधु को खाना बहुत पसंद था। एक िदन उसने एक बूढ़े आदमी के साथ अपना खाना बाँटा।
बूढ़ा आदमी खुश हुआ। उसने कहा िक यह पेड़ मधु की इच्छा पूरी करेगा। मधु ने िसफ़ खाना माँगा।
ल ू , फल और नमकीन की टोकिरयाँ आ गईं। िफर मधु को िहचकी आने लगी, पर वहाँ पानी नही ं था।
शरबत, खीर और बादाम दूध से िहचकी नही ं रुकी। पानी पीकर ही िहचकी रुकी। मधु समझ गया िक पानी की जगह कोई और पेय
नही ं ले सकता।

Word meanings

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WORD MEANING िहं दी अथ IN THE TEXT

snacks small amounts of food eaten नाश्ता, हल्का खाना “different kinds of food and
between meals snacksˮ

banyan a very big, shady tree with roots बरगद “sit under a banyan treeˮ
hanging from its branches

granted given; made to come true पूरी की जाएगी “ it will be grantedˮ

forever for all time; always हमेशा के िलए “enjoy them foreverˮ

appeared suddenly came where it could be पकट हो गई, सामने “a basket full of laddoos
seen आ गई appearedˮ

bored tired of something because it is ऊब गया “ he got boredˮ
always the same

immediately at once; right away ं
तुरत mmediately, fruit in
“I

baskets appearedˮ

savouries salty or spicy snacks, not sweet नमकीन चीज़े ं “H e asked for savouriesˮ
ones

hiccups sudden ‘hicʼ sounds from the throat िहचकी “ he suddenly got hiccupsˮ
that you cannot stop

desperate wanting something very, very badly बहुत बेचैन, बहुत “desperate for waterˮ
य
़ ादा चाहने वाला

prayed asked for something humbly and िवनती की, पाथना की “H e prayed to the treeˮ
politely

disappear to go away and not be seen any गायब हो जाना “May all this food

more disappearˮ

instead in place of something else इसके बजाय “let me have water
insteadˮ

replace to take the place of something जगह लेना “No other drink can
replace waterˮ

thirsty needing something to drink प्यासा “H e was no longer thirstyˮ

Let us read — Pages 88–92

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Madhu s Wish a story by Sudha Murty
' —

L E T US R EAD

Story Let us read  Madh ʼ Wi h. Read he
us s t story aloud and enjoy it .

1.Madhu eats lunch 2. He shares his food 3. A basket of laddoos
under a banyan tree. with an old man. appears at once.

Hic!

H
ic!

H ic!

4. Fruits and savouries 5. He gets hiccups. 6. He drinks water.
fill more baskets. There is no water! The hiccups stop.

The story in six pictures, from the lunch under the banyan tree to the jug of water.

The story in six steps:
 Madhu loves food.
 He shares his lunch with an old man.
 The old man gives him a wish.
 Madhu wishes only for food.
 He gets hiccups. There is no water.
 He asks for water. His hiccups stop.

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Read the story aloud once Then read it again Use a big voice for the tree
. . .

Who is in the story:

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Madhu Loves food. He shares his lunch and then makes a wish.

se m
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The old man Shares Madhu’s food and gives him a wish.

The banyan tree Speaks to Madhu and gives him what he asks for.

co m
m . ag
Why Madhu was in trouble Hleaasseked only for food and said Nothing else
agdid not give him water.
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Water is not food. So the tree

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Tip: The story is by Sudha Murty. Her name is printed at the end, on.cpoage 92.
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Madhu will eat the laddoos. Then he will ask for more food.
Fruits and savouries may come too. But he said, “Nothing else.ˮ So he may get no water, and .c
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that will bring trouble.
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laʼsswarning, “Think it over.ˮ
Tip: The clue is the tree
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New words — Page 92
The nine new words printed at the end of the story
NEW WORDS

Q1 : , , , ,
New words forever immediately appeared savouries hiccups disappear instead , , ,
, .
replace thirsty What does each word mean ?
Here are the nine new words with their meanings.

WORD WHAT IT MEANS A SENTENCE OF YOUR OWN
forever For all time. I want this day to last forever.

immediately At once. I stood up immediately.

appeared Came in front suddenly. The moon appeared in the sky.

savouries Salty snacks. A mma made hot savouries.

hiccups The ‘hic’ sound you cannot stop. I got hiccups after eating fast.

disappear To go out of sight. The ball will disappear in the grass.

instead In place of. I ate a guava instead of a sweet.

replace To take the place of. Nothing can replace a good friend.

thirsty Needing a drink. I was thirsty after the race.

Try this: Find each word in the story. Read the whole line aloud.

Let us think — Page 93

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A. Answer the following
L E T US T HI NK

A.1 What did Madhu enjoy ?
Madhu enjoyed food. He always wanted to eat different kinds of food and snacks. He was
never tired of eating.

How we know: The first line of the story is Madhu loved food
, “ .ˮ

A.2 Do you think the old man had magical powers? How do you know?

Yes, the old man had magical powers.
He said Madhu could wish for anything from the tree. Then the tree really spoke, and baskets
of food appeared at once. Only magic can do that.

A.3 ‘ ʼ
Why did the tree ask Madhu to think over his wish ?
The tree wanted Madhu to think again, because his wish was not wise.
Madhu asked for food and said Nothing else That meant no water The tree was warning
, “ .ˮ .

him Later he got hiccups and there was no water anywhere
. .

A.4 Name some of the things that Madhu ate .
Madhu ate laddoos, fruits and savouries.

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KIND WHAT HE ATE
Sweet laddoos

Fruits grapes, mangoes, apples, bananas, jackfruit, melons, guavas, oranges

Savouries matri, samosas, kachori, potato chips, vada

He also drank sharbat, kheer and badam milk.

Let us think — Page 93
B Think and say
.

T HI NK A N D SAY

B.1 Have you experienced hiccups?

Give your own true answer.
Sample answer: Yes, I have had hiccups. I got them when I ate my roti very fast. I kept saying
“hicˮ again and again. It did not hurt, but it felt funny.

B.2 What do you do when you get hiccups ?
Sample answer: When I get hiccups, I drink a glass of water slowly. My grandmother tells me
to hold my breath and count to ten. Then my hiccups stop.

In the story too: Madhu s hiccups stopped only when he drank water
ʼ .

B.3 Do you think water is important? Why do you think so?

Yes, water is very important. We cannot live without it.
Only water takes away our thirst .

We need water to cook bathe and wash, .

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Plants and animals need water too .

Madhu learnt this too No other drink can replace water
: “ .ˮ

B.4 If you were in Madhu's place, what would you wish for and why?

Choose a wish you really want. Say why.
Sample answer: I would wish for clean water for my village. Everyone needs water every day. I
would not say “Nothing elseˮ like Madhu!

Let us learn — Page 94
A Madhu enjoyed the following items Write them in the correct basket The book prints one Help Box and
. . .

three baskets one card here for each basket
; .)

LET US LEARN

A.1 Which words from the Help Box go into the Fruits basket ?

banana kheer melon guava kachori
potato chips laddoo vada jackfruit samosa

Fruits Sweets Salty snacks

The Help Box with ten food words, and the three baskets printed below it.

Four words go in the Fruits basket: banana, melon, guava, jackfruit.
Here are all three baskets filled in:

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m.
kaascheori
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a kheer melon guava
ag l
se mato chips
a
pot laddoo vada jackfruit samosa
a g l

Fruits omts
Sw.cee Salty snacks ag
a semkheer
agl
banana kachori
melon laddoo potato chips

m
.cao
guava vada
m
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jackfruit
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a The Help Box with ten food words, and the three baskets printed below it.

m a s
.co . Look at page 90 again.
Tip: Madhu ate all four fruits in the story
m agl
l a se
ag
Which words from the Help Box go into the Sweets basket ?
co m
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A.2
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m l as
m .co a g
l a se banana kheer melon guava kachori
ag potato chips laddoo vada jackfruit samosa
se m
com g l a
m . a
Fru ts ase
agl
i Sweets Salty snacks

co m
m .
m as e
.co a g l
se m
g l a
a c
The Help Box with ten food words, and the three baskets printed below it.
m .
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g
Two words go in the Swaeets basket kheer laddoo : , .

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Both taste sweet. Kheer is a sweet milk dish. A laddoo is a sweet ball.
Here are all three baskets filled in:

banana kheer melon guava kachori
potato chips laddoo vada jackfruit samosa

Fruits Sweets Salty snacks
banana kheer kachori
melon laddoo potato chips
guava vada
jackfruit samosa

The Help Box with ten food words, and the three baskets printed below it.

A.3 Which words from the Help Box go into the Salty snacks basket ?

banana kheer melon guava kachori
potato chips laddoo vada jackfruit samosa

Fruits Sweets Salty snacks

The Help Box with ten food words, and the three baskets printed below it.

Four words go in the Salty snacks basket: kachori, potato chips, vada, samosa.

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They are salty not sweet The story calls them savouries
, . .

Here are all three baskets filled in :

banana kheer melon guava kachori
potato chips laddoo vada jackfruit samosa

Fruits Sweets Salty snacks
banana kheer kachori
melon laddoo potato chips
guava vada
jackfruit samosa

The Help Box with ten food words, and the three baskets printed below it.

Let us learn — Page 94
B Read the following sentences words that describe a person
. ( )

LET US LEARN

B.1 :“ .
Read Madhu shared his food with the old man He is kind Which word describes .ˮ
,
Madhu here and what does it tell us ?
The describing word is kind .

Kind means caring about others Madhu felt sorry for the old man and shared his lunch with
.

him.
My own sentence: Meena is kind. She feeds the stray puppy every day.

B.2 :“ . .ˮ
Read Madhu wanted to eat everything He is greedy Which word describes Madhu
,
here and what does it tell us ?
The describing word is greedy .

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Greedy means wanting much more than you need. Madhu ate laddoos, then fruits, then
savouries. He still wanted more.
My own sentence: The greedy crow took all the bread.

B.3 :“ .
Read The old man gave a special gift to Madhu He is generous Which word .ˮ
,
describes the old man here and what does it tell us ?
The describing word is generous .

Generous means happy to give to others Madhu shared his food The old man gave him a big
. .

gift a wish from the tree
— .

My own sentence Our neighbour is generous She shares her mangoes with everyone
: . .

Let us learn — Page 95
C Choose a word from the box to describe the people below
.

LET US LEARN

C.1 ʼ .
Pramod doesn t share his toys with anyone He is ____________ .

brave li e
po t elfish
s lazy
The box of four describing words printed above the sentences.

He is selfish.
Selfish means thinking only about yourself. Pramod keeps all his toys to himself.
My own sentence: Do not be selfish. Share your crayons.

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C.2 .
The woman saved the boy from the robber She is ____________ .

brave po t li e elfish
s lazy
The box of four describing words printed above the sentences.

She is brave .

Brave means not afraid of danger A robber is dangerous but the woman still saved the boy
. , .

My own sentence The brave girl saved her puppy from the pond
: .

C.3 Advait is always lying in bed and doing nothing. She is .
____________

brave po t li e s elfish lazy
The box of four describing words printed above the sentences.

He is lazy.
Lazy means not wanting to work or move. Advait lies in bed and does nothing.

A out t oo : The book prints She is Advait is a boy see the picture so write
b he b k “ ˮ. ( ),

“H is lazy
e .ˮ

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C.4 Prerna always wishes everyone in the morning She is ____________

m as e
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se m
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a brave po t li e s elfish lazy
The box of four describingco mds printed above the sentences.
e m .
wor
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She is polite . com
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Polite meansmspeaking and behaving nicely Prerna greets everyone evlearysemorning
.

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se m e e ce A li e child al a a ha k
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Let us learn — Pages 95–97 . com agl
D Rewrite the following sentences using asndem
a or but
agl
. ‘ ʼ ‘ ʼ

LET US LEARN

co m
I eat an apple. I eat an orange. I eat a peach. (and) m .
D.1
m as e
.co a g l
m ER
AseNSW
gl a
a I eat an apple, an orange and a peach.
All three sentences begin with “I eatˮ. So we write “I eatˮ once and join the fruits with ‘andʼ. se m
com g l a
. a
emfruit. Put ‘andʼ before the last.
Tip: Put a comma after theafisrst
agl

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I like to watch cartoons. My sister likes to watch movies. (butm
om
D.2
m as e
.co a g l
a s emA NSW E R
agl I like to watch cartoons but my sister likes to watch movies.
.c
We use but because the two people like different things s e m
m a
My own sentence I like idli but my.bco agl
‘ ʼ .

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D.3 Anita plays volleyball. Anju plays volleyball. (and)

Anita and Anju play volleyball.
Both girls do the same thing, so we join their names with ‘andʼ.

Tip: One person  Anita plays. Two people  Anita and Anju play.

D.4 Dolma wants a new comic book. She has spent all her pocket money on sweets. (but)

Dolma wants a new comic book but she has spent all her pocket money on sweets.
We use but because she cannot buy the book She has no money left
‘ ʼ . .

My own sentence I wanted to play but it started to rain
: .

D.5 .
Rajesh wants to go to the park He has not finished his homework but.( )
Rajesh wants to go to the park but he has not finished his homework.
We use but because the homework stops him from going
‘ ʼ .

Tip: Use and when two parts agree. Use but when they do not.

Let us listen — Page 97
A Your teacher will read parts of the story Listen carefully and tell the class what happened after that
. . .

L E T US L I ST E N

A.1 ,“ , . .ˮ
Madhu said Oh tree let me have different types of food Nothing else What
happened after that ?
A voice from the tree asked, “You donʼt want anything else? Think it over.ˮ Madhu said,
Nothing else
“ .ˮ

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 A basket full of laddoos appeared.
 He got bored. Baskets of fruits came.
 He got bored again. Huge baskets of savouries came.

A.2 As he was eating, he suddenly got hiccups. He wanted water. What happened after
t ?
hat

There was food everywhere but no water .

 The tree said You wanted only food not water
, “ .ˮ

 He drank sharbat kheer and badam milk The hiccups got louder
, . .

 He asked the tree for water instead of food .

 A jug of water appeared He drank it His hiccups stopped
. . .

Let us write — Page 98

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A. Complete the following story
LET US WRITE

A.1 Complete the story about Vijaya, beginning with “Each day …ˮ.

V aya s a youn r .
ij i g gi l

S v s w t r at r, mot r,
he li e i h he f he he

ran mot r an ran at r n a sma v a
g d he d g df he i ll ill ge.

Each day

The opening lines of the story, printed inside a green frame with ruled lines to write on.

Sample answer: Each day Vijaya gets up early. She helps her grandmother make tea. Then she
walks to school with her friends. After school she plays near the pond. In the evening her
grandfather tells her a story. Then she goes to sleep.

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Write your own story Use one idea for each sentence
. :

 What she does in the morning .

 How she goes to school.
 What she does after school.
 Who she spends the evening with.
 What she does before sleeping.

Why this works Each sentence is short and says one thing The sentences
: .

follow the day in order, from morning to night.

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Fun with Words — Page 99
B. Notice that the first letter of each word has the same letter. / C. Write down similar words
FUN WITH WORDS

B.1 :
Look at the first pyramid Carrots / C Ca
ut rrots / Cha d C Ca
n u ut . The fi
rrots rst letter of
each word is ____________ .

Carrots

Cut Carrots

Chandu Cut Carrots
The first letter of each word is ____________.
The first word pyramid printed on page 99.

The first letter of each word is C .

Chandu Cut Carrots every word begins with C
, , — .

A out t
b he b ook: The heading says each first letter “has the same letterˮ. It means
the first letters are all the same.

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B.2 Look at the second pyramid Apples : / A e A le / A .coletter of
Ate Apples. The first
m
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each word is ____________
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m
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se
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m
m .co
com Anu At l
Agppase s
m . a
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as e
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The second wordmpyramid printed on page 99. a s
m.co agl
l a se
a g
The first letter of each word is A com
.

m .
o m l sed, the next has two,
Anu, Ate, Apples — every word begins with A. The top step has one wor
a
the la.stc has three.
m ag
l a se
ag Try this: Say “Anu Ate Applesˮ five times, fast!
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m . a
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co m
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m as e
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C Write down similar words as shown above using your name or any name of your
.
choice The first letter of each word is ____________ .

The first letter of each word is ____________.
The empty pyramid printed on page 99 for you to fill in.

Pick a name Find a doing word and a thing that start with the same letter
. .

Bananas

Bought Bananas

Bela Bought Bananas

The first letter of each word is ____________.
A sample pyramid made with the letter B.

Sample answer: Bela Bought Bananas. The first letter of each word is B.

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More ideas: Latha Likes Laddoos L. Mohan Mixed Milk M.

Let us write — Page 100
A Read the incomplete sentences Discuss with your friends and complete them The book starts a second
. . .

Let us write box here and numbers it A again
‘ ʼ .)

LET US WRITE

A.1 Madhu shared his food with the old man because ____________ .
Madhu shared his food with the old man because he felt sorry for him .

What because does The part after because tells us the reason
‘ ʼ : ‘ ʼ — it answers
why .

A.2 Madhu was happy because ____________ .
Madhu was happy because the old man said he could wish for anything from the tree .

He thought he could have different types of food and enjoy them forever .

A.3 After eating fruits, Madhu asked for savouries because ____________ .
After eating fruits, Madhu asked for savouries because he got bored eating only fruits.
He wanted something new to eat, so he asked for salty snacks.

A.4 Madhu asked for water because ____________ .
Madhu asked for water because he got hiccups and was very thirsty .

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There was food everywhere but no water Sharbat kheer and badam milk did not stop the
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Let us do — Pages 100–101
Let us make a table mat The book gives only the materials and the steps the two questions below have been
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LET US DO

Q1 What materials do you need to make the table mat shown in the book ?

A sheet with an apple and a mango filled in with torn bits of red and yellow paper.

The book lists these materials :

 An A sheet of paper
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 Pictures of various fruits and vegetables .

 Bits and pieces of coloured papers .

 Glue.
 A pencil or a sketch pen.

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Tip: Tear the paper into bits with your fingers.

Q2 How will you make the table mat? Write the steps.

A sheet with an apple and a mango filled in with torn bits of red and yellow paper.

 Draw an apple and a mango on the A4 sheet.
 Tear red coloured paper into small bits.
 Stick the red bits on the apple.
 Stick yellow bits (or any colour you like) on the mango.
 Cover it with a plastic sheet.
 Your table mat is ready!

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These are the six steps printed on page The book says you can draw an apple a
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mango or a pear and cover the mat with any plastic sheet available in your house
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Why we cover it with plastic Food and water spill on a table mat The plastic
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sheet keeps the paper dry and clean.

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