Chapter- 1       Hobble-Bobble


What is the title of the poem?

Answer: The title of the poem is Hobble-Bobble.


Who is the speaker in the poem?

Answer: A child is the speaker in the poem.


When does the poem begin?

Answer: The poem begins in the morning.


What did the child do after waking up?

Answer: The child got into bed.


What strange thing did the child eat?

Answer: The child ate a cup of tea.


What strange thing did the child drink?

Answer: The child drank a slice of bread.


Where did the child go next?

Answer: The child went to the bus stop.


What did the child catch to go to school?

Answer: The child caught a train.


Why is catching a train strange here?

Answer: Because the child was at a bus stop.


Where did the child ride the bicycle?

Answer: In the swimming pool.


Why is riding a bicycle in a swimming pool strange?

Answer: Because bicycles are not ridden in water.


What happened to the telephone?

Answer: Someone broke the telephone.


What did the child do even though the phone was broken?

Answer: The child rang his friend.


Where did the child and his friend go?

Answer: They went to the football field.


What did they do at the football field?

Answer: They swam from end to end.


What does “end to end” mean?

Answer: From one side to the other side.


When did the child come again?

Answer: In the evening.


What did the child watch in the evening?

Answer: The child watched the radio.


Why is watching the radio funny?

Answer: Because radios are listened to, not watched.


Where did the child lie down?

Answer: On the ceiling.


Why is lying on the ceiling impossible?

Answer: Because people lie on the floor or bed, not the ceiling.


What did the child read?

Answer: The child read a video.


Why is reading a video strange?

Answer: Because videos are watched, not read.


What kind of day did the child have?

Answer: A crazy day.


Which line is repeated in the poem?

Answer: “Oh! What a crazy day!”


What makes the poem funny?

Answer: Mixing up actions and objects.


Is the poem serious or playful?

Answer: The poem is playful.


What kind of poem is “Hobble-Bobble”?

Answer: A humorous poem.


What do we learn from the poem?

Answer: It is meant for fun and imagination.


Why do children enjoy this poem?

Answer: Because the actions are silly and amusing.

Answer by Dimpee Bora