“Trees are for apples to grow on, or pears.” Do you agree that one purpose of a tree is to have fruit on it? Or do you think this line is humorous?

Based on the following points write a story :

● Your aunt has gone to her mother’s house.

● Your uncle does his cooking.

● He is absent-minded.

● He puts vegetables on the stove.

● He begins to clean his bicycle outside.

● The neighbour calls out saying something is burning.

● Your uncle rushes to the kitchen.

● To save vegetables, he puts some oil on them.

● Unfortunately, it’s machine oil, not cooking oil.

● What do you think happens to the vegetables?

What are the games or human activities which use trees, or in which trees also ‘participate’?

“Trees are to make no shade in winter.” What does this mean? (Contrast this line with the line immediately before it.)

With the help of your partner, try to rewrite some lines in the poem, or add new ones of your own as in the following examples.

Trees are for birds to build nests in.

Trees are for people to sit under.

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Now try to compose a similar poem about water, or air.