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POEM - 9 : Whatif — ENGLISH (NCERT) STD 6 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 6ENGLISH (NCERT)POEM - 9 : Whatif3 Marks
Question
Last night, while I lay thinking here,
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I'm dumb in school?
Whatif they've closed the swimming-pool ?
Questions :
$(1)$ What happened at night when the poet lay thinking ?
$(2)$ What did the things that crawled inside do all night long?
$(3)$ What are the poet's fears regarding his/her school?
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Answer

At night, when the poet lay thinking his thoughts began to take shape about all the bad things that would happen and what would he do if those fears came true.
The things that crawled inside pranced and partied all night.
The poet fears what if he/she goes dumb in his/her school. He/She also fears if the school authorities close down the swimming-pool.

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