Q1.
Look around you for things or people that make you laugh. Write them in the bubbles given below. Share the reasons for your answers with your classmates and the teacher. (Things I Find Funny)
Answer
Fill the bubbles printed on page 59 with short phrases, not full sentences — then be ready to say why each one makes you laugh.
| Things I find funny | Why it makes me laugh |
|---|---|
| A puppy chasing its own tail | It is working very hard at something impossible |
| My little brother wearing my father's shoes | The size is completely wrong for the person |
| Tenali Rama and Birbal stories | A clever trick catches a proud person out |
| A monkey stealing a packet of biscuits | It behaves exactly like a naughty child |
| Someone answering a question with a completely wrong answer, very confidently | The confidence does not match the mistake |
| Tongue twisters said too fast | The words come out jumbled and sound like nonsense |
| Cartoons like Tom and Jerry, or Chhota Bheem | Impossible things happen and nobody is hurt |
Notice the pattern: almost everything funny comes from something being out of its right place — a shoe on a head, a small child in huge shoes, a serious voice saying nonsense. That is exactly the trick Natalie Joan uses in ‘A Funny Man'.
Sample answer: The thing I find funniest is my grandmother trying to use a mobile phone. She holds it at arm's length, shouts into it as if the person were across a field, and then says the call was very clear. It makes me laugh because she is doing everything with total confidence and getting all of it wrong.