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Unique Unison:
Man & Nature
Index
S. Topic Date Pg. No. Sign
No
11 Unique Unison

• Vocabulary

• Question Answer
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p
7CguyiCWck
Let’s Read...
• Stern – strict
• Prohibited – forbidden/
banned
• Migratory - wandering

• KO-LLU-GUDI-PATTI
(Small village with 50
families)
• Nesting Ground for
migratory birds like
spoonbills, egrets,
cormorants etc
• Hunting Prohibited
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m/watch?v=p7CguyiCWck
 Migratory Birds

Spoonbills Night Herons

Egrets Cormorants
• Marshy – swampy/muddy
• Mangrove - dense
vegetation in swamp
• Prime - main

The migratory birds nest in

mangroves. These birds
brought fame and tourists to
the village. The villagers loved
and cared for these birds in
return. This mutual
relationship benefitted all.
• Unanimously – collectively
• Scare – frighten
• Coincides – overlap
• Falter - stumble

The festival of Diwali is

celebrated by them
without any crackers
because they didn’t
want to scare the birds.
United
we
stand
and
divided
we fall
 Question Answer

Q.1 Describe the village Kollugudipatti.

………small village on Melur Tirupattur Road, Tamil Nadu…….Close knit 50

families…….welcomes visitors with stern message- “Hunting Prohibited”………
nesting ground of migratory birds…..

Q.2 Name the migratory birds that visit Kollugudipatti. Where do they nest?

……….spoonbills, egrets. night-herons, cormorants………nest in a patch of marshy

land in waist deep water which creates a mangrove.
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Q.3 How do the villagers treat migratory birds?

………..with a lot of love and respect…….even have names for each one of them
………… celebrate cracker free Diwali to let these birds nest in peace…… banned
hunting to protect their feathered friends.

Q.4 What was the sacrifice made by the villagers and why?

………unanimously decided to celebrate silent Diwali without crackers as the noise

may scare the birds away or the crackers may hurt the birds or destyroy their
nests……… do not want even a single bird to be harmed.
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Q.5 What happens when people come together for a valid cause?
…….. When we are united, the unsurmountable is overcome and the invincible is
conquered……..no hurdle can stop one from reaching the destination……..if only
one person fires the cracker, everybody’s sacrifice will be wasted…..the desired
outcome is achieved only when everyone comes together for the cause.
Q.6 Man and Nature must co-exist for peace and harmony. Justify the statement.

Man cultivates nature and nature nurtures man…..they coexist and ones doom
will end the other……..as in the chapter………villagers created safe haven for the
birds to nest and birds brought fame to them.
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Q.7 The story ends with a beautiful message. Elaborate.

……….mutual relationship of the birds and the villagers ……..collective efforts of

the villagers ……teach us that life becomes easy and beautiful if we live in peace
and cooperation with our fellow beings. …….united we stand, divided we fall.
Thank you