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Understanding the Text
How many of you have quarrelled with someone? What were
the reasons?
Everyone wants to win over the other. However when you
forgive the other person, everything is settled. This poem is
about a quarrel between two siblings.
I quarrelled with my brother,
I don't know what about,
One thing led to another
And somehow we fell out'.
The start of it was slight,
The end of it was strong,
He said he was right,
I knew he was wrong!
We hated one another.
A1. Mark these statements as true (T) or false (F).
1. The speaker never knew what her brother and she quarrelled about.
2. The quarrel was about a slight thing.
3. The quarrel did not end that day.
4. The speaker spoke to her brother first and ended the quarrel.
A2. Answer these questions.
1. What was the reason for the quarrel?
2. How was the start and the end of the quarrel?
3. What did the speaker mean when she said the afternoon turned black?
4. Who took the initiative to end the quarrel and how did he/she do it?
5. According to you, who was right and who was wrong?
A3. Read these lines and answer the questions with reference to the context.
1. And somehow we fell out.
a. Who said these words and to whom?
b. What do you mean by 'fell out?
c. How did the siblings fall out?
2. And said, 'Oh, come on! We can't go on all night,
a. Who said these lines and to whom?
b. What could not go on all night?
c. What happened after the speaker said this?
A4. Think and answer.
Who else do you quarrel with? How do you end it?
The afternoon turned black.
Then suddenly my brother
Thumped me on the back,
And said, 'Oh, come on!
We can't go on all night-
I was in the wrong.'
So he was in the right.
Eleanor Farjeon
Value Box
Can you easily forgive the
person with whom you had an
argument? Why or why not?
'fell out: had an argument: quartellad​

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