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2) Which flowers does the child load his or her boats with? From where does he or
she get these flowers?

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3) What does the child see when he or she looks up at the sky?

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B) Reference to context

4) ‘I know not what playmate of mine in the sky
sends them down the air to race with my boats!’

a) Who says this and to whom?

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b) What does ‘them’ refer to?

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c) Why does the speaker say that a playmate of his has sent them?

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5) ‘The fairies of sleep are sailing in them, and the lading ins
their baskets full of dreams.’

a) What do the fairies of sleep sail in?

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b) What cargoes or loads are being carried?

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c) Why does the child mention sleep and dreams?

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C) Answer the following

6) Fill in the blanks with words from the poem.

a) Day by day I float my paper boats one by one down the running ___________.

b) I hope that someone in some ___________ land will find them and know who I am.

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