Neha’s Alarm Clock Class 4 Notes: CBSE English Chapter 1

About the Author

• Girija Rani Asthana, the author of "Neha's Alarm Clock" in Class 4 English Marigold, is known for her engaging and relatable children's stories. 

• Her writing often focuses on everyday situations that resonate with young readers, helping them enjoyably learn valuable life lessons. 

• Through her stories, she aims to instil good habits and moral values in children. 

• "Neha's Alarm Clock" is a wonderful example of her ability to capture the imagination of young readers while teaching them about responsibility and time management.

Neha’s Alarm Clock Revision Notes

• ‘Neha’s alarm clock’ written by Girija Rani Asthana is a short story that talks about a little girl’s struggles with waking up early.

• Neha’s alarm clock rings at 6 o’clock in the morning. Neha is irritated at its sound, she covers her ears and snuggles under the blanket. She mutters to herself in anger knowing that she has no other choice than to wake up.

• Neha wishes that the alarm clock forgets its job sometimes. To her amazement, one day the clock falls and breaks down. Neha was happy thinking that the clock won’t ring the next day and she can sleep peacefully.

• Next day, though the alarm does not ring, it is the little birds that come chirping near her window and wake her up. Neha is angry and she wishes that the birds leave her alone. 

• Even this wish of Neha comes true. The next morning, there is neither an alarm clock nor the chirpy birds but this time it is the big bright Sun that wakes Neha up. 

• Neha wishes that it would be wonderful if  Sun also leaves her alone so she can sleep peacefully.

• Next morning, as per her wish, the sun is also behind the clouds and Neha is sleeping peacefully. But this time, it is her mother who wakes her up.

• Something new happens the next morning. Neha wakes up on her own at 6 o’clock. She calls upon her mother and asks her who has woken her up this time. Her mother says that she has woken up on her own.

• Neha is surprised. She asks her mom how someone can wake up on her own. Her mom explains that she eats her lunch every day at one in the afternoon because she gets hungry, like she sleeps by nine at night as she feels sleepy, likewise, she wakes up at a particular time. There is a clock inside our bodies which tells us when to eat, sleep and wake up.

• Neha understands the concept and tells her mother that she has to rush or she will miss the bus. Her mother tells her that she can relax as it is a Sunday.

Moral of the Story

• This short story explains the concept of the biological clock through a simple story.

• We human beings are animals of habit. Once our body develops a habit over time, it behaves in the same way over and over again.

• The little girl Neha has her lunch regularly at one in the afternoon as she gets hungry by that time. She sleeps regularly at nine at night because by that time she feels sleepy. 

• Similarly, even when there is no alarm clock to wake her up, no birds or bright sunshine to disturb her sleep and her mother also does not wake her up, still she wakes up at six in the morning on her own like every day because she has a habit of waking up at that time.

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