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08. A Real Santa Claus (WIP)

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Chapter: 08. A Real Santa Claus

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Comprehension

A. Fill in the blanks to complete these sentences.

I hang for you by our chimney.

I hang for you stockings two by our chimney.

There is a in the town.

There is a chimney in the town.

There is a room which is all .

There is a room which is all bare.

In a you would see someone like me.

In a broken bed you would see someone like me.

You would find that no boy would care for.

You would find shoes that no boy would care for.

B. Answer these questions.

What does Santa Claus do?

Santa Claus brings pretty toys and gifts to boys and girls at Christmas.

What does the boy hang by the chimney?

The boy hangs two stockings by the chimney.

Describe the other boy’s house.

The other boy’s house has a chimney that Santa has never visited, a room that is all bare, no stockings, and old shoes that no boy would care for much. He sleeps in a broken bed.

What does the poor boy dream around Christmas time?

The poor boy dreams of the pretty toys that Santa Claus brings to other boys, and for him, Christmas seems merry only in his dreams.

Who wants to be Santa Claus to the poor boy and why?

The poet (the boy speaking in the poem) wants to be Santa Claus to the poor boy. He wants to do this because he feels compassion for the poor boy who only dreams of a merry Christmas and wants to make his dreams come true by sharing the gifts he receives.

C. Answer these questions with reference to the context.

There’s a chimney in the town, You have never travelled down. a. Who has been referred to as ‘you’ in these lines?

‘You’ in these lines refers to Santa Claus. b. What kind of a house does that chimney belong to?

That chimney belongs to a house with a room that is “all bare,” indicating a poor or unfurnished house. c. How does the speaker know that the listener has never climbed down that chimney?

The poet knows Santa has never climbed down that chimney because if he had, he would have seen the poverty and lack of Christmas joy there, and presumably would have done something about it. The poet implies Santa is unaware of this specific hardship.

Dreaming of the pretty toys, Which you bring to other boys a. Who is dreaming of pretty toys?

A poor boy, living in a bare room on a broken bed, is dreaming of pretty toys. b. What is the occasion for bringing these toys?

The occasion for bringing these toys is Christmas. c. Why do ‘other boys’ get the toys? What is stopping this boy from getting them?

‘Other boys’ get toys because they likely come from families that can afford them or are on Santa’s usual gift-giving route. This boy is stopped from getting them due to his poverty and the fact that Santa has apparently never visited his particular chimney or house.

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