1. THIS E- LESSION IS PREPARED BY
MRS. RANJEETA SENAPATI
TGT (ENGLISH)
JNV CUTTACK, ODISHA

2. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises
Before we proceed
Walk across a green field, a park or ever under a
clump of trees, and you will notice many wonderful
things. What are some of the surprises a meadow has
for someone with a keen eye and a sharp ear?

3. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises
Meadow surprises
-Lois Brandt Phillips
About the poetLouis Philips was born in Prussia and moved to
California in the early 1850s. He moved to
Spadra{now part of Pomona} in 1862 and began
engaging in sheep hearding and cattle raising. In
1864, Schlesinger and Tischler acquired the Rancho
San Jose in a foreclosure Phillips, who had previously
been a manager on the ranch, bought 12000 acres
out of the foreclosure. He died of pneumonia in 1900
and is interred at Spadra Cemetery, Pomona.

4. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises
Meadows have surprises
You can find them if you look;
Walk softly through the velvet grass,
And listen by the brook.
Brook-A small river

5. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises
You may see a butterfly
Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up.
A buttercup-A flower

6. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises
You may scare a rabbit
Who is sitting very still;
Though at first you may not see him,
When he hops you will
Scare-Frighten , Afraid of

7. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises
A dandelion whose fuzzy head
Was golden days ago
Has turned to airy parachutes
That flutters when you blow

8. E- Lesson On Meadow Surprises
Explore the meadow houses,
The burrows in the ground,
A nest beneath tall grasses,
The ant’s amazing mound.
Mound-A small heap of sand

9. Oh! Meadows have surprises
And many things to tell;
You may discover these yourself,
If you look and listen well.