Where do all the teachers go ?

WORD MEANINGs (शब्दार्थ)

pinched – चुराना, flake – पपड़ी, hymn • धर्मिक गीत, scribble – जल्दी कुछ लिखना

TRANSLATION OF THE LESSON (पाठ का हिन्दी अनुवाद)।

Where do all ………………………….. ever bad?

हिन्दी अनुवाद – सारे शिक्षक कहाँ चले जाते हैं जब चार बजते हैं? क्या वे घरों में रहते हैं और क्या वे अपनी जुराबें धोते हैं? क्या वे पजामा पहनते हैं और क्या वे टीवी देखते हैं? और क्या वे अपनी नाक साफ करते हैं, तुम्हारी और मेरी तरह? क्या वे दूसरे लोगों के साथ रहते हैं? क्या उनकी माताएँ और पिता है? और क्या वे कभी बच्चे थे और क्या वे भी कभी बुरे थे?

Did they ever ……………………. read to you.

हिन्दी अनुवाद – क्या कभी ऐसा हुआ, कि उनकी वर्तनी कभी सही न हो? क्या उन्होंने कभी गलतियाँ कीं? क्या उन्हें कोने में खड़े होने की सजा मिली अगर उन्होंने चॉकलेट की पापड़ियाँ चुराईं? क्या उन्होंने कभी अपनी गीतों की किताबें खोई थीं? क्या उन्होंने कभी अपनी हरी सब्जियाँ छोड़ी थीं? क्या उन्होंने डेस्क के ऊपर लिखा था? क्या उन्होंने पुरानी गंदी जीन्स पहनी थी? मैं आज एक का उसके घर तक पीछा करूँगा और आज जानूंगा कि वे क्या करते हैं? फिर मैं उसके बारे में एक कविता में लिखूगाँ, जिसे वे तुम्हें पढ़ कर सुना सकें।

EXERCISE (अभ्यास)

Comprehension Questions

1. Answer the following questions:

Question 1.

Why does the poet want to know where the teachers go at four o’clock?

Answer:

By four O’clock, the school gets over. For the poets, the teachers are not ordinary but special people. So, he wants to know where they go at four O’clock.

Question 2.

What are the things normal people do that the poet talks about?

Answer:

The poet talks about normal people that they lives in houses, wash their socks, wear pyjamas, watch TV, pick their noses and live with other people.

Question 3.

What does he imagine about

(i) where teachers live?

(ii) what they do at home?

(iii) the people with whom they live?

(iv) their activities when they were children in school?

Answer:

(i)He imagine whether the teacher live in houses.

(ii)He imagine whether they wear pajamas and watch TV at home.

(iii)He imagines whether they live with other people and have parents just like others.

(iv)He imagines whether they ever make mistakes, got punished for stealing chocolate flakes, lose their hymn books, left their green vegetables untouched or scribbled on their benches.

Question 4.

Why does the poet wonder if teachers also do things that other people do?

Answer:

For the poet, the teachers are special people, who are very different from common people. Therefore, he wonders if teachers also do things that other people do.

Question 5.

How does the poet plan to find out? What will he do once he finds out?

Answer:

The poet plans to follow a teacher while going back home, to find out the answers of his questions. Once he finds act about them, he will make a poem out of his collected information for all to read or hear.