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1.27 Complete the poem with words from
exercise 1. Then listen and check.
THE ZEBRA
QUESTION
BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN
I asked the zebra,
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with habits?
Are you noisy with 2... times?
Or are you quiet with ... times?
Are you happy with ... days?
Or are you sad with 5... days?
Are you neat with some 6... ways?
Or are you sloppy with some ways?
And on and on and on and on
And on and on he went.
I'll never ask a zebra
About stripes
Again​

An incredibly touching, sweet, incredible and easy story about justice. A very simple language that tightens and does not let go. Roald Dahl very skillfully builds the storyline - so that the pages you want to turn over and over again - there must be some clue to which you want to find the answer. History, which is initially difficult to believe. But when reading about this you can easily forget - and just immerse yourself in an atmosphere of fun, struggle, heat and smart, worthy people. It seems to me that Matilda can be read and useful at any age. Although, probably, children will understand it even better than adults.

An incredibly touching, sweet, incredible and easy story about justice. A very simple language that tightens and does not let go. Roald Dahl very skillfully builds the storyline - so that the pages you want to turn over and over again - there must be some clue to which you want to find the answer. History, which is initially difficult to believe. But when reading about this you can easily forget - and just immerse yourself in an atmosphere of fun, struggle, heat and smart, worthy people.

It seems to me that Matilda can be read and useful at any age. Although, probably, children will understand it even better than adults.