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Allie calls, Allie sings,
edge : side
Soon they run in.
First there came
Tom and Madge,

Kate and I who’ll not forget
How we played by the water’s edge

Till the April sun set.

– Robert Graves

Is Allie the breeze who sings and calls, or the setting sun, or the mountains? Is the ocean
calling them west, the animal miracle worker? Is Allie the calling of wild... the voice that
brings you outside?

A. Tick ( ) the correct option.3
1. What was Allie doing?

a) Dancing with birds
b) Calling her friends (birds, animals and children)

c) Singing with birds

2. Allie called the birds and _____________ birds came flying.
a) four b) five c) all

3. The cow that came on the calling of Allie was ____________ .

a) black in colour b) grunting all the time
c) red and white in colour

4. A pair of _____________ fish came.

a) minnow b) trout c) eel
B. Complete the following sentences.

1. The poet says that he will not forget how they _________ upon Allie’s call and _______ .
2. The bantam hen came on ______________ upon Allie’s call.

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