TEXTBOOK ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS DAD AND THE CAT AND THE TREE CBSE – CLASS – VII

ABOUT THE POET

·
Name- Kit Wright

·
Born – 17 June 1944,
Crockhan Hill

·
Kit Wright has written more
than twenty five books on children and adults.

·
Famous works –

1) Bear looked over the mountain.

2) Short
afternoon.

·
Awards – 1) Heinemann Award (1991)

2)
Cholmondeley Award (1995)

ABOUT THE POEM

Kit
Wright presents a humorous picture of the assay of dad in bringing down a cat.
He is overconfident and ever inspiring. He never gets dejected because of his
failures. As a cat climbed up on the tree, he made every possible effort to
bring it down. He used a ladder, tried to swing on a branch, tried to jump upon
the tree, but did not succeed.

TEXT BOOK ANSWERS

1. Why
was dad sure he wouldn’t fall?

Ans:- Dad was overconfident about his ability. He
considered himself as a skillful climber and even bragged that climbing a tree
is a child’s play and there is no chance for him to fall.

2. Which
phrase in the poem expresses Dad’s self confidence best?

Ans:- The poem is filled with dad’s over confident
remarks about his abilities. The phrase which means the best is –

“as easy as winking”.

3. Describe
plan A and its consequences.

Ans:- Dad thought of taking the help of a ladder to
bring the cat down. He took the ladder and made an effort to climb to reach to
the cat. But the ladder slipped and he fell on the flower bed.

4. Plan C
was a success. What went wrong then?

Ans:- Indeed Dad’s Plan ‘C’ was a success. Dad wanted to reach to the
cat to bring it down. Dad really reached to the cat but with different result.
Dad jumped on the tree and fell on the cat. The cat on the other hand out of
fear gave a big yell and jumped on the land and dad got stuck on the tree –
trunk.

Q. 5. The cat
was very happy to be on the ground. Pick out the phrase used to express this
idea.

Ans:- The cat was indeed happy to land on the
ground.

The phrase which shows this is –

“Pleased as punch to be

Safe and sound.”

Q.6 Describe
the cat and Dad situation in the beginning and at the end of the poem.

Ans:- If we take a meticulous look, we shall find
Dad and the cat changing their position from the beginning to the end of the
poem. At the beginning the cat was on the tree and Dad was trying to bring the
cat down. But at the end the cat was on the ground and Dad was stuck on the
trunk of the tree.

Q.7 Why and
when did Dad say each of the following?

i)
Fall- This word was said when
Dad made his first attempt with ladder.

ii)
Never mind – This was spoken
when Dad was unsuccessful in his first attempt.

iii)
Funny Joke – This was said
when Dad was about to go for Plan – B

iv) Rubbish – This was uttered when Dad was unsuccessful
in Plan B and about to start Plan – C.

Q.8 Do you
find the poem humorous? Read aloud lines when make you laugh ?

Ans:- From the beginning till the end the poem is an excellent
embodiment of humour. The lines which make us laugh are-

i)
“He got out the ladder

From the
garden shed

It slipped. He
landed

In the flower bed

ii)
“Then he swung himself up