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प्रश्न
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Describe how Custard the dragon fights with the Pirate.
उत्तर
The other members of the family scrambled to find safety when the pirate attacked the Belinda home, but Custard charged in to engage the intruder head on. The dragon snorted like an engine, charged at the pirate like a "robin at a worm," and swallowed him whole while the pirate fired his pistol in an attempt to defend himself from the beast. He gobbled every bit of him.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Who are the characters in this poem? List them with their pet names.
Why did Custard cry for a nice safe cage? Why is the dragon called “cowardly dragon”?
“Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful…” Why?
The poet has employed many poetic devices in the poem. For example: “Clashed his tail like iron in a dungeon” — the poetic device here is a simile. Can you, with your partner, list some more such poetic devices used in the poem?
Read stanza three again to know how the poet describes the appearance of the dragon.
Can you find out the rhyme scheme of two or three stanzas of the poem?
Do you find ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’ to be a serious or a light-hearted poem? Give reasons to support your answer.
This poem, in ballad form, tells a story. Have you come across any such modern song or lyric that tells a story? If you know one, tell it to the class. Collect such songs as a project.
Give one reason why ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’ is more a fable than a ballad.
Describe Custard the dragon.
Describe the pirate in the 'Tale of Custard the Dragon.'
Why did the pirate 'gape' at Belinda's dragon?
What did everyone laugh at the realio, trulio dragon?
How was Belinda's behaviour with the dragon?
How does Ogden Nash's The Tale of Custard the Dragon challenge the notion that individuals should conform to societal expectations?
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
What character trait is revealed of Custard when he accepts that the other animals are braver than him.
Answer the following in about 40-50 words:
Describe the pirate who comes through the window.
