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Will certainly go.’
They expounded the reazles
For sneezles
And wheezles,
The manner of measles
When new.
They said ‘If he freezles
In draughts and in breezles,
Then PHTHEEZLES
May even ensue.’
Christopher Robin
Got up in the morning,
expounded: presented
The sneezles had vanished away. and explained (a theory
or idea) in detail
And the look in his eye draughts: (say draaft)
current of cool air in a
Seemed to say to the sky, room or other confined
spaces
‘Now, how to amuse them to-day?’
—A A Milne
About the Poet
Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) was a noted English author. He is best known for his books about Winnie-the-Pooh, the
teddy bear, and for various other poems. Milne was a story writer, a playwright and a poet.
Time to answer
A. Choose the correct option.
1. What did Christopher Robin suffer from?
cough and cold measles
swelling fever
2. What type of a poem is ‘Sneezles’?
serious boring humurous pleasant
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