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4. Which phrase will correctly replace the underlined part of the following sentence?

That pair will never shut their eyes,

ignore purposely avoid the truth

blink the eyelids fall asleep

B. Answer these questions.

1. How does the poet imitate the bear?
2. What kind of stories does the poet narrate?

3. Why does the mother cry?

4. What, according to the poet, is not an easy task?

Reference to the context

Read the lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

1. Most every night when they’re in bed,

And both their little prayers have said,

They shout for me to come upstairs

a. Who are ‘they’?

b. What are they doing in bed?
c. Why do they shout for the poet to come upstairs?

i. to tuck them in bed ii. to tell them stories

iii. to say prayers with them iv. to sleep with them

2. ‘Well, I should say

You’re just as much a child as they.’

a. Who is the speaker of the above lines?
i. the children ii. the mother iii. the father iv. the poet

b. Who is the speaker speaking to?

c. Why is the person being spoken to called a child?

Time to think
1. Do you think the father enjoyed narrating stories every night? What are the problems faced
by him while narrating stories? life skill logical thinking

2. Do you enjoy listening to stories? What kind of stories do you like to listen and from whom?

life skill self-awareness
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