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B. Answer the following questions.
1) Why is the baby not able to understand the poet’s games?
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2) Who thinks pebbles are real food and why?
3) What does the baby do with the book?

4) When does the baby laugh?
5) Why does the washerman bring donkeys?

6) Whom does the baby call ‘dada’?
7) What is the funniest thing the baby does?
8) Do you think the baby sister is really silly? Why or why not?

Going the Extra Mile

A. If you were the speaker of the poem, how would you react
to the baby?
B. Do you have a younger brother or sister (including a cousin)?
Describe an incident when you thought he or she was being

‘silly’.

Let’s Spell

A. Fill in the blanks to spell words from the poem.
1) s i ___ ___ y 5) p e ___ ___ l ___ s

2) s t r ___ e t s 6) s ___ o l d

3) l e ___ ___ o n s 7) n ___ u ___ h t y
4) e x c ___ t ___ m ___ n t 8) d ___ ___ k ___ y

B. There are 8 misspelt words. Can you find and correct
them?

The chlirden are plyaing in the feild. They are hpapy. The oybs are
playing ‘catch-me-if-you-can’ and the rilgs are playing ‘know-my-
secret’. The ellb has just rung. It is time for the sslac.

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