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Raintree 3 Every Time I Climb a Tree

Summary: Every Time I Climb a Tree
Every Time I Climb a Tree is a poem by David McCord.
This is a fun poem all about a child climbing a tree. The poem describes what it
is like to climb a tree. It tells us what the little boy sees from the tree when he
gets to the top.
He skins his knees. He gets his clothes ripped. He dodges bees. The poet likes
being out with nature and the tree puts him closer to birds and bees and ants.
The bees and the ants say, “Where have you been?” when climbs up the tree.
The speaker feels “free” when climbing trees because nothing stops him from
seeing many things. He likes to “spot a nest that has an egg or maybe three”. He
likes the view from the tree with the rooftops and fields and farms. According to
the speaker, all the things he sees are worth the scrapes and tears.
This poem is short and easy to read. The topic of the poem is of interest to
children. This poem has a lot of repetition and rhyming that adds to its rhythm.
The speaker repeats "every time I climb a tree" to show that he climbs a lot of
trees.

POEM: EVERY TIME I CLIMB A TREE
Comprehension
A. 1. In the poem the line Every time I climb a tree is repeated to show that the speaker climbs trees
often.
2. The speakers rips his pants, gets hurt, gets bitten by ants still he feels it is worth all the trouble.
3. When the speaker says the other leg, he means that he has hurt one leg already and this is the
second one.
4. The speaker mentions ants, a bee and a nest with three eggs.
5. The speaker sees swallows, rooftops, TV, fields and farms from the top of the tree.
B. 1. The speaker enjoys climbing trees. Even if he hurts himself and spoils his clothes, he keeps doing it
again and again.
2. The birds and animals on the tree seem friendly towards the speaker. We know this when he says
they ask him “Where have you been?”

3. The speaker feels free because nothing stops the speaker from seeing many things.
4. Free response
C. tree: knee, bee, me, free, three, see, be
D. Free response
Every time I’m with my friend
I laugh, I play, I sing, I dance
I don’t miss a chance.
And every time I’m with my friend
We have fun,
We run in the sun.
Sometimes we fight,
for what we think is right.
But every time I’m with my friend
I think, he might not be the best boy in school
But for me, he is totally cool.

EVERYTIME I CLIMB A TREE POEM
A. Answer in brief.
1. Does the speaker climb trees often? How do we know this?
 Ans: Yes, the speaker climbs trees often. We know this from the line ‘Every time I climb a tree’. The
line is repeated many times in the poem.
2. When the speaker says that ‘Though climbing may be good for ants, It isn’t awfully good for pants.’
What does he mean?
 Ans: He means that while climbing trees, he sometimes tears his pants as they get stuck in the
branches or scrape against the tree trunk, but nothing happens to ants while climbing trees.
B. Answer in detail.
1. How do we know that the speaker loves to climb trees?
 Ans: Every time the speaker climbs a tree, he scrapes his leg against the rough tree trunk, or the
skin on his knees comes off. Sometimes he gets ants all over him and he has to avoid bees. But in
spite of all this, he still climbs trees. This shows that he actually loves to climb trees.
C. Read the lines and answer the questions.
1. I like it best
 To spot a nest
 That has an egg
 Or maybe three.
 a. What does the speaker spot when he climbs a tree?
 b. What does he want to see in the nest?
 Ans: a. When he climbs a tree, the speaker spots a nest.
 b. He wants to see one or more eggs in the nest.

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