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Class 5 English - Lesson 8: The Hawks and Their Friends.


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1. Lesson Text & Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ…āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)

Once upon a time there lived a family of hawks in a forest.

āĻāϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āĻļেāύ āϚ⧰াāχ⧰ āĻāϟা āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

They lived on a tree near a lake.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āĻāϟা āĻš্ā§°āĻĻā§° āĻ•াāώ⧰ āĻāϜোāĻĒা āĻ—āĻ›āϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

There were a male hawk, a female hawk and their kids hawk in their family.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞāϤ āĻāϟা āĻŽāϤা āĻļেāύ, āĻāϜāύী āĻŽাāχāĻ•ী āĻļেāύ āφ⧰ু āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĒোā§ąাāϞি āĻļেāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ।

They were a happy family.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻāϟা āϏুāĻ–ী āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ āφāĻ›িāϞ।

A lion, a kingfisher and a turtle also lived in that forest.

āϏেāχ āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύāϤ āĻāϟা āϏিংāĻš, āĻāϟা āĻŽাāϛ⧰োāĻ•া āφ⧰ু āĻāϟা āĻ•াāĻ›āĻ“ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ।

One day the female hawk suggested to her husband, the male hawk, to make friends with the lion, the kingfisher and the turtle.

āĻāĻĻিāύ āĻŽাāχāĻ•ী āĻļেāύāϜāύীāϝ়ে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ—িā§°িāϝ়েāĻ• āĻŽāϤা āĻļেāύāϟোāĻ• āϏিংāĻš, āĻŽাāϛ⧰োāĻ•া āφ⧰ু āĻ•াāĻ›āϟোā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϞে।

The male hawk readily agreed to that good idea and made friends with them.

āĻŽāϤা āĻļেāύāϟোā§ąে āϏেāχ āĻ­াāϞ āϧাā§°āĻŖাāϟোāϤ āϞāĻ—ে āϞāĻ—ে āϏāύ্āĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϞে āφ⧰ু āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦ āϕ⧰িāϞে।

The hawk family, the lion, the kingfisher and the turtle became happier than before after they met one another.

āĻļেāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞāϟো, āϏিংāĻš, āĻŽাāϛ⧰োāĻ•া āφ⧰ু āĻ•াāĻ›āϟোā§ąে āχāϜāύে āϏিāϜāύāĻ• āϞāĻ— āĻĒোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āφāĻ—āϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āϏুāĻ–ী āĻš'āϞ।

They started living a joyful life.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āĻāĻ• āφāύāύ্āĻĻāĻŽāϝ় āϜীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāϞে।

Suddenly, one morning some men came to the forest for hunting.

āĻšāĻ াāϤে, āĻāĻĻিāύ ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻŽাāύুāĻš āϚিāĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϞৈ āφāĻšিāϞ।

They were not able to find anything till night.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤে ā§°াāϤিāϞৈāĻ•ে āĻāĻ•ো āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āύাāĻĒাāϞে।

They went to the lake but there also they found nothing.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāϟোāϞৈ āĻ—'āϞ āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϤাāϤো āĻāĻ•ো āύাāĻĒাāϞে।

They became tired and so they lay down under the tree, where the hawk family lived.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻ­াāĻ—ā§°ি āĻĒā§°িāϞ āφ⧰ু āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āϝিāĻĄাāϞ āĻ—āĻ›āϤ āĻļেāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞāϟো āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ, āϤাā§° āϤāϞāϤে āĻļুāχ āĻĒā§°িāϞ।

But they could not sleep because the flies and the mosquitoes disturbed them.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āĻļুāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāϞে āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āĻŽাāĻ–ি āφ⧰ু āĻŽāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āϟোāĻĒāύিāϤ āĻŦ্āϝাāϘাāϤ āϜāύ্āĻŽাāχāĻ›িāϞ।

They got up and built a fire on the shore of the lake to drive away the flies and the mosquitoes.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āωāĻ ি āĻŽাāĻ–ি āφ⧰ু āĻŽāĻšāĻŦোā§° āĻ–েāĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻš্ā§°āĻĻā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āϜুāχ āϜ্āĻŦāϞাāϞে।

But the fumes awoke the hawks and the kids hawk cried out.

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϧোঁā§ąাāχ āĻļেāύāĻŦোā§°āĻ• āϜāĻ—াāχ āĻĻিāϞে āφ⧰ু āĻĒোā§ąাāϞি āĻļেāύāĻŦোā§°ে āϚিāĻžā§°ি āωāĻ িāϞ।

The hunters heard that cry and decided to catch the young hawks for their breakfast.

āϚিāĻ•াā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ে āϏেāχ āϚিāĻžā§° āĻļুāύিāϞে āφ⧰ু āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąাā§° āφāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻļেāύ⧰ āĻĒোā§ąাāϞিāĻŦোā§° āϧ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ'āϞে।

They shouted with joy and talked to one another.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āφāύāύ্āĻĻāϤ āϚিāĻžā§°ি āωāĻ িāϞ āφ⧰ু āχāϜāύে āϏিāϜāύ⧰ āϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāϞে।

They put more wood on the fire and the fire blazed up.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āϜুāχāϤ āĻ…āϧিāĻ• āĻ–ā§°ি āĻĻিāϞে āφ⧰ু āϜুāχ āĻĻāĻĒāĻĻāĻĒāĻ•ৈ āϜ্āĻŦāϞি āωāĻ িāϞ।

The fumes almost reached the nest.

āϧোঁā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻŦাঁāĻšāϟো āĻĒাāϞেāĻ—ৈ।

The hawks overheard their conversation and decided to ask their friends for help.

āĻļেāύāĻŦোā§°ে āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻ•āĻĨা-āĻŦāϤ⧰া āĻļুāύিāϞে āφ⧰ু āϏāĻšাāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦোā§°āĻ• āϏুāϧিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ'āϞে।

The male hawk at first flew speedily to the kingfisher.

āĻŽāϤা āĻļেāύāϟো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽে āĻŦেāĻ—েā§°ে āĻŽাāϛ⧰োāĻ•াāϟোā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰āϞৈ āω⧰ি āĻ—'āϞ।

He narrated the whole story to the kingfisher.

āϏি āϏāĻŽāĻ—্ā§° āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟো āĻŽাāϛ⧰োāĻ•াāϟোāĻ• āĻŦিā§ąā§°ি āĻ•'āϞে।

The kingfisher at once came at the location and with its wings it beat the water of the lake and sprinkled water on the fire.

āĻŽাāϛ⧰োāĻ•াāϟো āϞāĻ—ে āϞāĻ—ে āϏেāχ āĻ াāχāϤ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻš'āϞ āφ⧰ু āϤাā§° āĻĄেāωāĻ•াā§°ে āĻš্ā§°āĻĻā§° āĻĒাāύীāϤ āĻ•োāĻŦাāχ āϜুāχāϤ āĻĒাāύী āĻ›āϟিāϝ়াāϞে।

The fire was put out.

āϜুāχ āύুāĻŽাāχ āĻ—'āϞ।

The hunters made another fire and the kingfisher again put it out.

āϚিāĻ•াā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ে āφāĻ•ৌ āϜুāχ āϜ্āĻŦāϞাāϞে āφ⧰ু āĻŽাāϛ⧰োāĻ•াāϟোā§ąে āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϏেāϝ়া āύুāĻŽুā§ąাāϞে।

It was done for three to four times. The kingfisher got very tired.

āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে āϤিāύি-āϚাā§°িāĻŦাā§° āϕ⧰া āĻš'āϞ। āĻŽাāϛ⧰োāĻ•াāϟো āĻŦā§° āĻ­াāĻ—ā§°ি āĻĒā§°িāϞ।

Then the male hawk went to the turtle. The turtle quickly came at the location.

āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻŽāϤা āĻļেāύāϟো āĻ•াāĻ›āϟোā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰āϞৈ āĻ—'āϞ। āĻ•াāĻ›āϟো āĻ–ā§°āĻ–েāĻĻাāĻ•ৈ āϏেāχ āĻ াāχ āĻĒাāϞেāĻšি।

When he saw the burning fire, he dived into the water, collected some mud and with it put the fire out.

āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϏি āϜ্āĻŦāϞি āĻĨāĻ•া āϜুāχāĻ•ুā§°া āĻĻেāĻ–িāϞে, āϏি āĻĒাāύীāϤ āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻŽাā§°িāϞে, āĻ•িāĻ›ু āĻŦোāĻ•া āϏংāĻ—্ā§°āĻš āϕ⧰িāϞে āφ⧰ু āϤাā§°ে āϜুāχāĻ•ুā§°া āύুāĻŽুā§ąাāϞে।

As soon as the hunters saw the turtle, they wanted to kill it.

āϚিāĻ•াā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ে āĻ•াāĻ›āϟোāĻ• āĻĻেāĻ–া āĻŽাāϤ্ā§°āĻ•ে āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻŽাā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°িāϞে।

So the turtle dived deep into the water to protect itself. It feared to come out again.

āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āĻ•াāĻ›āϟোā§ąে āύিāϜāĻ•ে ā§°āĻ•্āώা āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻ—āĻ­ীā§°āϞৈ āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻŽাā§°িāϞে। āχ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻ“āϞাāχ āφāĻšিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ­āϝ় āϕ⧰িāϞে।

This time the male hawk flew to the lion for help.

āĻāχāĻŦাā§° āĻŽāϤা āĻļেāύāϟো āϏāĻšাāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϏিংāĻšāϟোā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰āϞৈ āω⧰ি āĻ—'āϞ।

In the meantime the hunters lighted another fire.

āχāĻĢাāϞে āϚিāĻ•াā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ে āφāύ āĻāĻ•ুā§°া āϜুāχ āϜ্āĻŦāϞাāϞে।

When the lion heard the story he came roaring at the place.

āϏিংāĻšāϟোā§ąে āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ•াāĻšিāύীāϟো āĻļুāύিāϞে, āϏি āĻ—ā§°্āϜāύ āϕ⧰ি āϏেāχ āĻ াāχ āĻĒাāϞেāĻšি।

On hearing the lion's roar, the hunters cried out with fear and ran away.

āϏিংāĻšā§° āĻ—ā§°্āϜāύ āĻļুāύি āϚিāĻ•াā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ে āĻ­āϝ়āϤ āϚিāĻžā§°ি āωāĻ িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻĻৌā§°ি āĻĒāϞাāϞ।

At last the kingfisher and the turtle also came on the scene.

āĻ…ā§ąāĻļেāώāϤ āĻŽাāϛ⧰োāĻ•া āφ⧰ু āĻ•াāĻ›āϟোā§ąেāĻ“ āϏেāχ āĻ াāχāϞৈ āφāĻšিāϞ।

They appreciated the efforts made by all and lived happily thereafter.

āϏিāĻšঁāϤে āϏāĻ•āϞোā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°āϚেāώ্āϟাāĻ• āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏা āϕ⧰িāϞে āφ⧰ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϏুāĻ–েā§°ে āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰িāϞে।

Moral: A friend in need is a friend indeed.

āύীāϤিāĻļিāĻ•্āώা: āĻŦিāĻĒāĻĻā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰াāϜāύেāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•ৃāϤ āĻŦāύ্āϧু।

(Source: Jataka Tales | āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ: āϜাāϤāϕ⧰ āϏাāϧু)

2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)

suggested: āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϞে
readily: āϞāĻ—ে āϞāĻ—ে / āϤāϤাāϤৈāϝ়াāĻ•ৈ
shore: āĻĒাā§° / āϤীā§°
fumes: āϧোঁā§ąা
blazed up: āĻĻāĻĒāĻĻāĻĒāĻ•ৈ āϜ্āĻŦāϞি āωāĻ িāϞ
overheard: āϞুāĻ•াāχ āĻļুāύা / āφ⧰ āĻĻি āĻļুāύা
sprinkled: āĻ›āϟিāϝ়াāϞে
dived: āĻĄুāĻŦ āĻŽাā§°িāϞে
appreciated: āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļংāϏা āϕ⧰িāϞে
efforts: āĻĒ্ā§°āϚেāώ্āϟা
make friends: āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦ āϕ⧰া
mud: āĻŦোāĻ•া

3. Comprehension Solutions

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

a) Where did the hawk family live?
Ans: The hawk family lived on a tree near a lake in a forest.

b) Who were there in the family?
Ans: There were a male hawk, a female hawk and their kids hawk in their family.

c) Whom did they make friends with?
Ans: They made friends with a lion, a kingfisher and a turtle.

d) Why could the hunters not sleep?
Ans: The hunters could not sleep because the flies and the mosquitoes disturbed them.

e) With what did the turtle put the fire out?
Ans: The turtle put the fire out with mud.

2. Match column A with column B and rewrite the sentences.

Ans:

  • The hunters built a fire on the shore of the lake.
  • The male hawk at first flew speedily to the kingfisher.
  • The kingfisher sprinkled water on the fire.
  • The turtle dived deep into the water.
  • On hearing the lion's roar the hunters cried out with fear and ran away.
3. Write whether the following statements are true or false.
  • a) The hawk family lived in a village. → False
  • b) The hunters were not able to find anything till night. → True
  • c) The bees and snakes disturbed the hunters. → False
  • d) The male hawk at first flew to the kingfisher for help. → True
  • e) The hunters decided to catch the young hawks for their breakfast. → True

4. Activities Solutions & Grammar

Activity 1: Fill in the blanks to make the sentences negative.

a) The pen ___ red.

Answer: The pen is not red.

b) The students ___ reading.

Answer: The students are not reading.

c) They ___ to Delhi last year.

Answer: They did not go to Delhi last year.

d) My friends ___ play football.

Answer: My friends do not play football.

e) Bakul ___ beautiful pictures.

Answer: Bakul does not draw beautiful pictures.

Activity 2: Complete the following table (Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative).
Affirmative: He wrote a book.
Negative: He did not write a book.
Interrogative: Did he write a book?
Affirmative: Ritu reads novels.
Negative: Ritu does not read novels.
Interrogative: Does Ritu read novels?
Affirmative: She swam in the river.
Negative: She did not swim in the river.
Interrogative: Did she swim in the river?
Affirmative: He sang a song.
Negative: He did not sing a song.
Interrogative: Did he sing a song?
Affirmative: Binita ate fruit.
Negative: Binita did not eat fruit.
Interrogative: Did Binita eat fruit?
Affirmative: You fly a kite.
Negative: You do not fly a kite.
Interrogative: Do you fly a kite?
Affirmative: He bought a book.
Negative: He did not buy a book.
Interrogative: Did he buy a book?
Affirmative: They play carrom.
Negative: They do not play carrom.
Interrogative: Do they play carrom?
Writing Activity

Question: Write a paragraph about Rubi's visit to Kaziranga National Park. (Using the given phrases)

Answer:
Rubi went on a holiday with her parents and brother to Kaziranga National Park. They went by bus and stayed in a lodge named Banani. During their trip, she enjoyed the beautiful scenery and saw many birds and animals. They went for an elephant ride at dawn and saw a one-horned rhinoceros. The elephant ride was her first experience, and she loved to see the monkeys. She also enjoyed the activities of the elephant calves. Overall, Rubi loved the trip very much.

5. Build Up Your Vocabulary

Synonyms (āϏāĻŽā§°্āĻĨāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)

anger - rage (āĻ–ং)
say - tell (āĻ•োā§ąা)
bad - evil (āĻŦেāϝ়া)
wealthy - rich (āϧāύী)
enemy - foe (āĻļāϤ্ā§°ু)
beautiful - pretty (āϧুāύীāϝ়া)
teach - educate (āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āĻĻিāϝ়া)
big - huge (āĻĄাāϙ⧰ / āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ)
small - little (āϏ⧰ু)
good - nice (āĻ­াāϞ)
fast - speedy (āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤ)

Antonyms (āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)

up - down (āĻ“āĻĒā§° - āϤāϞ)
long - short (āĻĻীāϘāϞ - āϚুāϟি)
clean - dirty (āĻĒā§°িāώ্āĻ•াā§° - āϞেāϤেā§°া)
happy - sad (āϏুāĻ–ী - āĻĻুāĻ–ী)
difficult - easy (āĻ•āĻ িāύ - āϏāĻšāϜ)
old - young (āĻŦুāĻĸ়া - āĻĄেāĻ•া)
sweet - bitter (āĻŽিāĻ া - āϤিāϤা)
joy - sorrow (āφāύāύ্āĻĻ - āĻĻুāĻ–)
soft - hard (āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ - āϟাāύ)
bad - good (āĻŦেāϝ়া - āĻ­াāϞ)
dry - wet (āĻļুāĻ•াāύ - āϤিāϤা)
war - peace (āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ - āĻļাāύ্āϤি)
live - die (āϜীāϝ়াāχ āĻĨāĻ•া - āĻŽā§°া)
tiny - huge (āĻ•্āώুāĻĻ্ā§° - āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ)
sick - healthy (āĻŦেāĻŽাā§°ী - āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ)
guest - host (āφāϞāĻšী - āĻ—ৃāĻšāϏ্āĻĨ)
late - early (āĻĒāϞāĻŽ - āϏোāύāĻ•াāϞে)
true - false (āϏঁāϚা - āĻŽিāĻ›া)
give - take (āĻĻিāϝ়া - āϞোā§ąা)
tight - loose (āϟাāύ - āĻĸিāϞা)
timid - brave (āĻ­āϝ়াāϤুā§° - āϏাāĻšāϏী)
buy - sell (āĻ•িāύা - āĻŦেāϚা)
full - empty (āĻ­ā§°্āϤি - āĻ–াāϞী)
win - lose (āϜিāĻ•া - āĻšā§°া)

6. FAQs on the Chapter

Q. What is the moral of the story "The Hawks and Their Friends"?

Ans: The moral of the story is "A friend in need is a friend indeed," which means a true friend is one who helps you during difficult times.

Q. Why did the male hawk make friends with the lion, kingfisher, and turtle?

Ans: The male hawk made friends with them because his wife, the female hawk, suggested it was a good idea to have friends in the forest.

Q. How did the kingfisher help the hawks when the fire blazed up?

Ans: The kingfisher helped by beating the water of the lake with its wings and repeatedly sprinkling water on the fire to put it out.

Q. Why did the hunters run away at the end?

Ans: The hunters ran away in deep fear when they heard the terrifying roar of the lion approaching the tree.

We hope these Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 5 English notes were helpful. If you have any doubts regarding The Hawks and Their Friends, please drop a comment below!

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