KTBS Class 8 English (TL) 4If Mice Could Roar

🐭✨ If Mice Could Roar – Class 8 English Poem Summary & Explanation

Subject: English (Third Language)
Class: 8th Standard
Board: Karnataka State Board (KSEEB)
Poem Title: If Mice Could Roar
Poet: Ruskin Bond
Theme: Power of imagination and creativity 🌈

🔤 1. Meaning of the Poem Title

📝 If Mice Could Roar means जर उंदीर डरकाळ्या फोडू शकले असते – this is an imaginative sentence. The poem is filled with such funny and magical ideas that are impossible in real life but fun to imagine.

🌼 2. Introduction of the Poem

📘 In English:

This is a fun poem filled with imagination. The poet makes us think about strange but funny things – like a tortoise running fast or teachers getting lost in the mail! Such poems help us use our creativity and enjoy the world of dreams.

📗 In Marathi:

ही कविता कल्पनेने भरलेली आहे. कविने मजेदार आणि अशक्य गोष्टींचे वर्णन केले आहे – जसे की उंदीर डरकाळ्या फोडत आहेत किंवा गुरफटलेले शिक्षक पोस्टमध्ये हरवले! ही कविता वाचताना खूप मजा येते.

🧑‍🎨 3. About the Poet – Ruskin Bond

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Name: Ruskin Bond
Born: 19 May 1934
Famous For: Children's stories and poems
Style: Simple, imaginative, and joyful

Ruskin Bond is a famous Indian author. He writes beautiful poems and stories that children love. He often writes about nature, imagination, and simple joys of life.

📜 4. Poem Text – If Mice Could Roar

If mice could roar 

And elephants soar 

And trees grow up in the sky; 

If tigers could dine 

On biscuits and wine, 

And the fattest of men could fly;

If pebbles could sing 

And bells never ring 

And teachers get lost in the post; 

If a tortoise could run 

And losses be won, 

And bullies be buttered on toast;

If a song brought a shower, 

And a gun grew a flower, 

This world would be nicer than most!

🌈 5. Meaning of the Poem in Marathi (Simple)

ही कविता कल्पनेवर आधारित आहे. कवि म्हणतो की जर उंदीर डरकाळी फोडू शकले, हत्ती उडू शकले, झाडे आकाशात वाढली, वाघ बिस्किटे आणि वाइन खाल्ली, आणि जाड माणसे उडू शकली – तर किती मजा येईल!

जर खडे गाणी म्हणू शकले, घंटा कधीच वाजल्या नाहीत आणि शिक्षक पोस्टमध्ये हरवले, तर काय होईल?

जर कासव धावू लागले, नुकसान म्हणजेच फायदा झाला आणि दादागिरी करणाऱ्या मुलांना ब्रेडवर लावून खाल्ले, तर जग खूप मजेदार झाले असते.

शेवटी तो म्हणतो – जर गाण्याने पाऊस आला आणि बंदुकीतून फुले आली, तर जग सगळ्यांत छान झाले असते!

📚 6. Glossary –

📖 7. Stanza-wise Explanation – 

✨ Stanza 1

If mice could roar 

And elephants soar 

And trees grow up in the sky; 

If tigers could dine 

On biscuits and wine, 

And the fattest of men could fly;

🔹 English: The poet imagines a world where mice can roar, elephants can fly, and trees grow into the sky.
🔹 Marathi: कविने कल्पना केली आहे की उंदीर डरकाळ्या फोडतात, हत्ती उडतात आणि झाडे आकाशात वाढतात.

✨ Stanza 2

If pebbles could sing 

And bells never ring 

And teachers get lost in the post; 

If a tortoise could run 

And losses be won, 

And bullies be buttered on toast;

🔹 English: What if stones could sing and school bells never rang? What if teachers got lost in the mail?
🔹 Marathi: जर खडे गात असते, शाळेच्या घंटा कधीच वाजल्या नसत्या, आणि शिक्षक टपालामध्ये हरवले असते – तर?

✨ Stanza 3

If a song brought a shower, 

And a gun grew a flower, 

This world would be nicer than most!

🔹 English: If songs brought rain and guns gave flowers, the world would be more beautiful.
🔹 Marathi: जर गाणी ऐकून पाऊस पडला आणि बंदुकीतून फुले आली – तर हे जग सर्व जगांपेक्षा छान झाले असते.

💡 8. Central Idea / Theme

📘 In English:

The poem is about imagination. It teaches us that thinking creatively can make the world happier and more colorful.

📗 In Marathi:

ही कविता कल्पकतेवर आधारित आहे. कल्पना वापरल्याने आपले जग सुंदर आणि आनंदी बनते हे ती शिकवते.

✍️ 9. Grammar Activities

✅ A. Fill in the blanks

1.    If __________ could roar, the world would be funny.

2.  If a song brought a __________, the world would be better.

3.  If bullies were __________ on toast, we would laugh.

✅ B. Match the Rhyming Words

✅ C. Imagine & Write (Creative Writing)

👉 Write 2 funny things you imagine, like:

• If my books could talk,
• If my pencil could dance…