Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
Every tinkle on the shingles
Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies
Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections
Weave their air-threads into woof
(a) What echoes in the poet's heart ?
(b) What are the dream fancies of the poet in the above lines ?
(c) What does the word 'echo' mean ?
OR
It was a very old book. Margie's grandfather once said that when he was a little boy, his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper. They turned the pages, which were yellow and crinkly and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to on a screen.
(a) Why were the pages of the book yellow ?
(b) Did Margie see the book for the first time ?
(c) Trace a word from the passage that means, 'with many folds or lines'.
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(a) The tinkle of raindrops on the roof.
(b) Mother’s cuddling/ her love and affection / fond look.
(c) Sound coming back.
OR
(a) The pages of the book were yellow because the book was quite old.
(b) Yes, Margie saw the book for the first time.
(C) ’Crinkly’.
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Explanation:
(a) The tinkle of raindrops on the roof.
(b) Mother’s cuddling/ her love and affection / fond look.
(c) Sound coming back.
OR
(a) The pages of the book were yellow because the book was quite old.
(b) Yes, Margie saw the book for the first time.
(C) ’Crinkly’.
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