Dad tries to rescue a cat stuck in a tree with Plan A, which involves climbing a ladder and results in him falling and getting dirty. His wife warns him not to fall again with Plan B, but Dad laughs off the warning and swings from a tree branch that breaks, causing him to fall again.

1. GOOD MORNING!

2. DAD AND THE CAT AND THE
TREE
KIT WRIGHT

3. DAD AND THE CAT AND THE TREE
“Never mind,” said Dad,
Brushing the dirt
Off his hair and his face
And his trousers and his shirt,

4. DAD AND THE CAT AND THE TREE
“We’ll try Plan B. Stand
Out of the way!”
Mum said, “Don’t fall
Again, O.K.?”

5. DAD AND THE CAT AND THE TREE
“Fall again?” said Dad.
“Funny joke!”
Then he swung himself up
On a branch. It broke.

6. GLOSSARY
1)Brushing- remove dust by scrubbing
2)Swung-past tense of swing-to move with a
quick, curving motion especially to try to hit
something
3)Broke-past tense of break- to separate into
parts or pieces

7. EXPLANATION OF THE STANZAS
The Narrator’s father brushes off the dirt from his hair
and clothes, cleans his face and begins to think about
another plan to drive away the cat. The narrator’s father
decides to try plan B. However his wife again warns
him that he might fall again. But he ignored it. Still
laughing he swung himself on a branch but the branch
broke and he fell again.

8. QUESTIONS
1)Describe plan A
2)What were the consequences of Plan
A?

9. ANSWERS
1)Plan A was the father climbed the
tree to save the cat. He used a
ladder to climb the tree.
2)Plan A was not successful. He
slipped and fell from the ladder.

10. FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
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