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Raintree 1 Little Blue Daisies

 Summary – Little Blue Daisies

The poem, Little Blue Daisies, has a lot of rhyming words and is full of sounds and actions. The poem

tells the reader a story about some daisies blooming in a flowerbed that do not let a ladybird, a

grasshopper and a bee sit on them, till finally they feel happy when they see a butterfly come flapping. 

POEM LITTLE BLUE DAISIES

Comprehension

A. 1. The little blue daisies are in the flowerbed.

2. The ladybird was red in colour.

3. The ladybird flew away because the little blue daisies were not friendly to her.

4. The grasshopper hopped away from the daisies.

5. The bumblebee was singing a song to himself.

6. The butterfly was the last to come to the blue daisies.

B. 1. A grasshopper can hide without being seen because it is the same green colour as the leaves.

2. No the little blue daisies were not friendly. They did not allow the ladybird, the grasshopper or the

bumblebee to sit on them. They told all of them to go away.

C. 1. ladybird 2. hop away 3. bumblebee 4. flap flap flap

D. Answers will vary:

1. mosquito / cricket 2. fly / wasp 3. cricket / cockroach

LITTLE BLUE DAISIES POEM

A. Answer in brief.

1. Who came first to the little blue daisies and what did they do?

 Ans: A ladybird came first to the little blue daises, but the daises asked it to fly away. So the poor

ladybird flew away.

2. What did the grasshopper do and what did the daises tell him?

 Ans: The grasshopper hid in the green leaves so that he could not be seen. The blue daises told

him to go away, so the poor grasshopper hopped away.

3. Who did the daises ask to fly away and who did they welcome?

 Ans: The daises asked the bumblebee to fly away, so the poor bumblebee flew away. But when

the butterfly came, they welcomed it with a clap.

B. Answer in detail.

Who came to the little blue daisies and what did the daisies tell them?

 Ans: First the ladybird came to the daisies and they told it to fly away. The blue daises told the

grasshopper to hop away. When the bumblebee came, they told him to fly away too. But when the

butterfly came, they welcomed it with a clap.

C. Read the lines and answer the questions.

1. Third came the bumblebee

 black black black

 Humming to himself

 a brand new song

 a. What colour was the bumblebee?

 b. What was he doing?

 c. What did the daisies tell the bumblebee?

 Ans: a. The bumblebee was black in colour.

 b. He was humming to himself.

 c. The daisies told him to fly away.

2. Last came the butterfly

 flap, flap, flap

 Welcome cried the daisy

 clap, clap, clap.

 a. Who came last?

 b. What did the daisies say on seeing the butterfly?

 c. How did they welcome the butterfly?

 Ans: a. The butterfly came last.

 b. On seeing the butterfly, the daisies said ‘welcome.’

 c. They welcomed the butterfly with a clap.

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