The Colorful Treasure – Class 4, SCERT
The story is about some poor children who live near a garbage dump. They cannot go to school, but they really want to learn. One day, a kind woman called Didi comes to them with colourful books. She reads stories and teaches them letters. The children slowly learn to read and become very happy. One […]
Ranji was the last batsman of his team, and everyone trusted him to score runs. But he got out for zero and felt very sad. On his way home, he met Mr. Kumar, a kind shopkeeper who once played cricket for the state. Mr. Kumar gave Ranji his old “magic bat” to help him. With […]
Textbook Questions Do you think the cabman is a good detective? Why? The cabman looks like a good detective at first because he notices Conan Doyle’s English tweed suit and remembers the newspaper report about his visit. But he later admits that the real clue was the writer’s name written clearly on the luggage. This […]
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it. When the meadows laugh with lively green, And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene, When Mary and Susan […]
Totto‑Chan and her schoolmates went on a three‑day trip to a hot spring resort in Toi. Her mother allowed her to go after receiving the Headmaster’s letter. The children behaved well during the journey because Tomoe School had taught them good manners through daily life. They enjoyed travelling by train and ship, swimming in the […]
The poem shows how a woman’s heart longs for freedom and dreams. At dawn, it rises like a lonely bird, hoping to explore the world and find happiness. But when night comes, the heart returns to its restricted life, like a bird trapped in a cage. It tries to forget its dreams, even though the […]
Moyna is a curious little girl who always asks many questions about everything around her. She works hard every day, looking after goats and helping her mother, but she still wants to know why life is the way it is. One day she meets the narrator, who tells her that books can answer many of […]
Louis Braille lost his sight when he accidentally injured his eye with his father’s awl, and the infection spread to both eyes. Even though his world became dark, he learned to understand it through sounds, touch, and smell. His family helped him by making letters he could feel, and he slowly learned to move around […]
Mathew meets a new boy named Simon, who behaves differently from other children. Simon does not like changes and gets upset easily. At first, Mathew does not understand him. But during a school trip, Simon stands up to Horrible Hettie, and Mathew realises Simon can be a good friend. Slowly, everyone learns to accept Simon […]
The poem is told by a wheelchair. It explains that people notice the wheelchair but ignore the girl using it, Becky. Becky wishes she could walk and climb trees, but people don’t see her feelings. The wheelchair says that Becky and the wheelchair depend on each other — neither can move without the other. The […]