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[First flight - Class 10] - The Tale of custard the Dragon

 

The Tale of Custard the Dragon

-        Ogden Nash

Thinking about the text :

1.Who are the characters in the poem? List them with their pet names.

Ans. The characters in the poem are :

i.Belinda

ii.A black kitten called Ink

         iii. A little grey mouse called Blink

         iv.A yellow sharp dog called Mustard

         v. A cowardly dragon called Custard

2. Why did custard cry for a nice safe cage? Why is the dragon called “cowardly dragon”?

Ans. Custard cried for a nice safe cage because he thought that he was a coward. But in the true sense he wanted to protect his friends from his physical appearance. Therefore he cried for a nice safe cage.

As because he cried for a nice safe cage, Belinda and the other pets called him cowardly dragon.

3. “Belinda trickled him, she trickled him unmerciful...”Why?

Ans. Belinda made fun of the dragon without having mercy on him because he always cried for a nice safe cage.

4.List some poetic devices used in the poem?

Ans. Some poetic devices used in the poem are as followed:

1.Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears.

2.Ink and blink chased lions down the stairs.

3.Custard went at the pirate like a robin at a worm.

4.Custard snorted like an engine.

5.Read the stanza three again to know how the poet decribes the appearance of the dragon. 

Ans. Custard, the dragon, had bid sharp teeths. He had spiked on top of him, he also had scaled underneath. His mouthwas like a fireplace, his nose was like a chimney. His toes were like real daggers.

6.Can you find out the rhyme scheme of two or three stanzas of the poem?

Ans. The rhyme scheme of the poem is aa bb

7.Writers use words to give us a picture or image without actually saying what they mean. Can you trace some used in the poem?

Ans. Writers usually use words to give us a picture or image actually saying what they mean.

          Such images are as followed:

i.There was a pirate climbing in the winda.

ii.The pirate gaped at Belinda’s dragon.

iii.Custard gobbled the pirate.

iv.Mustard is as brave as a tiger in a rage.

8.Do you find The Tale of Custard the Dragon to be a serious or a light-hearted poem? Give reasons to support your answer.

Ans. We find the poem ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’ to be a serious poem because at first everyone made fun of Custard, the dragon and called him a coward. They said that they were all brave except the dragon but when the pirate came, everyone fled but the dragon came forward and killed the pirate and proved himself brave.

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Quote of the day : "If you focus on what you lack, you lose what you have. But when you focus on what you have, you get what you lack"

SARANGHAE !!! Study well.

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