The Way Through The Woods

1.
Complete the summary of the poem given below my filling in the blanks. Choose words from the box:
path seventy swish summer forest cover
keeper fearing night planted coppice galloping
trouts misty road anemones

There was once a ______1_______ running through a ______2______. This was closed ______3______ years ago. Trees were _____4______ in this place. The path now lies beneath this forest ______5______. The ______6______ and ______7______ have further hidden this path. It is only the ______8______ of the forest, who knows where the path lay.
If an observer enters this forest, on a ______9______ evening, the cool ______10______ air cools the place where the ______11______ live. The otter would wander about not ______12______ the observer. He will hear the ______13______ of a horse and the ______14______ of a lady's skirt. The atmosphere would be ______15______. It would appear as if a ______16______ did exist, though there is none now.
2.
Who does 'they' refer to in the first line?
3.
What had happened to the road?
4.
Why do the creatures of the woods not fear men?
5.
What is it that enables the animals residing in the woods to know where the road exists?
6.
Write down some activities that take place in the woods.

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