Chapter 10: How Creatures Move & The Ship of the Desert

Answer:
1. Ship of the Desert: Just as a ship travels smoothly across ocean waters carrying people and cargo, the camel is the only animal that can travel tirelessly across vast sandy deserts without food or water for days.
2. Padded Feet: The camel has thick, wide, flat padded feet. The broad pads prevent its feet from sinking into loose sand, and the thick skin prevents the burning heat of the sand (over 200°F) from scorching its soles.

Adaptation Facts:
• The Hump: The camel stores fat (stored food reserve) in its hump, which its body uses when food is unavailable.
• Desert Diet: It eats prickly thorns and desert bushes. Its mouth and tongue are so thick that sharp thorns cannot prick or hurt it.

Movement Matching:
• 1. Lion → Walks on padded paws
• 2. Monkey → Swings by tail
• 3. Worm → Wiggles
• 4. Bird → Flies in air.

Adaptation Science & Comprehension:
(a) Ship of the Desert:
• The camel is called the Ship of the Desert because it can navigate smoothly across endless oceans of burning desert sand dunes just like a ship sails across the sea.

(b) Walking on Hot Sand:
• Camels have broad, thick, padded feet that do not sink into loose sand, and the thick skin protects against scorching heat.

(c) Hump & Survival:
• The camel stores food as fat in its hump and can survive up to two weeks (14 days) without drinking water.

Poem Analysis:
(a) Animal Movements:
• Lion $\rightarrow$ Walks on padded paws
• Squirrel $\rightarrow$ Hops and leaps from limb to limb
• Fly $\rightarrow$ Creeps straight up a wall
• Worm $\rightarrow$ Wiggles all around / crawls.

(b) Boys and Girls:
• Boys and girls have much more fun because they can do all movements: they can leap, dance, walk, and run!

Story Dialogue:
• When the camel proudly offers to carry the lion across the desert sand, the lion looks down at his own paws, feels the blazing heat of the sand, and says respectfully: 'No, thank you! I'd rather stay right here in my cool green forest!'

Comprehension:
The speaker feels joyful, alert, and full of wonder. She observes the waking sun, singing birds, buzzing bees, and blowing winds, greeting all of nature with happiness.

Model Response:
1. I brush my teeth and wash my face with cool water.
2. I drink a warm glass of water or milk.
3. I do a few light morning stretches and wish my family 'Good Morning'.

Nature Words:
1. Breeze (gentle wind)
2. Blossom (blooming flowers)
3. Sunbeam (shaft of sunlight)
4. Meadow (green grassland).

Model Answer:
The flowers loved the children because the children brought their watering cans to water their thirsty roots and gently dug up the ground so the flowers could grow healthily.

Plurals:
• (a) Flower — Flowers
• (b) Bird — Birds
• (c) Child — Children (irregular plural)
• (d) Leaf — Leaves (f changes to ves).

Adding -ing:
• (a) Sing + ing = Singing
• (b) Dance + ing = Dancing (drop the 'e')
• (c) Run + ing = Running (double the 'n')
• (d) Play + ing = Playing.

Practical Steps:
1. Regular Watering: Form a student garden club to water plants daily during recess.
2. Protection: Put up small protective fences and never pluck leaves or blossoms unnecessarily.

Matching:
• (a) Bee — (2) Buzz
• (b) Sparrow — (1) Chirp
• (c) Duck — (3) Quack.

Imaginative Dialogue:
The robin said, 'Look at those funny humans! They don't have feathers and they can't even sit on wires!' The sparrow chirped in reply, 'Yes, and they have to walk everywhere on their feet!'

Core Message:
The chapter teaches us to appreciate nature, treat every living creature with tenderness, and cherish the simple joys of our surroundings.