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Tickled: stroke, here it means to tease
Unmerciful: cruel
Percival: A knight in King Arthur’s court

Belinda used to stroke the dragon in a very cruel way. Ink, Blink and Mustard made fun of
him by comparing him to a knight named Percival who was thought to be brave but ran
away due to lack of courage. They used to tease the dragon while sitting in their little red
wagon.

Literary Devices:
 Rhyme scheme: aabb (unmerciful-Percival, wagon-dragon)
 Refrain: Repetition of a sentence again and again (And a realio, trulio,)
 Repetition: use of the word ‘tickled him’
 Allusion: reference to any person or place (Percival)
 Personification: Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival
Stanza 6
Belinda giggled till she shook the house,
And Blink said Weeck! which is giggling for a mouse,
Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age,
When Custard cried for a nice safe cage.

Giggled: to laugh
Weeck: Here it is the sound made by the mouse

The poet says that Belinda used to laugh so loudly that her voice echoed in the house. Blink,
the mouse used to laugh and make a sound of weeck. On the other hand, ink and mustard
would tease him by asking the dragon his age whenever he used to demand for a nice safe
cage.

Literary Devices:
 Rhyme scheme: aabb (house-mouse, rage-cage)
 Onomatopoeia: usage of sound words to create a dramatic effect (giggled,
weeck)
 Repetition: Custard cried for a nice safe cage
Stanza 7
Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound,
And Mustard growled, and they all looked around.
Meowch! Cried Ink, and ooh! Cried Belinda,
For there was a pirate, climbing in the winda

Nasty: bad or unpleasant
Growled: bark
Pirate: A person who robs ship in the sea
Winda: it is used for window

So, while all of them were making fun of the dragon, they heard a sound of someone
entering the house. When they looked towards the window they saw a pirate climbing up