Letter to The Children of India
Our first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was a lover of children. He always liked to be with them because in their company he used to forget that he was an old man. He wished to talk to children about the beautiful world, flowers, trees, birds, animals, stars, mountains, glaciers and all other wonderful things. He says that children of all the countries in the world are alike. They look different but in nature they do not differ at all.
Once the children of Japan requested Pt. Nehru to send an elephant to them. Pt. Nehru sent it to them and when it reached Tokyo, many children came to see it. In fact, the children of the whole world are alike. They like to go to school and play . They sometimes quarrel but make friends again.
He expresses his wish to travel with children so that they may see the mountains, forests, great rivers and old mountains of their country and know something of India's story. Such a trip with the children would be a voyage of discovery of countries, beautiful trees, forests, hills and flowers. Everything depends on our own attitude. If we are friends to others, they would also become friendly. If we dislike others, they would dislike us. The people of the world fight one another because they hate and fear one another. The children should be wiser never to hate and fear others.
SUBJECTIVE
Ans: Pt. Nehru likes being with children, talking to them and playing with them.
Ans: When Pt. Nehru is with children, he forgets that he is terribly old and very long back he was a child.
Ans: Pt. Nehru doesn't want to give any advice to children because they already have enough of this from their teachers.
Ans: Pt. Nehru wants to visit all the nooks and corners of India in the company of children.
Ans: Pt. Nehru sent an elephant to the children of Japan.
Ans: Pt. Nehru visited America, Canada and England.
Ans: Pt. Nehru calls the world as the greatest fairy tale because it is full of natural beauty and adventures. Only we must have eyes to see, ears to hear and mind to understand them.
Ans: The elephant was sent to Japan by sea.
Ans: Pt. Nehru says that the people who fight with each other are foolish. They should be more sensible and become friendly with each other.
Ans: Pt. Nehru hopes and wishes the children of India to be friendly, wiser and more sensible.
Q1: 'The world itself is the greatest fairy tale and story of adventures.' Explain?
Ans: Children are generally told fairy tales. They are surprised to hear them. The tales increase the curiosity of the children. They discover new things in them. The world itself is the greatest fairy tale. It is the greatest story of adventures. The world is very wide. If we travel in the world , we shall see wonderful things. Our country is a little world in itself. There are various places for us to discover. Pt. Nehru has travelled a great deal in the country, still he has so many mountains, rivers, glaciers, flowers, birds, trees and stars which he never chanced to see.
Thus this world is a fairy tale. Only we must have eyes to see and ears to hear and mind that opens out to the life and beauty of the world.
Ans: Our country is very wide and vast. It has beautiful plains and on the other hand there are high lands and deserts. There are large and small rivers. We see different climates in our country. There are beautiful trees, hill sides, and flowers that grace the changing seasons and bring life and colour to us.
This is why Pt. Nehru says, 'Our country is a little world in itself.'
Ans: Sometimes the people of one country hate and fear the people of other country. It is their foolishness. If they behave other people in friendly way, they will also become friendly. So Pt. Nehru advises them to be wiser and sensible.
He celebrated his birthday as children's day. Children celebrate 14th November as children's day. Thus, his love for children made them call him 'Chacha Nehru.'
Ans: Pt. Nehru loves children very much. He expects that they should come in contact of nature affectionately and friendly. They should be more sensible. They should open their eyes and ears to the beauty and life that surround them. When children grow up, they should go to other countries as friends. If we meet other people in friendly way, they also become friendly.
OBJECTIVE
Ans:
1. This letter is a series of advices given to children of Indiaby Pt. Nehru.[F]
2. Pt. Nehru loves only the children of India.[F]
3. Pt. Nehru sent a beautiful elephant to the children of Japan.[T]
4. The elephant came from Mysore.[T]
5. The elephant was sent to Japan by air.[F]
6. Pt. Nehru visited many countries.[T]
7. Pt. Nehru wanted the children of India to love each other.[T]
8. Pt. Nehru said that people of one country hate the people of other country because they are afraid of them.
9. Pt. Nehru has written this letter to the children of Japan.
10. Pt. Nehru loved the children of Japan because he himself was a Japanese.
[B] Fill in the blanks with suitable words :
1. It is easy to make friends with everything in nature if we go to them affectionately and with friendship.
2. The children of Japanasked Pt. Nehru to send them an elephant.
4. Children's quarrellingis also a kind of play.
5. Pt. Nehru called the world as the greatest fairy tale.
6. Pt. Nehru loved to talk to children about this beautiful world.
1. infinite:
The teacher said to the children, "Sky is infinite."
2. discover:
Columbus discovered our loving country.
3. flourish:
Many industries flourish on the outskirts of the town.
4. sensible:
All the children should be wiser and sensible.
5. deliberately:
We should not trouble someone deliberately.
6. wonderful:
There are many wonderful things in the museum.