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प्रश्न
Discuss with your partner and pick out the similes used in the poem. Which one do you like the most? Why?
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उत्तर
Similes used in this poem are :
- ‘And charging along like troops in a battle’.
- ‘Fly as thick as driving rain’
I like the second one the most because the poet says all the sights of hills and plains fly as quickly as a drop of rain following another drop in a storm.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How does the crocodile’s tail look?
Tell the story of the poem in three or four sentences with the help of the pictures given below.
Read the lines and answer the questions given below.
They may sound your praise and call you great,
They may single you out for fame,
But you must work with your running mate
Or you’ll never win the game;
- Whom does ‘they’ refer to?
- Which line talks about team spirit?
- Pick out the rhyming words from the given lines.
Discuss with your partner and pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
What made the sage upset?
Was he finally successful in changing his pigtail’s position? Support your answer with a line from the poem.
Pin the tail on the donkey.
Fill in the table with the appropriate poem lines. A few lines may be used more than one time.
| Pick the line or lines that | |
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1. suggest the sage lacked practical common sense |
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2. make the poem humorous |
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3. show the clowning movements of the sage |
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4. that are actually funny but have a serious tone |
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The summary of the poem is given.But there are some words missing. Fill in the blanks with the help of the box given below.
| faithfully | change | pigtail | round | sage | down | slack |
| out | hung | place | behind | vain | face |
Once upon a time there lived a______. He had a handsome______. He was worried and pondered over his pigtail's______. He wanted to______ it's place. He wanted it hanging at his______ He didn’t like it hanging there______ him. So he turned right and left and ______about, up and______, and in and______ but it still______ behind him. However he tried, his efforts were in______. But he didn’t______ in his efforts. Nevertheless his pigtail hung ______behind him.
Role play
Work with a partner. Let one student read the poem and the other to pantomime (communication by means of gesture and facial expression) the poem as he or she reads.
