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# Anandi’s Rainbow

## Overview
In this chapter, Anandi wakes up to a bright rainbow after a rainstorm and rushes into her garden with her cat, Milli, to paint the flowers using the seven colours of the rainbow. Through her creative activity, readers learn the names of rainbow colours and see how Anandi uses them—while leaving yellow for the sun—followed by a series of related questions and activities for practice.

## Key Story Elements
- **Main Character**: Anandi, a young girl who loves to draw and paint.
- **Supporting Character**: Milli, Anandi’s favourite cat.
- **Setting**: Anandi’s home and garden just after a rainstorm under a clear blue sky.
- **Central Object**: The rainbow with its seven distinct colours.

## Summary of Events
1. **Dream and Discovery**
- Anandi dreams of rainbows while it’s raining outside.
- She wakes up, sees a huge rainbow across a clear blue sky, and calls Milli to join her.

2. **Painting the Garden**
- Anandi decides to paint her garden flowers with each rainbow colour in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, orange, red.
- She deliberately leaves yellow unpainted so the sun appears “bright and gay.”

3. **Rainbow’s Disappearance**
- As soon as the flowers and sun are coloured, the rainbow vanishes—mirroring how rainbows appear and disappear in nature.

## Questions and Activities

### Comprehension Questions
1. Have you seen a rainbow?
2. When did you see it?
3. Where did you see it?
4. What colour is the sky during sunrise and sunset?

### Observational Activity
- Go outside and look at the sky.
- Do you see clouds? What shapes do they form?
- Draw the shapes you observe in the clouds.

### Speaking Activity (“Let us speak”)
- Watch the sky at sunrise, sunset, and night.
- Share your observations with the class.

### Writing Activity (“Let us write”)
A. Write about yourself:
- My name is ________________.
- I am ______________ years old.
- I study in ________________ school.
- My favourite colour is ________________.
- I like ______________________.

B. Colour the Indian flag.

### Riddle Answers

1. Orange
2. Coconut
3. Onion
4. Grapes

### Creative Craft
- **Cat Mask**: Cut and colour a cat mask as shown in the activity.

## New Words and Simple Definitions
- **Rainbow**: An arc of colours formed in the sky by sunlight shining through raindrops.
- **Violet**: The colour at the end of the rainbow, between blue and invisible ultraviolet.
- **Indigo**: A deep blue colour between violet and blue in the rainbow.
- **Gay** (in old usage): Bright and cheerful.
- **Comprehension**: Understanding what you read or see.

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