CBSE Class 7 · English · Honeycomb
Trees
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 7 English.
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About the author
Shirley Bauer's poem imagines how different people react when trees shed leaves in autumn (fall) - mothers sigh, fathers rake, kids capture leaves - ending with the sound TIMBER when trees are cut.
Summary
Trees make oxygen and clean the air - they work hard for us.
Opening lines praise trees as workers purifying air and giving oxygen.
In fall, leaves drop and piles grow; each family member reacts differently.
Autumn ("fall") brings heaps of dead leaves and different responses.
Mothers sigh over mess; fathers rake the leaves again and again.
Parents show tired responsibility - sighing and raking.
Children capture leaves, make piles and jump - fun amid work.
Kids turn the season into play, contrasting adult labour.
The poem ends with the cry TIMBER when trees are cut - sudden seriousness.
Extended TIMBER mimics the sound of falling trees, shifting tone from play to loss.
We depend on trees but also cut them - the poem asks us to notice both.
Bauer balances gratitude for trees' work with awareness of destruction.
Hard words & meanings
| rake | gather leaves with a tool |
| timber | cry when tree falls |
| oxygen | air we breathe |
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