The document is a reading passage about a flock of doves led by King Kalapati. While eating rice under a tree, the doves are trapped in a hunter's net. King Kalapati comes up with a plan for the doves to work together to lift the net and fly away. They seek help from a mouse to chew through the net and free the doves.
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Lesson 37
1. Read the words with /ow/.
blow grow row
stow
bow know show tow
flow slow snowlow
9. One day, the flock of
doves flew low to look for
food led by King Kalapati.
They found some rice
scattered beneath a
10. tree. So all the doves landed
and began to eat.
(What do you think happened next?)
11. Without warning a huge net
fell over them and they were all
trapped. They saw a hunter
approaching them carrying a
cage.
(What do you think happened next?)
12. The doves wildly flapped
their wings trying to get
out, but they could not. King
Kalapati got an idea.
He told all the doves to
13. fly up together. Each dove
picked up a part of the net
and together they
flew off carrying the net
with them.
(What do you think happened next?)
14. The hunter was surprised. He
tried to follow them,
but they were flying high over
the trees and over
the field. They flew to a nearby
farm where there
15. lived a small mouse under a
tree who was a faithful friend
of King Kalapati.
(What do you think happened next?)
16. When the mouse heard the
loud flapping of wings, he
was afraid and went into
hiding. King Kalapati gently
called out
17. to him and then the mouse
was happy to see him. The
dove king explained that
they were caught in a net
and
19. The mouse chewed the net
with his teeth and set
the doves free. They all
thanked the mouse and
flew away together.
(What do you think happened next?)
21. Answer the following
questions:
1. What kind of birds flew
together?
2. Why did they fly together?
22. 3. Who led the flock of doves?
4. How and where did they find
their food?
5. What happened while the
doves were eating?
23. 6. What did they do when they
were caught
in the net?
7. How did the birds escape the
hunter?
8. How did the birds get out of the
net?
24. Antonyms are words that
have opposite meanings.
Let us study the sentences.
30. 1. When school is over, we do
many things in the playground.
Roy brings out his ball. He goes to
the court with his friends. One of
the boys checks the hoop.
What will the boys do?
31. 2. Joe stops at the library. He
comes out with a book. He finds a
bench under a big tree. He sits
down.
What will Joe do?
32. Complete each sentence.
Choose a word from
the box that means the
opposite of the word
under the line.