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Class 5 English - Lesson 6: The Little Fish


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Summary / Overview (āĻŽূāϞ āĻ­াā§ą)

"The Little Fish" is a popular and fun nursery rhyme that playfully helps young children learn how to count from one to ten. The poem is narrated from the perspective of a young child who enthusiastically manages to catch a live fish while counting from one to five.

However, the excitement is short-lived. As the child counts from six to ten, they have to release the fish back into the water. When asked why the fish was let go, the child innocently explains that the little fish bit them. More specifically, it bit the smallest finger on their right hand!

Lesson Text / Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)

One, two, three, four, five

āĻāĻ•, āĻĻুāχ, āϤিāύি, āϚাā§°ি, āĻĒাঁāϚ

Once I caught a fish alive

āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻŽāχ āĻāϟা āϜীāϝ়া āĻŽাāĻ› āϧ⧰িāĻ›িāϞো

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten

āĻ›āϝ়, āϏাāϤ, āφāĻ , āύ, āĻĻāĻš

Then I let him go again.

āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻŽāχ āϤাāĻ• āφāĻ•ৌ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϞো।

Why did you let him go ?

āϤুāĻŽি āϤাāĻ• āĻ•িāϝ় āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϞা?

Because he bit my finger so

āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āϏি āĻŽোā§° āφāĻ™ুāϞিāϤ āĻŦā§°āĻ•ৈ āĻ•াāĻŽুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ

Which finger did he bite ?

āĻ•োāύāϟো āφāĻ™ুāϞিāϤ āϏি āĻ•াāĻŽুā§°িāĻ›িāϞ?

The little finger in my right.

āĻŽোā§° āϏোঁāĻšাāϤ⧰ āϏ⧰ু āφāĻ™ুāϞিāϟোāϤ।

Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)

caught  =  past tense of catch (āϧ⧰া)

alive  =  living, not dead (āϜীāϝ়া / āϜীā§ąিāϤ)

let go  =  release (āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāϝ়া)

again  =  one more time (āφāĻ•ৌ / āĻĒুāύ⧰)

bit (bite)  =  use teeth to cut into something (āĻ•াāĻŽোā§°া)

finger  =  (āφāĻ™ুāϞি)

little finger  =  the smallest finger (āϏ⧰ু āφāĻ™ুāϞি / āĻ•āύিāώ্āĻ া)

right  =  referring to the right hand (āϏোঁ / āϏোঁāĻšাāϤ)

FAQs on the Chapter

Q. What is the poem "The Little Fish" about?

Ans: It is a fun counting rhyme about a child who catches a live fish but has to let it go because it bites their finger.

Q. What did the child catch?

Ans: The child caught a fish alive.

Q. Why did the child let the fish go?

Ans: The child let the fish go because the fish bit the child's finger.

Q. Which finger did the fish bite?

Ans: The fish bit the little finger on the child's right hand.

Q. How does this poem help children?

Ans: This catchy nursery rhyme helps young children playfully learn how to count from one to ten.

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