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The Snake And The Mirror
Question
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Do you think that the old lady would have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was? What would she have done then?

Answer

No, the old lady would not have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was. Instead, she would have tried to please him with her cakes for the fulfilment of her greedy desires.

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Some More Questions From The Snake And The Mirror Chapter

Report these questions using if/whether or why/when/where/how/which/what.
Remember the italicised verbs change into the past tense.
1. Meena asked her friend, “Do you think your teacher will come today?”
2. David asked his colleague, “Where will you go this summer?”
3. He asked the little boy, “Why are you studying English?”
4. She asked me, “When are we going to leave?”
5. Pran asked me, “Have you finished reading the newspaper?”
6. Seema asked her, “How long have you lived here?”
7. Sheila asked the children “Are you ready to do the work?

1.Which country or countries do you think “the Northland” refers to?

 What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for? What was the lady’s reaction?

How did he punish her?

How does the woodpecker get her food?

Do you think that the old lady would have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was? What would she have done then?

Is this a true story? Which part of this poem do you feel is the most important?

What is a legend? Why is this poem called a legend?

Write the story of ‘A Legend of the Northland’ in about ten sentences.
 

Let’s look at the words at the end of the second and fourth lines, viz., ‘snows’
and ‘clothes’, ‘true’ and ‘you’, ‘below’ and ‘know.’ We find that ‘snows’ rhymes
with ‘clothes’, ‘true’ rhymes with ‘you’ and ‘below’ rhymes with ‘know’.
Find more such rhyming words.