I’ll tell you the story of Jimmy Jet
And you know what I tell you is true.
He loved to watch his TV set,
Almost as much as you.
He watched all day, he watched all night
Till he grew pale and lean.
From ‘The Early Show’ to ‘The Late Late Show’
And all the shows between.
मैं आपको जिमी जेट की कहानी सुनाता हूँ
और आप जानते हैं कि मैं जो बता रहा हूँ वह सच है।
उसे अपना टीवी सेट देखना बहुत पसंद था,
लगभग उतना ही जितना आपको।
वह दिन भर देखता था, रात भर देखता था
जब तक वह पीला और दुबला नहीं हो गया।
‘द अर्ली शो’ से लेकर ‘द लेट लेट शो’ तक
और बीच के सभी शो।
He watched till his eyes were frozen wide,
And his bottom grew into his chair
And his chin turned into a tuning dial,
And antennae grew out of his hair.
And his brains turned into TV tubes,
And his face to a TV screen,
And two knobs saying ‘VERT’ and ‘HORIZ’
Grew where his ears had been.
And he grew a plug that looked like a tail
So we plugged in little Jim.
And now instead of him watching TV,
We all sit around and watch him.
वह तब तक देखता रहा जब तक उसकी आँखें जम नहीं गईं,
और उसका निचला हिस्सा उसकी कुर्सी में बदल गया
और उसकी ठोड़ी एक ट्यूनिंग डायल में बदल गई,
और उसके बालों से एंटीना निकल आए।
और उसका दिमाग टीवी ट्यूब में बदल गया,
और उसका चेहरा एक टीवी स्क्रीन पर आ गया,
और ‘वर्ट’ और ‘होरिज़’ कहने वाले दो नॉब
उसके कानों की जगह पर उग आए।
और उसके पास एक प्लग निकला जो पूंछ जैसा दिखता था
इसलिए हमने छोटे जिम को प्लग इन कर दिया।
और अब उसके टीवी देखने के बजाय,
हम सब उसके आस-पास बैठते हैं और उसे देखते हैं।
Answer the following questions:
Q.1. What did Jimmy Jet want to do?
Ans. Jimmy Jet wanted to watch his TV set always.
Q.2. Why did Jimmy grow pale and lean?
Ans. Jimmy grew pale and lean because he watched TV all day and all night.
Q.3. What does the poet want to say in these lines
(i) From ‘The Early Show to the Late Late Show.
Ans. The poet wants to say that Jimmy used to watch TV from the very first show to the last show.
(ii) He loved to watch his TV set as much as you.
Ans. The poet says that Jimmy loved to watch the TV almost as we love to watch it.
(iii) And now instead of him watching TV, we all sit around and watch him.
Ans. The poet says that Jimmy watched T.V. so much that he himself became a T.V. set.
Q. 4. What looked like a tail?
Ans. The poet says that Jimmy had grown a plug that looked like his tail.
Q.5. What message does this poem convey?
Ans. The poem conveys this message to the children that do not watch T.V. too much.