NCERT Book Class 7 English (Honeycomb) Chapter 7 The Invention of Vita-Wonk; Dad and the Cat and the Tree

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Before you read

Who are the oldest people you know? What are the
oldest things you have (i) in your house, (ii) in your city,
town or village? How old are they?
Have you ever wished that you were older? Have
you wished that you could grow up in a hurry?

The Invention of
Vita-Wonk
Mr Willy Wonka begins by inventing Wonka-
Vite, which makes people younger. But Wonka-
Vite is too strong. So some people disappear,
because their age becomes Minus! One person
—————–
actually becomes minus eighty-seven, which
—————– means he’s got to wait eighty-seven years
—————– before he can come back.
—————– Mr Willy Wonka must invent a new thing...
—————–
—————– I
—————–
set to work:
began to
M r Wonka said, “So once again I rolled
up my sleeves and set to work. Once
again I squeezed my brain, searching for the new
work
recipe: recipe... I had to create age... to make people old...
instructions old, older, oldest... ‘Ha-ha!’ I cried, for now the
for making
something
ideas were beginning to come. ‘What is the oldest
—————– living thing in the world? What lives longer than
—————– anything else?’ ”