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And write upon his book just as he does,

A,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i, –why do you get cross with me then, mother?
You never say a word when father writes.

When my father wastes such heaps of paper, mother,

You don’t seem to mind at all.
But if I take only one sheet to make a boat with, you say,

‘Child, how troublesome you are!’
What do you think of father’s spoiling sheets and sheets of paper

With black marks all over both sides?
—Rabindranath Tagore

Word Meanings

1. wonder : to be very surprised by something
2. slightest : very little

3. cross : angry
4. heaps : piles
5. troublesome : causing difficulty

6. spoiling : wasting

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A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. The boy in the poem is saying that his father __________ a lot.
(a) cook (b) sews (c) paints (d) writes

2. The boy’s mother has to call his father hundred times when he gets late for his __________.

(a) office (b) work (c) bath (d) walk

3. The boy gets __________ when he makes noise when his father is at work.

(a) scolded (b) praised (c) ignored (d) slapped

4. The boy’s father always plays at making __________.
(a) toys (b) cars (c) books (d) handicraft

B. Fill in the blanks.
1. The boy’s father goes on __________ and forgets.

2. The boy complains to his mother that if he makes the __________ noise, he gets scolded.

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