3. The day the bulldozers came
Rooks were building
Crazy egg baskets in the oaks;
Green flies sizzled by the pond
And a cold-eyed toad
Waited for them.
The day the bulldozers came
Squirrels were scattering
Up tree trunks,
And leapt from branches
That were hardly there.
The fox
Stirred in his sleep
As the ground trembled.
‘Ha ha’ he thought,
‘I’m quite safe,
Deep down in the Earth,
No one can get me here.’
Then the bulldozers came.
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12. Give the meanings of these words
(which can be found in the poem)
1. Sizzled
2. Cold-eyed
3. Scattering
4. Leapt
5. Stirred
6. Trembled
13. Imagine that you are a friend to the fox.
Write a note to inform him that he should
be worried about the day the bulldozers
comes. Give a suggestion on what the fox
should do.
