7_Meadow Surprises

1. THIS E- LESSION IS PREPARED BY MRS. RANJEETA SENAPATI TGT (ENGLISH) JNV CUTTACK, ODISHA

2. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises Before we proceed Walk 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?

3. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises Meadow surprises -Lois Brandt Phillips About 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.

4. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises THE POEM Meadows have surprises You can find them if you look; Walk softly through the velvet grass, And listen by the brook. Brook-A small river

5. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises You may see a butterfly Rest upon a buttercup And unfold its drinking straws To sip the nectar up. A buttercup-A flower

6. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises You 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

7. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises A dandelion whose fuzzy head Was golden days ago Has turned to airy parachutes That flutters when you blow

8. 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

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