Class 3 :: English Literature :: Daddy Spectacles by Harindranath Chattopadhyaya (Roots)
Daddy Spectacles
by Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
(Roots)
The Poem :
"Today our Daddy Spectacles
Is very very sad
Since he has lost his spectacles;
The only pair he had!
Without that pair of spectacles
He can't tell A from Z,
So the only thing for him to do
Is to go back to bed!
But that he will not do unless
He finds the precious pair:
Pray! Who can tell him where it is,
Say! Who can tell him where?
A-hunting for those spectacles
From room to room he goes:
Daddy your pair of spectacles
Is on your very nose!"
Summary of the Poem :
The father of the poet is very sad because he has lost his only pair of spectacles. He can not do anything without those specs. He has to do nothing and go to bed. But he does not want to go to bed without finding his specs. He becomes worried about how and where it has been lost. He searches at every place and in every room. Then it is found that the spectacles are on his very nose. He was wearing it. He just lost his mind and no one pay attention that he was wearing it actually.
Comprehension
Read and answer
1. Why does Daddy not want to go to bed?
a. He was not sleepy at all. [ ]
b. He was too sad to fall asleep. [ ]
c. He wanted to find his spectacles. [✓]
2. Where was the missing pair of spectacles found?
a. on Daddy's nose. [✓]
b. under the chair. [ ]
c. in the kitchen. [ ]
3. Why did Daddy not wear another pair of spectacles while looking for the missing one?
= Daddy did not wear another pair of spectacles while looking for the missing one because he did not have another pair except that one. He forgot that he wore it. But he thought that he lost his pair of spectacles. Here lies the humour of the poem. It is the main funny element of the poem.
4. Which lines tells us that Daddy could not see much without his spectacles?
= The lines tells us that Daddy could not see much without his spectacles are -
"Without that pair of spectacles
He can't tell A from Z,
So the only thing for him to do
Is to go back to bed!"