What Has Happened To Lulu?

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What Has Happened to

Lulu?
Charles Causley
Stanza 1
What has happened to Lulu, mother? (line 1)
What has happened to Lu? (line 2)
There's nothing in her bed but an old rag-doll (line 3)
And by its side a shoe. (line 4)
Happened- berlaku
There’s nothing- tiada apa-apa
Old rag doll-patung lama
Side a shoe- sebelah kasut
Stanza 2

Why is her window wide, mother, (line 1)


The curtain flapping free, (line 2)
And only a circle on the dusty shelf (line 3)
Where her money-box used to be? (line 4
Wide- besar
Flapping free-berterbangan
Dusty shelf- almari berhabuk
Stanza 3
Why do you turn your head, mother, (line 1)
And why do the tear-drops fall? (line 2)
And why do you crumple that note on the fire (line 3)
And say it is nothing at all? (line 4)

turn your head- berpaling tadah


Tear drops- tangisan
Crumple-ronyok
Stanza 4
I woke to voices late last night, (line 1)
I heard an engine roar. (line 2)
Why do you tell me the things I heard (line 3)
Were a dream and nothing more? (line 4)
Voices- suara
Engine roar- bunyi kenderaan
Were a dream- mimpi
Stanza 5

I heard somebody cry, mother, (line 1)


In anger or in pain, (line 2)
But now I ask you why, mother, (line 3)
You say it was a gust of rain. (line 4)
Pain-kesakitan
Gust of rain- bunyi hujan
Stanza 6

Why do you wander about as though (line 1)


You don't know what to do? (line 2)
What has happened to Lulu, mother? (line 3)
What has happened to Lu? (line 4)
Wander- mengelamun
Though-seperti
Let’s think
1. What do you think happened to Lulu?

2. Why is the mother crying?

3. Who is asking these questions?

4. Where do you think Lulu went?


•Stanza 1- The persona, a young boy
is asking his mother where his sister,
Lulu is. He says there is nothing on
her bed except an old rag-doll and a
shoe by its side.
•Stanza 2- The persona is asking
his mother why Lulu's window is
open and her money-box is
missing
•Stanza 3- The persona asks his mother
why she is turning her head away and
crying. He asks her again why she
crumples and throws the note into the
fire and tells him that nothing is wrong.
•Stanza 4- The persona wants to know why
his mother is saying that the voices and the
roar of an engine he heard are just a dream.
The roar of an engine implies that his sister,
Lulu was driven away in a car
•Stanza 5- The persona heard
somebody cry in pain or anger but
his mother tells him that it must
have been the wind.
•Stanza 6- The persona wants his mother
to explain why she is confused and what
has happened to his older sister, Lulu.
Try these questions now
1. How do you know the persona is close to Lulu?
2. In your opinion, did Lulu run away or was she kidnapped? Give a
reason for your answer.
3. What do you think of the mother’s answers to the persona’s
questions?
4. Why doesn’t the mother tell the truth to the persona? Give two
possible answers.
5. Suggest two things that the mother should do about Lulu’s
disappearance.
6. In your opinion, where was the persona’s father when Lulu
disappeared?
7.Why do teenagers run away from home? Give two possible reasons.
8. What should be done to prevent child kidnapping? Suggest two
ways.
9. How would you feel if a family member disappears from home?
10. How can social media help in cases of child kidnapping?

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