The stunted, unlucky heir
Of twisted bones, reciting a father's gnarled disease,
His lesson from his desk. At back of the dim class One unnoted, sweet and young. His eyes live in a dream,
Of squirrel's game, in the tree room, other than this.
(i) Who is the unlucky heir and what has he inherited?
(ii) What is the stunted boy reciting?
(iii) Who is sitting at the back of the dim class?
For once on the face of the earth
Let's not speak in any language
Let's stop for one second,
arid not move our arms so much.
(i) Why does the poet want us to keep quiet?
(ii) What does he want us to do for one second?
(iii) What does he mean by ‘not move our arms’?
How did the Wizard help Roger Skunk?
He asked Roger Skunk what he wanted to smell like. Roger wanted to smell like roses. The wizard took his magic wand and chanted a spell. The whole of the wizard's house was full of roses. The wizard demanded seven pennies. Roger had only four with him. The wizard asked him to go to the end of the lane and turn around three times. He would find three pennies in the magic well. Roger obeyed. He gave those three pennies to the wizard. The wizard became very happy and made Roger Skunk smell like roses.