The Snowman – answers to the harder version

We’re walking ¹ in the air
We’re floating ² in the moonlit sky ³
The people far below ⁴ are .sleeping⁵ as we fly ⁶

I’m holding ⁷ very tight ⁸
I’m riding ⁹ in the midnight ¹⁰ blue
I’m finding ¹¹ I can fly so high above with you ¹² !

Far across the world ¹³
The villages go by ¹⁴ like dreams ¹⁵
The rivers ¹⁶ and the hills ¹⁷
The forests ¹⁸ and the streams ¹⁹
Children gaze ²⁰ open-mouthed
Taken by surprise ²¹
Nobody ²² down below believes ²³ their eyes* ²⁴.

 

We’re surfing ²⁵ in the air
We’re swimming ²⁶ in the frozen ²⁷ sky
We’re drifting ²⁸ over icy ²⁹
Mountains ³⁰ floating by ³¹

Suddenly ³² swooping low ³³ on an ocean deep ³⁴
Arousing of a mighty monster ³⁵ from its sleep ³⁶

We’re walking in the air
We’re dancing ³⁷ in the midnight ³⁸ sky
And everyone ³⁹ who sees us greets us as we ⁴⁰ fly!

 

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Notes
To hold tight = hold on firmly. Tight can also mean closely – the tables are a bit tight on the train = close together
Did you remember to write riding (verb ride) and dancing (verb dance) without an ‘e‘? Arousing is another one – but the sense is obscure here – presumably it means the boy notices somewhere down below him a mighty monster rousing from its sleep.
to rouse = to wake up or wake someone up; feel or make someone more active or excited.
to arouse – to create some effect or to cause someone to have a particular feeling
eg The programme aroused a lot of controversy.

*Usually the phrase ‘to believe your eyes‘ is used with the verb ‘can‘ or more often ‘cannot‘ – eg "She’s seen the pile of presents and can’t believe her eyes!" "I couldn’t believe my eyes, when I saw Grandad driving a double-decker bus!"
Did you notice the uses of ‘by‘ meaning ‘past‘ as in ‘go by‘, ‘float by‘?

 

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