Download Fables and Folk Tales – NCERT Class 6 English Unit 1 PDF from the new NCERT Class 6 English book Poorvi (2026-27). Read the unit online or download the free PDF. It has the lessons A Bottle of Dew, The Raven and the Fox, Rama to the Rescue.
Fables and Folk Tales PDF – Unit 1 of Poorvi
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| Chapter | Download | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 PDF | Fables and Folk Tales | View PDF |
| Full book | NCERT Class 6 English – Poorvi | View Book |
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What Is in Fables and Folk Tales? (Class 6 English Unit 1)
- The unit has three texts. A Bottle of Dew is a story about Rama Natha, who wastes his life hunting for a magic potion until a sage tricks him into six years of honest work on his own land.
- The Raven and the Fox is a fable in verse. Reynard the Fox flatters a raven into opening his beak to sing — and the morsel of food falls straight into the Fox’s mouth.
- Rama to the Rescue is a folk tale from Tamil Nadu, told as a comic strip. A husband and wife trap a thief simply by pretending to name their unborn child Rama — the name of the village kotwal.
- All three texts carry the same message in different ways: hard work, quick thinking and humility succeed where magic, flattery and pride fail.
- The language work of the unit covers homophones, connecting words, alliteration and rhyme, contractions, the present progressive tense, adverbs, and exclamatory and interrogative sentences.
- The speaking and writing tasks ask you to discuss hard work and home safety, describe a banana, turn a poem into a story and a conversation, and retell the folk tale in your own words.
Lessons in This Unit
- A Bottle of Dew
- The Raven and the Fox
- Rama to the Rescue
Quick revision – Fables and Folk Tales
| Text | Type | Key idea |
|---|---|---|
| A Bottle of Dew | Story | A sage tricks Rama Natha into working his land; hard work, not a magic potion, brings wealth. |
| The Raven and the Fox | Poem | A fox flatters a proud raven into singing, and the raven drops his food; beware of flattery and pride. |
| Rama to the Rescue | Folk tale (comic strip) | A couple call out ‘Rama’, the kotwal’s name, and quick thinking gets the thief arrested. |
Old NCERT vs New – Class 6 English
This unit is from Poorvi, the new NCERT Class 6 English book (NCF-SE 2023, used from 2024-25). It replaced the old book “Honeysuckle and A Pact with the Sun”, so chapter numbers and names differ from older PDFs.
Solutions and All Chapters
Answers to the exercises and the full chapter list of Poorvi:
Fables and Folk Tales – Overview
| Class | Class 6 |
| Subject | English |
| Book | Poorvi – new NCERT book |
| Unit | 1 of 5 – Fables and Folk Tales |
| Book pages | 1 – 38 |
| Edition | NCERT Reprint 2026-27 |
| Session | 2026-27 |
| Free – read online or download |
Class 6 English Unit 1 – FAQs
Where can I download Fables and Folk Tales Class 6 PDF?
From the download table on this page – the chapter PDF is free, and the full book is linked too.
What is Class 6 English Unit 1 about?
The unit has three texts. A Bottle of Dew is a story about Rama Natha, who wastes his life hunting for a magic potion until a sage tricks him into six years of honest work on his own land.
Which lessons are in Unit 1 of Poorvi?
A Bottle of Dew, The Raven and the Fox, Rama to the Rescue.
Is Fables and Folk Tales from the new NCERT Class 6 English book?
Yes. It is unit 1 of poorvi, the new NCERT Class 6 English book for 2026-27.
Is this the latest NCERT edition for 2026-27?
Yes – the PDF is NCERT’s latest edition for the 2026-27 session.
Where are the NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Unit 1?
Open the NCERT Solutions link above for answers to the exercise questions.