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Child:

O Birdie, Birdie, won’t you, pet?

We’ll buy you a dish of silver fret,

A golden cup and an ivory seat,

And carpets soft beneath your feet!

Bird:
Can running water be drunk from gold?

Can a silver dish the forest hold?

A rocking twig is the finest chair,

And the softest paths lie through the air,

Good-bye, good-bye to my lady fair!
— William Allingham

Word Meanings

1. quilts : coverlets 2. peeps gay : looks on happily
3. amber : a semi-pecious gem 4. string : to join

5. daintier : sweeter 6. silver fret : decorated with silver thread
7. twig : branch

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Exercise
Exercise

A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. You have silken _____________ and a velvet bed.

(a) pillows (b) cushion (c) quilts (d) sheets

2. We’ll string on a _____________ fair and fine.

(a) pendant (b) necklace (c) locket (d) brooch

3. Thanks for the _____________ and thanks for the jet.

(a) diamonds (b) money (c) sapphires (d) pearls

4. The _____________ paths lie through the air.

(a) hardest (b) toughest (c) softest (d) fastest

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