From the poem Dear Mum
Answer these questions.
1. Who do you think has done all the mischievous actions mentioned in the poem? Why?
2. Who does the narrator blame for all the mischievous deeds? Why?
3. Was the narrator playing only indoors while his mother was away? Or did he go outdoors?
Support your answer with evidence from the text.
B. Think and answer.
(reading for inference; HOTS)
What do you think the mother did when the narrator finally came back home? Describe.
C. Discuss in class.
(value-based question)
Seldom do we like to accept responsibility for our misdeeds. Why is that so?
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Answers
1. The poet, Brian Patten, seems to be behind all this mischievous actions as a boy. Because the poem is written in first person form.
2. The narrator blames the cat, ghosts and a magician for all the mischievous deeds. He is actually blaming others for what he has done and thus tries to conceal himself. He also tries to save himself from his mother's scoldings and goes to his grandma's house.
3. He was playing indoors and outdoors both as the poem defines muddy footprints on the mat which is only possible if the narrator played outside.
4. The mother must have wanted to punish him but couldn't do it because the narrator was not at home.
5. No, we don't like to accept responsibility for our misdeeds. Because we feel reluctant to do so. Its a human nature that we don't accept our mistake. We try to conceal our mistakes to save our dignity. We also blame others for that. Sometimes we hide them to escape the scoldings from elders.
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