Q1: Who wrote the poem about paper boats?
Ans: Rabindranath Tagore.
Q2: What does the child do with paper boats every day?
Ans: Floats them down a stream one by one.
Q3: What does the child write on the paper boats?
Ans: Their name and village in big black letters.
Q4: Why does the child write their name on the boats?
Ans: To let someone in a strange land know who they are.
Q5: What does the child put in the paper boats?
Ans: Shiuli flowers from their garden.
Q6: What does the child hope happens to the shiuli flowers?
Ans: They reach another land safely by night.
Q7: What does the child see in the sky while launching boats?
Ans: Clouds with white bulging sails.
Q8: Who does the child imagine sends the clouds?
Ans: A playmate in the sky.
Q9: What does the child compare the clouds to?
Ans: Boats racing with their paper boats.
Q10: What does the child do when night comes?
Ans: Buries their face in their arms and dreams.
Q11: What does the child dream about their boats?
Ans: They float under the midnight stars.
Q12: Who sails in the boats in the child’s dream?
Ans: Fairies of sleep.
Q13: What do the fairies carry in the boats?
Ans: Baskets full of dreams.
Q14: What is one moral of the poem?
Ans: Small actions can carry big dreams and hopes.
Q15: What does the poem encourage us to stay?
Ans: Curious and joyful in simple things.