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).
The poet sends paper boats down a ____ (stream/river) each day
stream
writing his name and the name of his ____ (school/village) on them
village
He hopes that someone in a ____ (strange/familiar) land will find them
strange
The poet fills his boats with ____ (rose/shiuli) flowers from his garden
shiuli
hoping they will be safely carried to another land at ____ (night/morning)
night
he imagines that the ____ (clouds/birds) in the sky are like friends, racing with his boats
clouds
At night, he dreams that his paper boats continue to ____ (swim/float) under the midnight stars
float
their baskets full of ____ (dreams/fruits)
dreams
Explanation
(1) The poem states 'I float my paper boats one by one down the running stream.' (2) The poem states 'the name of the village where I live.' (3) The poem states 'someone in some strange land will find them.' (4) The poem states 'I load my little boats with shiuli flower from our garden.' (5) The poem states 'these blooms of the dawn will be carried safely to land in the night.' (6) The poem states 'see the little clouds setting the white bulging sails' and 'what playmate of mine in the sky.' (7) The poem states 'dream that my paper boats float on and on under the midnight stars.' (8) The poem states 'the lading is their baskets full of dreams.'