Pattan's Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive crisscross puzzle aligns with vocabulary words found in Pattan's Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India.

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Across

  • 3. Pattan saved the animals from the _____.
  • 5. Pattan grew a giant, orange _____.
  • 7. A very, very tall hill. _____
  • 8. Drops of water that fall from the sky. _____
  • 9. Empty inside. _____

Down

  • 1. Pattan planted the _____ in the ground.
  • 2. A large grey animal with a tusks and a trunk. _____
  • 3. What was Pattan’s job? He was a _____.
  • 4. In which country did Pattan live? _____
  • 6. A bedtime song. _____

Word Bank

mountain
hollow
lullaby
elephant
pumpkin
flood
india
rain
farmer
seed