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2. ‘Now tell us all about the war,
And what they fought each other for?’

a. Who said this and to whom?

b. Which countries were at war? Who won?

c. What did everybody say about it?

B. Write whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the

false statements.

1. Wilhelmine was playing in the green.

2. Wilhelmine found the skull.

3. The English defeated the French in the battle.

4. Peterkin asked what good had come out of the war.

5. Kaspar did not have a justification for the war.

6. Nobody praised the Duke because he lost the battle.

C. Refl ect and answer.

1. Do you think Kaspar satisfied his grandchildren’s curiosity?

2. Why do you think Kaspar called the victory of the English a famous one?

Sounds and Pronunciation

Read the following lines from the poem again. Pay attention to the sounds made by the
highlighted words.
‘It was the English,’ Kaspar cried,

‘Who put the French to rout;

But what they fought each other for,

I could not well make out;’

The words rout and out are rhyming words because they have the same ending sounds.

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