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1.	Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,“Good gracious! how you hop!Over the fields and the water too,As if you never would stop!My life is a bore in this nasty pond,And I long to go out in the world beyond!I wish I could hop like you!”Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.Questions :(1) What do the words ‘Good gracious!’ Convey here?(2) What was the strong desire of the Duck? Why?(3) What did the Duck wish?
Answer» (1) Here the words ‘Good gracious’ convey the surprise watching the Kangaroo hop over fields and water non-stop. (2) The Duck felt that in that dirty pond, his life was a bore and he wanted to go out in the world beyond the pond. (3) The Duck wished he could hop like the Kangaroo.

Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,“Good gracious! how you hop!Over the fields and the water too,As if you never would stop!My life is a bore in this nasty pond,And I long to go out in the world beyond!I wish I could hop like you!”Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.Questions :(1) What do the words ‘Good gracious!’ Convey here?(2) What was the strong desire of the Duck? Why?(3) What did the Duck wish?

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(1) Here the words ‘Good gracious’ convey the surprise watching the Kangaroo hop over fields and water non-stop.

(2) The Duck felt that in that dirty pond, his life was a bore and he wanted to go out in the world beyond the pond.

(3) The Duck wished he could hop like the Kangaroo.