The Long Way home
When I go back from Billy's place I always have to roam
The mazy road, the crazy road that leads the long way home.
Ma always says, 'Why don't you come through Mr Donkin's land?
The footbridge track will bring you back. Ma doesn't understand.
I cannot go that way, you know, because of Donkin's dog;
So I set forth and travel north, and cross the fallen log.
Last week, when I was coming by, that log had lizards in it;
And you can't say I stop to play if I just search for a minute.
I look around upon the ground and, if there are no lizards,
I go right on and reach the turn in front of Mrs blizzard's.
I do not seek to cross the creek, because it's deep and floody
And Ma would be annoyed with me if I came home all muddy.
C.J. Dennis
1. 'Why don't you come through Mr Donkin's land?'
a) Who said these words and to whom?
b) Why did the speaker suggest this?
c) What did 'you' think about the suggestion?
2. Why does the poet take the long way home?
3. Why do you think Ma asks him to take the footbridge track?
4. Why does he say, 'Ma doesn't understand'?
5. Why does he like to cross the fallen log?
6. What two things would happen if he crosses the creek?
7. Do you think the boy's home is very far from Billy's place? Give a reason for your answer.
Answers
The long way home
1)Why don't you come through Mr Donkin's land?'
a) Who said these words and to whom?
=> These words were told by the mother to her little child.
b) Why did the speaker suggest this?
=>The speaker suggested this as her child was coming back to home by a long roaming way instead of Mr. Donkin's land . Mr. Donkin's land was a short way to come back home.
c) What did 'you' think about the suggestion?
=>I think this is a good suggestion, the child was coming home by a long way instead of short land and it was a waste of time.
2. Why does the poet take the long way home?
=>The poet takes the long way home as the long way is adventours to him. In the way he crosses a fallen log and in the log he used to see a lizards. He seaches for a minute and sometimes he plays with them.
3. Why do you think Ma asks him to take the footbridge track?
=>The way where the boy goes back home is a very long way and it is a waste of time.Ma asks him to take the footbridge track as this is a short way .This way will bring him home without a short time.
4. Why does he say, 'Ma doesn't understand'?
=>According to the poet, his mother doesn't know that he is afraid to come by Donkin's land because of Donkin's dog.
On the other hand, on that long way he get some adventours things like a fallen log and lizards. He searches them, plays with them. So ,the poet says 'Ma doesn't understand '.
5. Why does he like to cross the fallen log?
=> He likes to cross the fallen log because in the last week, when he was coming by ,the log had lizards in it. He searches and plays with them and he enjoys .
6. What two things would happen if he crosses the creek?
=> The two things would happen if we cross the Creek as it's deep and floody and his mother would be annoyed with him if he came home all muddy.
7. Do you think the boy's home is very far from Billy's place? Give a reason for your answer.
=> The boy's home is not very far from Billy's place if he goes through footbridge track. But he uses the other long mazy road, crazy road as he gets some adventurous things by this road .
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