Choose the correct words from the brackets to complete the summary of the poem given below.
The poet sends paper boats down a 1. ____ (stream/river) each day, writing his name and the name of his 2. ____ (school/village) on them. He hopes that someone in a 3. ____ (strange/familiar) land will find them and know who he is. The poet fills his boats with 4. ____ (rose/shiuli) flowers from his garden, hoping they will be safely carried to another land at 5. ____ (night/morning). As he launches his boats, he imagines that the 6. ____ (clouds/birds) in the sky are like friends, racing with his boats. At night, he dreams that his paper boats continue to 7. ____ (swim/float) under the midnight stars, with the fairies of sleep sailing in them, their baskets full of 8. ____ (dreams/fruits).
- stream
- village
- strange
- shiuli
- night
- clouds
- float
- dreams
Explanation
The poem states 'Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream.' The poet writes 'the name of the village where I live.' He hopes 'someone in some strange land will find them.' He loads boats 'with shiuli flower from our garden' hoping they reach 'safely to land in the night.' He sees 'little clouds setting the white bulging sails' and dreams that 'my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars' with 'baskets full of dreams.'