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B. Fill in the blanks.

1. The Sun peeps _____________ at dawn of day.

2. A _____________ necklace I wouldn’t sell for a thousand pound.

3. We’ll buy you a dish of _____________ fret.
4. Can a silver dish the _____________ hold?

C. Write T for true and F for false statements.

1. Summer-time is far away yet.

2. A silver cup, an ivory cushion, and covers soft beneath your feet.

3. The bird sleeps in the ivy wall.

4. A rocking twig is the finest chair.

D. Answer the following questions.

1. Why is the poet giving so many offers to the bird?
2. Why does the bird describe ivy plant as a wall?

3. What does the poet offer to do with the diamond stones?
4. Why does the bird say that she would not sell necklace for a thousand pound?

5. Why does the bird say good-bye to the child?

E. Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow.
Child:

Birdie, Birdie, will you, pet?
Summer-time is far away yet,

You’ll have silken quilts and a velvet bed,
And a pillow of satin for your head!

Bird:
I’d rather sit in the ivy wall;
No rain comes through, tho’ I hear it fall.

The sun peeps gay at dawn of day,
And I sing, and wing away, away!

Child:
O Birdie, Birdie, will you, pet?
Diamond-stones and Amber and Jet.

We’ll string on a necklace fair and fine,
To please this pretty bird of mine!

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