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“I’m getting hungry! I want eats!

“I want lots of chocs and sweets!

“Get me half a pound of nuts!

“Look snappy or I’ll twist your guts!”

“That’s him!” I cried. “He’s in my tummy!

“So now do you believe me, mummy?”

But mummy answered nothing more,

For she had fainted on the floor. —Roald Dahl

ABOUT THE POET

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a
British writer and a very popular author of children’s books.
He also served in the Royal Air Force. Some of his famous
works are ‘James and the Giant Peach’, ‘Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Matilda’, which were adapted and
made into films. He also wrote the ‘Enormous Crocodile’ and
‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ for young readers.

Word Meanings
tummy: a person’s stomach; fed: gave food; demanding: requesting for something in a
forceful and urgent manner; raid: to make a surprise attack and search; awfully: very;
guzzle: eat greedily; horrid: horrible; admit: confess to be true; asinine: extremely foolish;
brat: a badly behaved child; delivered: set free; stirred: moved slightly; awful: very bad;
snorting: making a sudden explosive sound; grumbling: complaining or protesting;
grunting: short, deep, hoarse sound; eats: light food or snacks; pound: a unit of weight;
snappy: cleverly concise and witty; guts: the stomach

Read and Understand

A. Work with your partner. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

1. The poet said to his mummy that the person in his tummy must be
and .

2. The poet knew quite well that it was awfully wrong to

the whole day long.

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