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1. About the Poet
The Poet: C. J. Heck is a native of Ohio. She is the author of three children's books, a collection of short stories and a book of poetry.
āĻāĻŦি: āĻি. āĻে. āĻšেāĻ āĻ āĻšিāĻ 'ā§° (Ohio) āĻāĻā§°াāĻী āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻŦাāϏিāύ্āĻĻা। āϤেāĻঁ āϤিāύিāĻāύ āĻļিāĻļু āĻ্ā§°āύ্āĻĨ, āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āĻāϞ্āĻĒā§° āϏংāĻāϞāύ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŦিāϤা āĻĒুāĻĨিā§° āϞেāĻিāĻা।
2. Lesson Translation
I talked to Grammy yesterday
āĻŽāĻ āĻাāϞি āĻāĻāϤাā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻিāϞো
about a girl I know.
āĻŽāĻ āĻāύা āĻāĻāύী āĻোā§ąাāϞীā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে।
Her skin's a different color
āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāϞ⧰ ā§°ং āĻŦেāϞেāĻ
but I like her, even though
āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ āĻŽāĻ āϤাāĻāĻ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻঁ,
the other children tease her
āĻāύ āϞ'ā§°া-āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§°ে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻোāĻাāϝ়
and it makes her run away
āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤাāĻ āĻĻৌā§°ি āĻঁāϤ⧰ি āϝাāϝ়
because she looks so different
āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤাāĻāĻ āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϞাāĻে
and they never let her play.
āĻā§°ু āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻেāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āύিāĻĻিāϝ়ে।
I think she looks just beautiful !
āĻŽāĻ āĻাāĻŦো āϤাāĻāĻ āĻĻেāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϧুāύীāϝ়া !
Her skin is chocolate brown.
āϤাāĻā§° āĻাāϞ⧰ ā§°ং āĻāĻোāϞেāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽুāĻা।
She's the nicest girl I've ever met
āϤাāĻ āĻŽāĻ āϞāĻ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āϞāĻা āĻোā§ąাāϞী
and it's sad to see her frown.
āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻŦিāĻŽā§°্āώ āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āĻĻেāĻিāϞে āĻĻুāĻ āϞাāĻে।
Grammy held me on her lap
āĻāĻāϤাāĻ āĻŽোāĻ āĻোāϞাāϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ
and told me she was proud.
āĻā§°ু āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤাāĻ āĻৌā§°ā§ąাāύ্āĻŦিāϤ।
She said that's what's important
āϤাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏেāĻāĻোā§ąেāĻ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ
and then my gram allowed
āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻŽোā§° āĻāĻāϤাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ
that children are life's rainbow,
āϝে āĻļিāĻļুāϏāĻāϞ āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ ā§°াāĻŽāϧেāύু,
black and yellow, red and white,
āĻ'āϞা āĻā§°ু āĻšাāϞāϧীāϝ়া, ā§°āĻা āĻā§°ু āĻŦāĻা,
but the colors aren't what matter,
āĻিāύ্āϤু ā§°ংāĻŦোā§° āĻোāύো āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻāĻĨা āύāĻšāϝ়,
it's what's down deep inside.
āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻš'āϞ āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻি āĻāĻে।
I asked her if that's what it means
āĻŽāĻ āϤাāĻāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞো āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āϏেāĻāĻোā§ąেāĻ āύেāĻি
when we say we're colorblind.
āĻāĻŽি āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻঁ āĻāĻŽি āĻŦā§°্āĻŖাāύ্āϧ (colorblind)।
She smiled and said it should mean that
āϤাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšিāϞে āĻā§°ু āĻ'āϞে āϝে āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āϤেāύেāĻুā§ąাāĻ āĻš'āĻŦ āϞাāĻে
in all hearts and in all minds.
āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ় āĻā§°ু āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āĻŽāύāϤ।
3. Word Notes (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ)
4. Summary (āϏাā§°াংāĻļ)
The poem speaks for racial harmony.
(āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§ąে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāĻāϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্ā§°ীāϤিā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϝ়।)
It gives us the message of unity among different races.
(āĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāĻāϤাā§° āĻŦাā§°্āϤা āĻĻিāϝ়ে।)
In this poem the poet, a young girl, relates the story of a dark-skinned girl, who was ill-treated by other children, to her grandmother.
(āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϤ āĻāĻŦি āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨাā§ āĻāĻā§°াāĻী āϏ⧰ু āĻোā§ąাāϞীāϝ়ে, āĻāύ āϞ'ā§°া-āĻোā§ąাāϞীā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻĻুā§°্āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻŦāϞি āĻšোā§ąা āĻāĻā§°াāĻী āĻ'āϞা āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻোā§ąাāϞীā§° āϏাāϧু āύিāĻā§° āĻāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻৈāĻে।)
She speaks of the traumatic treatment that the dark-skinned girl gets in her school.
(āϤাāĻ āĻ'āϞা āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύীāϝ়ে āϏ্āĻুāϞāϤ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ āĻāĻাāϤāĻāύāĻ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϝ়।)
The poet thinks that the girl with her chocolate brown skin is the nicest girl she has ever met.
(āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻাāĻŦে āϝে āĻāĻোāϞেāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŽুāĻা āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύী āϤাāĻ āϞāĻ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻাāϞ āĻোā§ąাāϞী।)
She feels sad when she sees the girl frown.
(āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύীāĻ āĻŦিāĻŽā§°্āώ āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻĻেāĻিāϞে āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻুāĻ āϞাāĻে।)
Then the grandmother feels very proud of her granddaughter's wise conscience and conveys the message that the colour of one's skin does not matter.
(āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻāϤাāĻে āύাāϤিāύীāϝ়েāĻā§° āĻ্āĻাāύী āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻāĻ āϞৈ āĻŦā§° āĻৌā§°ā§ą āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°ে āĻā§°ু āĻŦাā§°্āϤা āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϝে āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āĻাāϞ⧰ ā§°ং āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύāĻšāϝ়।)
The inner beauty of a person is more important than the colour of the skin and all the children irrespective of the colour of their skin are the most beautiful gifts of one's life.
(āĻāĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻাāϞ⧰ ā§°āĻāϤāĻৈ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ
āύ্āϤ⧰⧰ āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝ āĻŦেāĻি āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϞ⧰ ā§°ং āϝিāϝ়েāĻ āύāĻšāĻāĻ āĻিāϝ় āϏāĻāϞো āĻļিāĻļুā§ąেāĻ āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻāĻĒāĻšাā§°।)
The poem reflects the need to show love and compassion to others and to treat all equally.
(āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§ąে āĻāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°ু āĻŽāĻŽāϤা āĻĻেāĻুāĻā§ąাā§° āĻā§°ু āϏāĻāϞোā§°ে āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽাāύ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ়āϤা āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻĢāϞিāϤ āĻā§°ে।)
The racial prejudice should not influence anyone to judge a person.
(āĻŦā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦৈāώāĻŽ্āϝāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻ āĻŦিāĻাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ąিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύাāϞাāĻে।)
5. Comprehension Solutions
i) Who is the poet of the poem 'Children of the Rainbow' ?
Ans: C. J. Heck is the poet of the poem 'Children of the Rainbow'.
ii) About whom is the poet talking to her grandmother ?
Ans: The poet is talking to her grandmother about a girl she knows, whose skin is of a different colour (chocolate brown).
iii) Why do the other children tease the girl ?
Ans: The other children tease the girl and never let her play because she looks different from them due to her dark skin colour.
iv) What does the grandmother say about the children ?
Ans: The grandmother says that children are life's rainbow, coming in different colours like black, yellow, red, and white. She adds that the colours do not matter; what is deep down inside a person is what truly matters.
v) "I think ... her frown." What does the poet say in these lines ?
Ans: In these lines, the poet says that she finds the girl with chocolate brown skin very beautiful. According to the poet, she is the nicest girl she has ever met, and it makes the poet very sad to see her frown.
vi) Write rhyming words from the poem.
Ans: Some rhyming words from the poem are:
- • know - though
- • play - away
- • brown - frown
- • proud - allowed
- • white - inside
- • colorblind - minds
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