 Three weeks later, Richard shared his

relationship with Mr. Kilmer and his poems to

the class for the first time. He also read the
latest reply from Mr. Kilmer to him, and that
he wanted Richard to send another poem.
Richard then proceeded to read the poem he
intended to send with his reply to Mr. Kilmer.
He read:
 Peggy remembered her uncle, which was
one of those trains chugging into war.
Richard however thought the last line was
reminding Mr. Kilmer of the dangers he
already knew off, and he wanted to write a
different ending. Hannah thought “although I
wonder why?” to be the perfect ending to the
poem. And so it was…
 With the secret out, Richard felt better and
relieved. As school was over, he spent his
days working on the farm, he was good at it.
However, Richard realised that he was
different from his father and he could not get
close to his father, he felt that there was
some strange barrier in between them.

 He finally received a reply from Mr. Kilmer a

couple of weeks later. Mr. Kilmer admired
Hannah’s suggestion, and Richard could not
wait to see her to share the news. However,
Richard was shy, so he swept the idea under
a rug and waited for school to resume.
 The challenges of growing up.
 Problem in relationship with Hannah.

 Humanity and friendship give us hope.

 Joyce Kilmer replied to Richard’s letter.

 Life is full of suprises and ironies.

 Richard discovers a fellow poet who has the
same love for nature and living things.
 Richard Knight

 Mr. Higby

 Hannah Schermer
Richard Knight

Nervous
 Richard felt very nervous when he had to
stand in front on the class to make a
presentation. ( page 57 )

Hardworking
 Richard spend his days working hard on the
farm. ( page 64 )
Mr. Higby

Knowledgeable
 Mr Higby described the current battles during
History class. ( page 62 )

Confident
 When Peggy insisted that the enemies were
called as Huns according to the Liberty
Bonds posters, Mr Higby was confident that
the poster was inaccurate. ( page 62 )
Hannah Schermer

Wise
 Hannah suggested the last line of Richard’s
poem which was then praised by Joyce
Kilmer. ( page 66 )
 • Last day of the school
Time • Summer holidays

• Classroom
Place • Farm

• Lower middle class ( farmers )

Social • Upper middle class ( Schermer )
 Courage and resilence
 Joyce Kilmer volunteers to serve in a war . (
page 66 )
 Truth, intergrity, and honour
 Mr Higby tells his students that the Liberty
Bonds Posters are wrong in calling present-day
Germans ‘Huns’. ( page 62 )
 Patriotism
 Joyce Kilmer is a poet with a family, yet he
signed up as a soldier. ( page 59 )
 What the last class before the school end? (
page 62 )

 What Richard do during in the summer? 9

page 64 )

 Which one word has same meaning with

‘meadows’? ( page 65)
 “ The question your friend raised in the last
line was very wise “ from letter wrote by
Joyce Kilmer your friend refer to? ( page 66 )

 Why Richard tell too shy to tell Hannah

about something? ( page 67 )