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Read the poem to find out why a child is unhappy.
You say that father write a lot of books, but what he writes What are some
I don’t understand. things that make you Let’s connect
He was reading to you all evening, but could you really unhappy? How do you
make out what he meant? manage your emotions
then? life skill managing emotions
What nice stores, mother, you can tell us!
Why can’t father write like that, I wonder?
Did he never hear from his own mother
stories of giants and fairies and
princesses?
Has he forgotten them all?
Often when he gets late for his bath
you have to call him a hundred times.
You wait and keep his dishes warm for
him, but he goes on writing and forgets.
Father always plays at making books.
If ever I go to play in father’s room, you
come and call me,
‘What a naughty child!’
If I make the slightest
noise you say, ‘Don’t you
see that father’s at his
work?’
What’s the fun of
always writing and
writing?
make out: to understand
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