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Activity

In the poem ‘The Ki en at Play’ the poet writes about a playful cat as the main
character. Find and read other poems or stories in which an animal’s ac vi es are
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described in detail. Given below is a poem describing birds playing in a birdbath .
Read the poem aloud in class.

The Birds’ Bath

In our garden we have made

Such a pretty little pool,

Lined with pebbles neatly laid,

Filled with water clean and cool.

When the sun shines warm and high

Robins cluster round its brink,

Never one comes flying by

But will flutter down to drink.

Then they splash and splash and splash,

Spattering little showers bright

All around, till off they flash

Singing sweetly their delight.

Evaleen Stein

* birdbath: a basin full of water kept in a garden for birds
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