THE WIND AND THE MOON Gul Mohar Reader Class 6

 

THE WIND AND THE MOON


Poem summary:


The Wind told the Moon that he would blow her out because he did not like her watching to see what he was doing, like a ghost in a chair. The Wind blew so hard that the Moon went behind the clouds to sleep. The Wind slept too, thinking he had got the Moon out of the way.

But later, he saw her again high in the sky with one ghostly eye open, alive and shining. The Wind was determined to blow her out until she became a sliver. Then he decided that one good blast would snuff her out. He puffed and the
Moon disappeared. The stars shone mildly and the Wind enjoyed himself blowing over heath and town whistling and roaring like a mad clown.

And suddenly, he saw a sliver of Moon in the sky. He was furious and his head nearly burst, but it was of no use. The more he blew the more the Moon grew. She sat on her throne in the sky, a radiant queen.

The Wind was surprised at his own power; he thought he had blown the Moon away with his breath and then blown it in. But the Moon knew nothing of the Wind’s fury. She has not heard his roar for she sat high up in the sky, far above the Wind, shining on the earth.





THE WIND AND THE MOON



Understanding the Poem


A. 1. The Wind is angry with the Moon because he thinks that she is always keeping a watch on him. He is threatening to blow her out of the sky.


2. c


3. In order to express his glee, the Wind blew violently all across the world, making loud, shrill and harsh noises while doing so. But this feeling of glee did not last as the Moon slowly reappeared in the sky.


4. But in vain was the pain of his bursting brain;


5. In this stanza, the Wind thinks so highly of himself because he believes that he himself blew the Moon out of the sky and then back in, using the power of his breath. These thoughts make us feel that the Wind is overconfident of his abilities and is conceited.

6. The Moon is unaware of what the Wind has been trying to do because she is somewhere high up above in space, above the earth’s atmosphere where the Wind cannot even reach her.