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B. Match the following.
Himalayas returns with cold windows
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
Usha butter-yellow
Flower a season
Winter still seemed mid-winter
Spring tied a scarf

Checking Understanding

A. Which words/phrases in the story are related to weather?
Complete the following chart.

Storm

Weather Cold

B. Answer the questions.

1) Who was Usha? What did she point out to the author?
2) Why did the author not allow Usha to pluck the flower?
3) What did Usha mean by ‘it will be finished if it rains’? Was it ‘finished’?
4) How did Usha save the flower?
5) When did the flowers come back?
6) Who found them again? Where?
7) How did the writer play a part in keeping the flowers alive?
8) Why do you think the hill people called the flower basant?

Going the Extra Mile

How did the writer play a part in keeping the flowers alive?

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