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The topic was “An incorrigible chatterbox”. Incorrigible refers to a bad habit that
is difficult to change. He gave her this topic because he was annoyed of her

unstoppable chattering during his lessons. On receiving this assignment, the
professor did not say anything to her for a while but when he lost his patience, he
handed her yet another assignment as punishment on the topic „Quack, Quack,

Quack, Said Mistress Chatterbox‟.

When the professor scolded her for the third time and punished her, the whole
class started laughing. As a result, she had to pretend to be amused too. After

writing twice on similar topics, she ran out of thoughts. Thus, her friend Sanne
who was good at poetry offered to help her write in rhyme. This whole assignment
scenario was to make Anne feel ashamed but she made sure that she gave an

effective reply.

She finally wrote her third assignment in the form of a poem which turned out to be

great. She wrote a satire that a father swan bit his three baby ducklings to death
because of their noisy nature. To her good luck, the professor took it lightly. The
professor recited the entire poem in front of the class while giving his own remarks
simultaneously. The author being fortunate enough, talked uninterruptedly after

this incident without any further homework as punishment. Also, Mr keesing, the
professor started cracking jokes every now and then in front of the class.