NCERT Book Class 7 English Dad and the Cat and the Tree

 Dad and the Cat and the Tree

Have you ever seen a cat climbing a tree? Sometimes a cat may climb too high and get stuck in the tree. The poor thing can’t come down without help. How would you help it? Surely, not like Dad in the poem. Is Dad a good climber? What were his plans? Read the poem to find out.

This morning a cat got

Stuck in our tree.

Dad said, “Right, just

Leave it to me.”

                        The tree was wobbly,

                        he tree was tall.

                        Mum said, “For goodness’

                        Sake don’t fall!”

“Fall?” scoffed Dad,

“A climber like me?

Child’s play, this is!

You wait and see.”

                        He got out the ladder

                        From the garden shed.

                        It slipped. He landed

                        In the flower bed.

“Never mind,” said Dad,

Brushing the dirt

Off his hair and his face

And his trousers and his shirt,

                        “We’ll try Plan B. Stand

                        Out of the way!”

                        Mum said, “Don’t fall

                        Again, O.K.?”

Working with the Poem

1. Why was Dad sure he wouldn’t fall?

2. Which phrase in the poem expresses Dad’s self-confidence best?

3. Describe Plan A and its consequences.

4. Plan C was a success. What went wrong then?

5. The cat was very happy to be on the ground. Pick out the phrase used to express this idea.

6. Describe the Cat and Dad situation in the beginning and at the end of the poem.

7. Why and when did Dad say each of the following?

(i) Fall?

(ii) Never mind

(iii) Funny joke

(iv) Rubbish

Please refer to attached file for NCERT Class 7 English Dad and the Cat and the Tree