The Elf and the Dormouse (Poem)

Who are the two characters in the poem?

• the Elf and the Dormouse

• Tenali and The King

• the fairy and the bee

What is a Dormouse?

• it looks like a rabbit

• it looks like a squirrel

• it looks like a mouse

What do we mean by “sound asleep”?

• silent sleep

• deeply asleep

• noisy sleep

Why was the Elf trembling?

• because it felt afraid of the Dormouse

• because it felt afraid of the tiger

• because it felt afraid of the lion.

Why did the Elf need to creep under the toadstool?

• to shelter himself from the thunder

• to shelter himself from the rain.

• to escape from the lightning

Where was the next shelter?

• far away

• mile away

• next lane

Give one word which means - a place giving protection from bad weather or danger

• house

• building

• shelter

Do you think the Elf was naughty?

• no

• not sure

• yes

How did the Elf trouble the Dormouse?

• by snatching food from him

• by leaving him without a shelter from the rain

• by breaking his toy

___________ was sleeping under a toadstool.

• the monkey

• the Dormouse

• the Elf