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The Fun They Had
2. Discuss what these phrases mean to you.
(i) a yellow wood
(ii) it was grassy and wanted wear
(iii) the passing there
(iv) leaves no step had trodden black
(v) how way leads on to way
i) Yellow wood represents the autumn season. In the poem, the author has used 'autumn' to symbolise the old age. The poet , here, talks about the later stages of life.
ii) The phrase says that one of the roads was full of grass and seemed to be untrodden because nobody has used that road.
iii) The treading of the people on that path.
iv) The leaves turned black and didn't change their colour because of few people stepping on them. It could represent a path one may have never/seldom taken in life for the fear of uncertainty.
v) This phrase means how certain decisions one makes in life could pave the way for many other decisions.
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“Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.”
(i) Who does ‘they’ refer to?
(ii) What does ‘regular’ mean here?
(iii) What is it contrasted with?
What kind of teachers did Margie and Tommy have?
Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector?
What did he do?
Why was Margie doing badly in geography? What did the County Inspector do to help her?
What had once happened to Tommy’s teacher?
Did Margie have regular days and hours for school? If so, why?
How does Tommy describe the old kind of school?
How does he describe the old kind of teachers?
What are the main features of the mechanical teachers and the schoolrooms that Margie and Tommy have in the story?
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