The Lazy Frog || Detail Study || NCERT English Marigold

 

The Lazy Frog || Detail Study || NCERT English Marigold 

CONTENT:

A▪︎ Poem,

B▪︎ Line Wise Explanation,

C▪︎ Exercises - Vocabulary, Question/Answers, Self Exercise,

D▪︎ To Recapitulate. 

A▪︎ Poem

Fred is a very lazy frog

Who lolls all day upon a log.

He always manages to shirk

Doing a single stroke of work.

His poor old mother calls in vain

"Come in and help!" He does not bother

To move two inches, much preferring

To be extremely hard-of-hearing.

He lies there in a silent heap.

And stays conveniently asleep.

                    If a lady frog hops past

You'd think he would get up at last.

To bow, and help her on her way?

But no, I am ashamed to say

That when a lady frog comes by

He does not open up one eye!

                                          - By Anonymous 

B▪︎ Line Wise Explanation Of The Poem-

Fred is a very lazy frog

This poem is about a lazy frog, whose name is Fred.

Who lolls all day upon a log

Frog lie down simply on a piece of thick wood all day.

He always manages to shirk

He always comes up with excuses, as he always wants to avoid doing work.

Doing a single stroke of work 

He didn't want to do a single piece of work. 

His poor old mother calls in vain

Whenever his mother calls him was of no use or we can say that her calling Fred was useless. 

"Come in and help!" He does not bother 

She(mother) called Fred, come and help me, but he does not care at all.

To move two inches much preferring 

He does not move even two inches, in other words he didn't want to choose something instead of something ( he prefer not to do any work).

To be extremely hard-of-hearing 

He pretends when his mother call her as he is unable to hear her well. Like she is calling from a far distance. 

He lies there in a silent heap 

He lie down all day on an untidy pile(heap).

And stays conveniently asleep 

He takes rest all day very comfortably without any tension. 

If a lady frog hops past

Even if the lady frog jumps through him

You'd think he would get up al last.

What you think? He would get up as lady frog passes by

To bow, and help her on her way

Frog would bend his head down as a sign of respect and help the lady frog to find her way

But no, I am ashamed to say

But I am feeling ashamed to say that, this would not happen at all.

That when a lady frog comes by

That when that lady frog passes him(frog)

He does not open up one eye!

He kept lying and does not open up one eye even. He does not show respect feeling for that lady frog.

                                      By Anonymous 

NOTE: Anonymous means unidentified or unnamed. The poet of this poem doesn't want to disclose his name. 

C▪︎ Summary Of The Poem-

This poem is about a lazy frog whose name is Fred. As it's clear from the title, Fred lie down simply on a thick piece of wood all day. He always comes up with the excuses, as he wants to avoid doing work. Whenever his mother calls him for help, was of no use. He does not move even an inch and he always pretends to be hard of hearing as his mother is calling him from a far distance and have problem in hearing. He lie all day on an untidy pile. All day he takes rest comfortably without any tension. 

               Even if the lady frog jumps through him. What do you think? He would get up as the lady passes by, he would bend his head as a sign of respect and help the lady frog to find her way, then you are absolutely wrong.  This would not happen at all. And I am feeling ashamed to say that, when that lady frog passes him, he kept lying and not even open up his eyes. He does not show any respect feeling for that lady frog. 

D▪︎ Exercises:

1- Vocabulary-

• Loll - to lay down simply 

• Log - a thick piece of wood

• Shirk - to avoid doing work being lazy

• In vain - of no use

• Prefer - to choose something instead of something else 

• Hard of hearing  - unable to hear properly 

• Bow - to bend your head to show respect. 

2- Question / Answers-

• What did the frog do all day?

Ans- The frog takes rest for all day without doing any work. 

• Besides lazy, what other word can you think of to describe the frog?

Ans- Disobedient  and disrespectful because he doesn't listen to her mother, and didn't show any respect to the lady frog. 

• Complete the sentences with reference to the Poem.

i- When the frog's mother called him, he pretended to be extremely hard-of-hearing.

II- When a lady frog hops by, he does not even open up one eye!

• Did you like the frog's behavior?

Ans- No, I did not like the frog's behavior. 

REFER TO THE POEM AND UNDERSTAND:

i- The frog loved to lie around all day.

ii- He did not like to do any work at all. 

NOW MAKE TRUE SENTENCES ABOUT YOURSELF:

Write about the people you like, a game you play, a hobby, a habit you have. You may use the following clues. 

• I love to play video game.

• I like to dance. 

• I don't mind to help my mother at house chores.

• I don't like cheaters.

• I hate spreading rumours. 

Try and find out the same from your family members also.

About my SISTER

• She loves to read comic stories. 

• She like to sing and dance. 

• She don't mind helping the strangers.

• She don't like to do her homework. 

• She hates fake people. 

ADD ONE MORE MATCHING WORD TO EACH PAIR. ONE HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU.

Log        frog          dog

Shirk     work        clerk

Vain       brain        grain

Heap      keep         peep

Past        last            vast

Way        say            stay

Preferring       hearing       fearing.

• What kind of words they are?

Ans- They are Rhyming words.

D▪︎ To Recapitulate -

To Conclude, I can say that by reading the poem discussed above named "The Lazy Frog" teaches us that we should always listen and pay respect to our elders. Also, whenever we meet any stranger we should always show respect feelings towards them. No matter whether they are younger or elder than us.

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