Q. 10. How can you distinguish between a Hyena and a Crocodile?
Ans : You watch the beast when it swallows its victim. If it laughs as it swallows its victim, you can tell that it is a hyena. If it weeps as it swallows its victim, you can say that it is a crocodile.
Q. 11. What is the central idea of the poem ‘ The Ball Poem’.
Ans : The poem gives a message for the children to look after their belonging. It is not difficult to buy another thing to replace the lost one but they have to learn the lesson of taking proper care of their belonging .In this poem a boy loses his ball. He watches it go in the harbour . But ultimately he has to realize that the balls cannot be purchased the moment they are lost. And the should understand the Epistemology of loss
Q. 12. Why did the boy feel so sad at the loss of his ball?
Ans : When the boy lost the ball, he plunged in grief. He stood staring down the harbour where his ball was lost. The boy was affected profoundly by the loss of his ball because it had been with him for a long time .It was linked to the memories of the days when he played with it.
Q. 13. Why did the poet not offer the boy money to buy another ball?
Ans : The poet watched the boy who was plunged in grief at the loss of his ball. He did not offer the boy money to buy another ball. He felt that another ball could not console the boy. It seemed the boy had had the ball for a long time .The poet also wanted to make the boy realize the Epistemology of loss.
Q. 14. What does ‘in the world of possessions’ mean? Why is money ‘external’?
Ans : In the world of possessions’ means people like to possess all sorts of things in the world. Money is external because it cannot buy everything that one loses.
Q. 15. What is the central idea of the poem ‘Amanda.’
Ans : The poem Amanda points out at very important facts of life. Amanda is a young child. Her parents interfere in each and everything in his life .The child is not happy with the continuous nagging .The parents seem to take away the liberty of a child by making him do what he never wishes to do.
Q. 16. Do you think Amanda’s mother is a nagging women? How do you know?
Ans : Amanda’s mother is, no doubt, a nagging women .She keeps instructing the girl not to do one thing or another. Amanda is asked not to bite her nails or bend her shoulders. She is asked not to slouch and sit up straight. She is instructed not to eat chocolate.
Q. 17. What does the poem ‘Amanda’ tell you about Amanda?
Ans : Amanda is a school going girl. She has typical traits of a child, like biting her nails, hunching her shoulders and slouching. She is a careless girl. She loves to eat chocolate. She is moody. When her mother is instructing her not to do one thing or another; she is lost in the world of her dreams. She wants to enjoy a carefree life.
Q. 18. Why does Amanda wish to be a mermaid, an orphan, or Rapunzel ?
Ans : Amanda yearns for freedom. She is fed up with her nagging mother who keeps instructing her not to do one or another thing .She wishes to be a mermaid so that she could glide over the surface of the sea. She further wishes to be an orphan so that she could roam about the street leisurely. She wants to be Rapunzel so that she could live a peaceful and carefree live in a tower.
