Wishes: • I wish I were a policeman to punish the wrong person. • I wish I were a writer so that I will express new ideas and myself through my books. • I wish I were a carpenter so that I will design the amazing bookshelves for my school library room and for my classroom. For more answers visit toRead more
Wishes:
• I wish I were a policeman to punish the wrong person.
• I wish I were a writer so that I will express new ideas and myself through my books.
• I wish I were a carpenter so that I will design the amazing bookshelves for my school library room and for my classroom.
Child wants to enjoy the same freedom as do the hawker, the gardener and watchman. He wants to do what he likes. The child wants to be a hawker, a gardener or a watchman because he watches these people and realise that they are free to do what they like. Lines from the poem: • I wish I were a hawkerRead more
Child wants to enjoy the same freedom as do the hawker, the gardener and watchman. He wants to do what he likes. The child wants to be a hawker, a gardener or a watchman because he watches these people and realise that they are free to do what they like.
Lines from the poem:
• I wish I were a hawker, spending my day in the road, crying, “Bangles, crystal bangles!”
• I wish I were a gardener digging away at the garden with nobody to stop me from digging.
• I wish I were a watchman walking the street all night, chasing the shadows with my lantern.
A school-going child is the speaker in the poem. Normally he happens to meet the hawker selling bangles, the gardener digging away at the garden and the watchman walking in the street. For more answers visit to website: https://www.tiwariacademy.com/ncert-solutions/class-6/english/chapter-8/
A school-going child is the speaker in the poem. Normally he happens to meet the hawker selling bangles, the gardener digging away at the garden and the watchman walking in the street.
The shopkeeper played tricks to tempt him to try his luck by making him believe that it was luck that got the old man and the boy their prizes but in reality they were friends of the shopkeeper. Therefore, Rasheed tried his luck again and again but only got some cheap things which he sold back to thRead more
The shopkeeper played tricks to tempt him to try his luck by making him believe that it was luck that got the old man and the boy their prizes but in reality they were friends of the shopkeeper. Therefore, Rasheed tried his luck again and again but only got some cheap things which he sold back to the shopkeeper and lost all his money.
Rasheed was upset because he had hopes of winning big prize and he continued trying his luck again and again, but every time he got a trifle. People were looking at him and laughing at his bad luck, but no one showed any sympathy. He played till he finished all his money. For more answers visit to wRead more
Rasheed was upset because he had hopes of winning big prize and he continued trying his luck again and again, but every time he got a trifle. People were looking at him and laughing at his bad luck, but no one showed any sympathy. He played till he finished all his money.
Like the child in the poem, you perhaps have your own wishes for yourself. Talk to your friend, using “I wish I were…”
Wishes: • I wish I were a policeman to punish the wrong person. • I wish I were a writer so that I will express new ideas and myself through my books. • I wish I were a carpenter so that I will design the amazing bookshelves for my school library room and for my classroom. For more answers visit toRead more
Wishes:
• I wish I were a policeman to punish the wrong person.
• I wish I were a writer so that I will express new ideas and myself through my books.
• I wish I were a carpenter so that I will design the amazing bookshelves for my school library room and for my classroom.
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What wishes does the child in the poem make? Why does the child want to be a hawker, a gardener, or a watchman? Pick out the lines in each stanza, which tell us this.
Child wants to enjoy the same freedom as do the hawker, the gardener and watchman. He wants to do what he likes. The child wants to be a hawker, a gardener or a watchman because he watches these people and realise that they are free to do what they like. Lines from the poem: • I wish I were a hawkerRead more
Child wants to enjoy the same freedom as do the hawker, the gardener and watchman. He wants to do what he likes. The child wants to be a hawker, a gardener or a watchman because he watches these people and realise that they are free to do what they like.
Lines from the poem:
• I wish I were a hawker, spending my day in the road, crying, “Bangles, crystal bangles!”
• I wish I were a gardener digging away at the garden with nobody to stop me from digging.
• I wish I were a watchman walking the street all night, chasing the shadows with my lantern.
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Who is the speaker in the poem? Who are the people the speaker meets? What are they doing?
A school-going child is the speaker in the poem. Normally he happens to meet the hawker selling bangles, the gardener digging away at the garden and the watchman walking in the street. For more answers visit to website: https://www.tiwariacademy.com/ncert-solutions/class-6/english/chapter-8/
A school-going child is the speaker in the poem. Normally he happens to meet the hawker selling bangles, the gardener digging away at the garden and the watchman walking in the street.
For more answers visit to website:
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In what way did the shopkeeper make a fool of Rasheed?
The shopkeeper played tricks to tempt him to try his luck by making him believe that it was luck that got the old man and the boy their prizes but in reality they were friends of the shopkeeper. Therefore, Rasheed tried his luck again and again but only got some cheap things which he sold back to thRead more
The shopkeeper played tricks to tempt him to try his luck by making him believe that it was luck that got the old man and the boy their prizes but in reality they were friends of the shopkeeper. Therefore, Rasheed tried his luck again and again but only got some cheap things which he sold back to the shopkeeper and lost all his money.
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Why was Rasheed upset?
Rasheed was upset because he had hopes of winning big prize and he continued trying his luck again and again, but every time he got a trifle. People were looking at him and laughing at his bad luck, but no one showed any sympathy. He played till he finished all his money. For more answers visit to wRead more
Rasheed was upset because he had hopes of winning big prize and he continued trying his luck again and again, but every time he got a trifle. People were looking at him and laughing at his bad luck, but no one showed any sympathy. He played till he finished all his money.
For more answers visit to website:
See lesshttps://www.tiwariacademy.com/ncert-solutions/class-6/english/chapter-8/