The Rainbow Chasers (page 52-53)

The Rainbow Chasers





They went to find the rainbow’s end:

‘It’s just a field away!

Please let us go. We promise

We’ll be back by the end of play.’

The teacher smiled, said, ‘Actually’

It’s raindrops in the sky.

You’ll find it doesn’t come to earth

Still, you could go and try

They went to find the rainbow’s end,

Quite certain that they could:

‘No, not this field, the next one though!

It’s just inside the wood.’

And so it was, and so it was,

A warm, calm floor of light;

They stepped into its radiance

And danced form sheer delight.

They went to find the rainbow’s end

Deep in a woodland glade;

Saw colours never seen before,

Then watched them slowly fade.

When they came back the teacher teased

‘Well, what’s the treasure worth?’

Serene, wide-eyed, a child replied,

‘This time it came to earth.’

Eric Finney



Woodland glade open space without trees in a forest

Serene calm and peaceful







 Answer these
questions.







1.      What/who was does ‘they’ refer to?

        The children.



2.      
What do they mean by ‘the end of play’?

        After going finding the rainbow end.



3       What are the words that tell you that the
children in the poem were very

       well behaved and the teacher was kind and
friendly?

       The teacher smiled, said, actually.



4.      
What did the children hope to find at the
rainbow’s end?

        Treasure.



5.      
What did the teacher say the rainbow’s was?

        The rainbow's was a warm, calm floor of light.



6.      
What did they actually find in the woods?

        The rainbow end.



7.      
How do we know that the children were not disappointed?

        They danced from sheer delight.