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3. The poet wanted his mummy to believe that there was a in his

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4. The tummy voice shouted that it wanted .

B. Read these lines and answer the questions that follow. • Reference to context

1. “Or how could he have gotten in?”

a. Who said these words and to whom?

b. What do you understand by ‘he’?

c. Where had the person (‘he’) gotten in, according to the poet?

2. “He tells me it is not a sin…”

a. Who is the speaker here?

b. Who is ‘He’ here?

c. What is not a sin?

C. Answer these questions.

1. Did the poet’s mother believe that there was a person in his tummy?

2. What did the tummy beast demand for tea?

3. What happened when the poet’s mother told him to go to bed?

4. What kind of noise was heard in the poet’s tummy? Describe.

5. What are the three things the tummy beast demanded to eat?

6. How did the poet’s mother react when she heard the awful noise in his tummy?

Appreciating the Poem • Limericks

We have just read a classic humorous poem ‘The Tummy Beast’ by Roald Dahl.

Let us find out more about humorous poems. A humorous poem can make you laugh

and smile. It has a witty or silly, funny side.
A limerick is also a humorous poem consisting of five lines. It is always funny and lively.

In a limerick:

 The last words of lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme.

 The last words of lines 3 and 4 rhyme.

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