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Hector the Collector
Shel Silverstein
Hector the Collector
Collector bits of string,
Collected dolls with broken heads,
And rusty bells that would not ring.
Bent up nails and ice cream sticks,
Twists of wires, worn out tyres,
Paper bags and broken bricks.
Old chipped vases, half shoelaces,
Gatlin' guns that wouldn't shoot,
Leaky boats that wouldn't float,
And stopped up horns that wouldn't toot,
Butter knives that had no handles,
Copper keys that had no locks,
Rings that were too small for fingers,
Dried up leaves and patched up socks,
Worn-out belts that had no buckles,
'Lectric trains that had no tracks,
Airplane models, broken bottles,
Three-legged chairs and cups with cracks,
Hector the Collector loved these things with all his soul---
Loved them more than shining diamonds,
Loved them more than glistenin' gold
Hector called to all the people,
'Come and see my treasure trunk!'
And all the silly sightless people
Came and looked... and called it junk.
Available Answers
- 1.
Where could Hector have got these things from?
See if you can match the following to find out where he could have got them from.1. Dolls with broken heads a. Carpenter's workshop 2. Rusty bells that would not ring b. From a building site 3. Bent up nails c. Garbage heaps; from homes 4. Ice cream sticks d. From homes; may have belonged to girls who have grown up 5. Twists of wires e. Under trees; in park; from the roadside 6. Worn out tyres f. From a cycle repair shop; homes 7. Paper bags g. Garbage heap 8. Broken bricks h. From a garbage heap; outside an ice cream parlour 9. Half shoelaces i. Garbage heaps; near slums 10. Butter knives without handles j. Garbage heaps; from homes 11. Copper keys that fit no locks k. From a tyre repair shop; garbage heap 12. Rings too small for fingers l. Garbage heaps; from homes 13. Dried up leaves m. Garbage heap; from the road 14. Patched up socks n. Garbage heaps 15. Worn-out belts without buckles o. From an electrician's workshop 16. Electric trains without tracks p. Locksmith's shop; 17. Airplane models q. Garbage heaps; from homes 18. Broken bottles r. Garbage heaps; near slums 19. Three-legged chairs s. Garbage heaps; from homes 20. Cups with cracks t. Garbage heap; roadside - 2.How do you know that Hector loved all the things he collected?
- 3.What did he call his collection?
- 4.What did the people call Hector's collection?
- 5.Sightless people are blind people. Were these people really blind? What did they not see?
- 6.
Learn to use better words. Use these words and phrases given in the box to replace the underlined phrases.
faded pretended apologised disappeared promised to forgave us disobeyed disappointed us shattered - The car hit a tree and the wind shield broke into small pieces.
- Hemant went out and did not appear for an hour.
- We said we would complete our work by Monday.
- The jeans lost their colour after being dried in the sun.
- We did not listen to our teacher and got into trouble.
- He tried to show that he was ill, but we all knew he was fine.
- Ms Dasgupta made us feel bad when she said our picnic had been cancelled.
- We said we were sorry and our teacher said it was alright.
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