9th Class English Chapter 1B The Duck and the Kangaroo Textbook Questions and Answers
I. Answer the following questions?
1.Why did the Duck get bored in life? What did it want to do?
ans:The Duck lived in a pond. It cannot hop like a Kangaroo and go round the world. When the Duck saw the Kangaroo going round the places, it felt bored. It wanted to tour places. Limiting to the pond made the Duck unhappy
2.What problem did the Kangaroo find with the Duck? How was it solved?
ans:The Kangaroo was willing to take the Duck to new places. But it objected to the wet cold feet of the Duck. The Kangaroo said that would make him ill. But the Duck had a solution. It got socks, a coat, and cigars ready to save them from cold
3.Who was happy in the end? Why?
ans:Both the Kangaroo and the Duck were happy in the end. The Duck was happier as its desire to see places was fulfilled. The Kangaroo too was happy as it could help his friend
4.What is the underlying message in the poem?
ans:The poem is basically humorous. But it has valuable messages too ! Desire to see new places is a natural way to better oneself. Seeking others help promotes cooperative living. Foreseeing the problems and providing solutions is a good lesson
II. Read the above poem once again and choreograph it as described here under
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements or actions for a script or a poem with a voice or a song in background.
Do you know how to process choreography
Here is the process.
Think of the following