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at enildren : BO SS al alone pe ——_—_———l, _ READING FOR | UNDERSTANDING A AND POETIC DEVICES, , some ‘Wh'-questtons from the textbook are converted into activity-based questions.), g, 1. Read the following extract and do the activities :, al. simple Factual Activity :, complete the following :, (1) The scorpion was forced to take shelter in the poet’s house to PACA > fe Pah 7, 2) In line no. 3, the word ‘him’ refers to the. AcoDLA Dia Pe ee, , (3) To ‘paralyse the Evil One’ in stanza 3 means de oe adials. 245- deul | Hae. Ata p19, (4) ‘They’ in stanza 4 refers to ie aes yee eenttedtead p. .2--, , , _ EXTRACT - 1 (Textbook page 101), , , , , , ; remember the night my mother | km bs to paralyse the Evil One. |, , was stung by a scorpion, Ten hours With candles and with lanterns of steady rain had driven him throwing giant scorpion shadows, ‘to crawl beneath a sack of rice. on the mud-baked walls I, Parting with his poison -flash , they searched for him : he was not found. ,, of diabolic tail in the dark room - = They clicked their tongues. | ., , he risked the rain again B ee : lod,, , The peasants came like earns of eg \ 4, and buzzed the name of God a bund ed, , i eS - in e 7 be Pee id, activity of cineca clicked 1 | r tongues ~ mac a, , , , es of a devil. peasants — — villagers. paralyse something - to stop the, de a'noice with their tongues to indicate frustration, sorrow, sympathy, ete., , , , A2. Complex Factual abhvities, ‘(1) Explain why the poem. begins with the poet remembering the night., , Pe caswe. oe lute. lincoicle wt deracd cleat Laat mn is nen, , Tr hee amen Aeekaplctn dni Bhan g tl, , 1 - NIGHT OF THE SCORPION, , , , a ft.