1. 4. GOING FOR WATER

2. The well was beside the house.

3. It was dry.

4. So the children went to the brook to fetch water in the evening.

5. A pail means a bucket. A pail means a bucket.

6. The brook was behind the house, across the fields in the woods.

7. The climate was chill.

8. They ran into the forest like the clouds going to meet the moon.

9. They enjoyed the sight of the moon.

10. They were no birds or breeze.

11. They played hide and seek game with the moon in the moonlight.

12. Later they heard the noise of the brook.

13. When they reached the brook, they saw the water.

14. Water had fallen in the pool like pearls.

15. It seemed like a silver blade when it fell.

16. Brook – a small stream Brook – a small stream

17. Children wanted to go to the brook by running.

18. The moon dawned behind the trees

19. The boughs were barren.

20. Gnomes – Dwarfs or Guards of gold in underground.

22. P. KAMATCHI KARUR