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The poem 'The Grumble Family' by  talks about people who are not satisfied with anything in life and choose to  about all the minor problems. The poet brings out this theme in a sarcastic way by attributing a family to such a negative attitude of . The grumble family lives in the complaining street, with the river of  running aside them. They live in the city of ''. They  at everything that is happening around them. Even if the brightest and the greatest situation is laid in front of them, they will search for that minor inconvenience caused and crib about it. The entire family is known by the name 'Grumble' because of this. They complain about both  and winter. It is either too cold or too hot for them. They complain for the sake of complaining. If everything goes right, they would complain about not having anything to grumble about. If anyone stays too close to them, the grumblers  them as well, and by the time one realises that they too have turned into grumblers, it would be too . One has to be very careful from  too far into the grumbling lane. The poet wants everyone to retain their  even if things go  sometimes.