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About the Poet
Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) was a renowned English writer best known for his children’s books about the teddy bear
Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. On a visit to London Zoo, Milne’s son, Christopher Robin Milne saw a friendly
bear Winnipeg and fell in love with it. The bear inspired Milne to write about Winnie-the-Pooh for his son. ‘Us Two’ has Pooh
and an unnamed speaker, who is most probably young Christopher Robin.
Time to answer
Answer these questions.
1. What is the setting of the poem?
a school a library
a stair a bathroom
2. Where does the child choose to stop?
3. Why does the child choose to stop there?
4. What funny thoughts come to the child’s mind when he sits at his favourite place?
Time to think and answer
Do you think the child is an imaginative person? Why do you think so? life skill critical thinking
Time to enjoy
A few words are written below. Fill in the missing letters and complete their
rhyming words. life skill analytical skills
1. down own own
2. stair air air
3. stop op op
4. funny nny nny
5. head ead ead
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