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Let us read the poem and understand how to be brave at night.

The other night ‘bout two o’clock, or maybe it was three,

An elephant with shining tusks came chasing after me.

His trunk was wavin’ in the air an’ spoutin’ jets of steam

An’ he was out to eat me up, but still I didn’t scream What do you Let’s connect
do when you get
Or let him see that I was scared—a better thought I had, scared at night?
I just escaped from where I was and crawled in bed with Dad. life skill handling emotions

One time there was a giant who was horrible to see,

He had three heads and twenty arms, an’ he came after me
And red hot fire came from his mouths and every hand was red

And he declared he’d grind my bones and make them into bread. spoutin’: something that
comes out forcefully, like
But I was just too smart for him, I fooled him mighty bad, a fountain or a spray
jets of steam: streams
Before his hands could collar me I crawled in bed with Dad. of hot vapour or gas that
come out quickly
crawled: to move on
your hands and knees
horrible: something
that is very scary,
frightening, or
unpleasant
grind: to crush or break
something into small
pieces using a lot of
force
collar: (here) to grab or
capture someone

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