Question

My mother only said
Thank God the Scorpion picked on me
and spared my children.
(i) What light do these lines throw on the character of the poet’s mother?
(ii) Explain the phrase ‘picked on me’.

Answer 1

1. the mother is thankful to GOD because the scorpion bit her and not her children.... She loves her children so much
2.Picked on me means bit me.... When the scorpion bit the mother she says this line

Answer 2

2nd bitten me



1st that she loves her child very much and she did not want to see their children like her