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Read the following stanza carefully and answer the questions that follows :

Said the Kangaroo, I'm ready!

All in the moonlight pale,

But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady!

And quiet at the end of my tail!'

So away they went with a hop and a bound

And they hopped the whole world three times round;

And who so happy 0 who,

As the Duck and the Kangaroo?

(i) What was the Kangaroo ready for?

(ii) How did the kangaroo ask the Duck to sit and where?

(iii) How many times did they hop round the world?

(iv) What character trait about the kangaroo is revealed in the above lines?

Answer:

(i) The Kangaroo was ready to take the Duck on his tail to see the world.

(ii) The Kangaroo asked the Duck to sit steady on his tail and balance her well.

(iii) They hopped round the world three times.

(iv) The kangaroo was concerned, friendly and caring.