“-by Kit Wright”
Class 7: Chapter 7 (Honeycomb)
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OBJECTIVES
CONTENTS
About the Poet
INTRODUCTION
The tree was wobbly,
The tree was tall.
Mum said, “ For goodness’
Sake don’t fall!”
Word Meaning
“Fall?” scoffed Dad,
“A climber like me?
Child’s play, this is!
You wait and see.”
Word Meaning
“He got out the ladder�From the garden shed.
It slipped. He landed
In the flower bed.
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“Never mind.” said Dad.
Brushing the dirt
Off his hair and his face
And his trousers and his shirt
We’ll try plan B. Stand
Out of the way!”
Mum said, “Don’t fall
Again, O.K?”
“Fall again?” said Dad
“Funny joke!”
Then he swung himself up
On a branch. It broke
Word Meaning
Dad landed wallop
Back on the deck.
Mum said, “ Stop it,
You’ll break your neck!”
Word Meaning
Deck
“Rubbish!” said Dad.
“Now we’ll try plan C.
Easy as winking
To a climber like me!”
Word Meaning
Then he climbed up high
On the garden wall.
Guess what?
He didn’t fall!
He gave a great leap
And he landed flat
In the crook of the tree trunk-
Right on the cat!
crook
The cat gave a yell
And sprang to the ground,
Pleased as Punch to be
Safe and sound.
So it’s smiling and smirking,
Smug as can be,
But poor old Dad’s
Still
Stuck
Up
The
Tree
SUMMARY
One morning, a cat got stuck in the tree. The narrator’s dad decided that he will easily be able to take care of it. Narrator’s father decided to climb the tree. His wife warned him that he might fall, but ignoring her warnings he climbed, the ladder, slipped and fell.
Having fallen once, he thought of trying again, another way. Yet again ignoring his wife’s warnings, he swung himself up on a branch. The branch broke and again he fell.
Not giving up still, the father climbed up the garden wall. Luckily this time he did not fall. However, the moment he sprang unto the tree the cat jumped to the ground, safe and sound. Poor father, on the other hand, got stuck in the tree.
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