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The Invention of Vita-Wonk
Question
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Can anyone’s age be a minus number? What does “minus 87” mean?

Answer

No, no one’s age can be a minus number. Here, “minus 87” means that the person had to wait eighty seven years before he could come back. He had taken a strong dose of Wonka-Vite and had therefore, disappeared.

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Some More Questions From The Invention of Vita-Wonk Chapter

(i) What trees does Mr. Wonka mention? Which tree does he say lives the longest?

(ii) How long does this tree live? Where can you find it?

How many of the oldest living things can you remember from Mr. Wonka’s list? (Don’t look back at the story!) Do you think all these things really exist, or are some of them purely imaginary?

Why does Mr. Wonka collect items from the oldest things? Do you think this is the right way to begin his invention?

What happens to the volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention? What is the name of the invention?

Fill in the blanks in the recipe given below with words from the box.

shred

cooker

times

tomatoes

half

onion

oil

Easy Palak–Dal

INGREDIENTS

  • One ________________
  • One cup dal
  • Two thin green chilies
  • __________________a teaspoon red chili powder
  • Eight small bunches of palak
  • Two ___________________
  • Salt to taste

Wash and cut the vegetables; ______________the palak. Put everything in a pressure _________________. Let the cooker whistle three _____________, and then switch it off. Fry a few cumin seeds in __________________ and add to the palak–dal.