Summary & Question-answers of The Poem : 9- Whatif with the concerned video

What if Summary In English

There are times when fears and doubts fill our minds and we begin to think whatif something unpleasant happens. The poet has written this poem about it.

“Last night I lay in bed thinking. I wondered what would happen if I am dumb in school ? Whatif they don’t let me enter the swimming pool and beat me ? May be, someone puts poison in my cup. Who knows I might start crying, get sick and die. ? Am I going to fail the test ?

There can be other mishappenings. I may grow green hair on my chest and am disliked by all. I may be a victim of lightning. I may not grow taller and in stead begin to grow smaller. The wind may tear my kite.

There may be a war; my parents might get divorced. All such ideas go on increasing in number and I remain disturbed.”What If 

1. (i) Who is the speaker in the poem?

Ans: The speaker in the poem is child.

(ii) With your partner list out the happenings the speaker is worried about.

Ans: The speaker is worried if he was dumb in school, if they had closed the swimming pool, if he got beaten up, if there was poison in his cup, if he started to cry, if he got sick and died, if he flunked that test, if green hair grew on his chest, if nobody liked him, if a bolt of lightning struck him, if he did not grow taller, if his head started getting smaller, if the fish would not bite, if the wind tore up his kite, if they started a war, if his parents got divorced, if the bus was late, if his teeth did not grow in straight, if he tore his pants, if he never learnt to dance.

(iii) Why do you think she/he has these worries? Can you think of ways to get rid of such worries?

Ans: She/he has these worries because in the night she/he is free therefore, these fearful thoughts started coming in his mind. To get rid of such worries she/he should involve their mind in creative work.