There was Daddy Gruff, Mummy Gruff, and their young son, Rumpus Boy Gruff.
Rumpus Boy Gruff had another name, but everyone called him Rumpus Boy. That was because every night, when he couldn’t get what he wanted, he would become furiously angry and begin a rumpus. If, for example, he wasn’t given a second helping of ice cream, he would start shouting and screaming. Then he would start slamming doors and kicking the walls. Soon he wouldn’t be able to remember what his rumpus was about, but it would nevertheless continue until he fell asleep from exhaustion.
Upon hearing the banging, the neighbors
would say, “Ah, there is Rumpus Boy again.
His rumpus has started a little later than usual tonight, hasn’t it?”
Vocabulary:
a rumpus – a casual word for a noisy
disturbance or argument
[eg., Will Smith caused a rumpus at the Academy Awards ceremony when he got on stage and slapped the comedian who made a joke about his wife.]
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