The Tale of Custard The Dragon , Class 10 English Notes Based On SEBA

 

THE TALE OF CUSTARD THE DRAGON

Ogden Nash

 

 

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Very Short Type Q&A

 

Q1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’?

Ans: Ogden Nash is the poet of the poem ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’.

 

Q2. Where did Belinda live?

Ans: Belinda lived in a little white house.

 

Q3. Who possed the big teeth?

Ans: Custard the dragon had possed the big sharp teeth.

 

Q4. How was the dragon’s mouth look like?

Ans: The dragon’s mouth looked like a fireplace.

 

Q5. What did the dragon have on his toes?

Ans: The dragon had daggers on his toes.

 

Q6. With what did the poet compare Belinda’s braveness?

Ans: The poet compared Belinda’s braveness to a barrel full of bears.

 

Q7. Who chased lions down the stairs?

Ans: Ink and the Blink chased lions down the stairs.

 

Q8. Whom did Belinda tickle?

Ans: Belinda tickled the custard for its asking nice safe cage.

 

Q9. What happened when Belinda laugh?

Ans: When Belinda laugh, the house shook.

 

Q10. What was heard by all of them?

Ans: A nasty sound was heard by all of them.

 

Q11. How did Ink react when it heard a nasty sound?

Ans: When it heard a nasty sound, Ink looked around and cried using the word ‘Meowch’.

 

Q12. Who entered into Belinda’s little white house?

Ans: A pirate entered into Belinda’s little white house.

 

Q13. What did the pirate carry in both his hands?

Ans: The pirate carried two pistols in both of his hands; one is in his left hand and another is in his right hand.

 

Q14. How was the pirate’s beard?

 Ans: Black.

 

Q15. How many bullet did the pirate fire?

Ans: The pirate fired two bullets.

 

Q16. Who amongst the pets was judged as brave?

Ans: Custard, the dragon amongst the pets was judged as brave.

 

Q6. “Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful…” Why?

Ans: Tickling always works on people, who are a little softer. So, Belinda tickled the dragon unmerciful as it worked a lot on him. Despite being a dragon, a tickling could disturb him and this showed his cowardice on which everyone laughed.

 

Q7. How did all the pets and Belinda react when they heard a nasty sound?

Ans: When heard a nasty sound, all the pets and Belinda reacted. Because felt nervous and paled and cried seeking for help. The Mustard fled seeing the pirate a terrifying mind. As it is describe, Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household. Again the little mouse, Blink strategically kept itself in a household. But the Custard the dragon snorting like an engine, chased his tail like irons in a dungeon and went at pirate and gobbled him like a robin at a worm.

 

Q8. How did the pirate look like? Or How did the pirate appear there?

Ans: The pirate appeared there with two pistols. He had a sword in his teeth. His beard was black and one of his leg was made of wood.

 

Q9. How did the pets pretend to be brave after the pirate was killed by the dragon?

Ans: When the dragon killed the pirate, the pets started to praise themselves so that they could pretend to be brave. The little dog, Mustard said that he would have been twice as brave if he hadn’t been flustered. Ink and Blink were also of the opinion that they would have been three times as brave if they had not been nervous.

 

Q10. What is ballad? Is the poem ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’ a ballad?

Ans: Ballad is a song or a poem that tells a story. It may narrate tales of courage or heroism. Ballads may also be humorous.

                 The poem “The Tale of Custard the Dragon” is in fact a ballad- a humorous ballad close to a parody.

 

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