NCERT Solutions for Class 8th English Chapter 4 Environment

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The Cherry Tree (Ruskin Bond) — Six-year-old Rakesh plants a cherry seed in his grandfather's garden in Mussoorie. A goat strips it, a woman's scythe cuts it in two, snow bends it double — and still it grows, until at the end Rakesh touches its bark and wonders, 'Is this what it feels to be God?' Harvest Hymn (Sarojini Naidu) — A four-stanza song of thanksgiving set at harvest time. Men's Voices praise Surya and Varuna, Women's Voices praise Prithvi, and All Voices praise Brahma. The archaic thou / thee / thy / thine and the repeated 'We bring thee…' give it the shape of a temple chant. Waiting for the Rain (Kamakshi Balasubramanian) — Velu's fields lie cracked and empty after the rains fail. An old woman under a tree tells him what neither astrologers nor the weather office could: the ear

• The Cherry Tree (Ruskin Bond)
• Harvest Hymn (Sarojini Naidu)
• Waiting for the Rain (Kamakshi Balasubramanian)