what was told by the old man in
poem after blenheim
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Summary: Old Kaspar has finished his work and was sitting in the sun in front of the cottage, watching his little granddaughter playing. Peterkin, his grandson, has been rolling a hard round object he found near the stream. He brings it to the old man, who explains " 'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he . He admits that he often finds them while ploughing in the garden . The children anticipate a story—"And little Wilhelmine looks up/with wonder-waiting eyes" . Kaspar explains to the children the story of the battle, that the Duke of Marlborough routed the French, although he admits he never understood the reason for the war himself.
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The old man told him that it was somebody's skull. He must have died in the battle fought at Blenheim.