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iii. The child is trying to explain his encounter with ghosts and what he did to

trick them.
iv. The child is trying to explain how powerful ghosts are.

c. How did the child escape them?
d. What can you infer about the child from these lines?

2. No giants, ghosts or elephants have dared to come in there

’Coz if they did he’d beat ‘em up and chase ’em to their lair.

They just hang ’round the children’s rooms an’ snap an’ snarl an’ bite

An’ laugh if they can make ’em yell for help with all their might.

a. Who is ‘he’ in the above lines?
i. the elephant with shining tusks

ii. the horrible giant with three heads

iii. one of the shimmery and white ghosts

iv. the child’s father

b. Where don’t the giants, ghosts or elephants dare to go? Why?

c. What do they do to children?

d. When do they laugh at children?

i. when the children run and crawl into their father’s bed
ii. when the children yell aloud to their parents to save them from these dreadful

creatures

iii. when the children chase them to their lair
iv. when they bite and snarl at the children

Time to think and answer

1. Do you find any similarities between you and the child? Express your views.
life skill critical thinking
2. How does the child react to fear, and what action does he take to find safety
when scared? life skill self-awareness

3. Do you think the child considers his father to be a hero, who can fight the different
objects that instill fear within him? Give reasons for your answer. life skill critical thinking

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