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Question
Do you find the poem humorous? Read aloud lines which make you laugh.
Solution
Yes. The poem is full of humour. The narrator’s father falling over and over again was quite humorous.
(a) “the cat gave a yell/ and sprang to the ground.”
(b) “it slipped. He landed in the flower bed.”
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