CBSE Class 7 · English · Honeycomb
The Shed
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 7 English.
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About the author
Frank Flynn's poem is spoken by a child curious about a rusty shed at the bottom of the garden - spider webs, cracked window, and a brother's ghost story that may be a lie to keep the shed for himself.
Summary
At the bottom of the garden there is a shed with a spider web across the door and rusty creaking hinges.
The shed stands neglected - web on the door, rusty hinges that creak in the wind.
The child lies in bed listening and promises to open the door one day.
At night the speaker listens to the creaks and resolves to open the shed someday.
A side window has three cracked panes; the child thinks someone stares each time they pass.
Through cracked glass the child imagines a watcher - eerie yet fascinating.
Brother says a ghost hides under the floorboards and will chop off the speaker's head if they enter.
The brother frightens the child with a tale of a head-chopping ghost under rotten boards.
The child knows there is no ghost - the brother lies to keep the shed as his den.
Reason tells the speaker the ghost is fiction and the spider has long gone, yet fear remains.
The child will go into the shed soon - but the final line hesitates: not just yet.
Curiosity wins in words, but the closing hesitation shows fear, laziness or growing courage postponed.
Hard words & meanings
| hinges | metal joints on a door |
| den | secret private place |
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