Counting The

RAIN
I love counting the rain, Mother.
As they patter and as I see.
Do not all the great men like Rizal
Count rain, too, when still young like me?
See the numerous dropping rains
How hard it is for little brains.
And I recall the children’s riddle
About the old man’s countless canes.
How I love the fast falling rain
Like a thousand pounding pestles
And the little rushing water
Down the stream to see it nestles.
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1. The child is talking to his __________.

a. Father
b. Mother
c. Sister
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2. The child loves to _______ the rain.

a. count
b. drink
c. catch
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3. The child wants to know if counting rain has

also been a part-time activity of _________.
a. count
b. drink
c. catch
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4. The rain nestles in the _________.

a. dream
b. stream
c. street
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5. The old man’s countless canes is a ________.

a. riddle
b. fiddle
c. peddler
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6. The water rushes to the _________.

a. brook
b. stream
c. street
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7. In the riddle, the countless canes refer to

the _________.
a. Little brain
b. Dropping rains
c. Stream
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8. The rain _________.

a. withers
b. patters
c. gathers
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9. The child loves the __________ rain.

a. Fast
b. Slow
c. Tumbling
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10. The fast falling rain is also like _________.

a. Rushing water
b. Big waves
c. Pounding pestles