8. Write the story of 'A Legend of the Northland' in about ten sentences.
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Answer:The poem is a legend about an old lady who angered Saint Peter because of her greed. The story goes’ on like this. One day, Saint Peter was preaching around the world and reached the door of a cottage where this woman lived. She was making cakes and baking them on a hearth. St. Peter was fainting with hunger. He asked the lady to give him a piece of cake. The cake that she was baking then appeared to be too big, so she did not give him that and instead, she baked another smaller one. That also appeared to be big so she did not give him that also. The second time she baked yet another smaller cake but found it too big to give away. In the third attempt, she took an extremely little scrap of dough and rolled it flat. She had it as thin as a wafer but was unable to part with that also. This angered St. Peter a lot. He said that she was not fit to live in human form and enjoy food and warmth. He cursed her and transformed her into a woodpecker bird who had to bore in hard, dry wood to get its scanty food. She can be seen in the trees all day boring and boring for food.
Explanation:
ᴏɴᴄᴇ ꜱᴀɪɴᴛ ᴘᴇᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀɴ ᴏʟᴅ ʟᴀᴅʏ’ꜱ ᴄᴏᴛᴛᴀɢᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ʜᴜɴɢʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇᴀᴋ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ’ꜱ ꜰᴀꜱᴛɪɴɢ. ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴅʏ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴄᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʜ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ꜱᴀɪɴᴛ ᴘᴇᴛᴇʀ ᴀꜱᴋᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀ ᴄᴀᴋᴇꜱ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴛɪɴʏ ᴄᴀᴋᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪᴍ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴀᴋɪɴɢ, ꜱʜᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏᴏ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ. ꜱʜᴇ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ʙᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ʙᴜᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟᴇꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴀᴋᴇꜱ ꜱᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ᴛᴏᴏ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ. ꜱᴜᴄʜ ɢʀᴇᴇᴅʏ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏᴜʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴅʏ ᴀɴɴᴏʏᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜɴɢʀʏ ꜱᴀɪɴᴛ. ʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀꜱᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ꜱᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰᴀʀ ᴛᴏᴏ ꜱᴇʟꜰɪꜱʜ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ, ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴏᴏᴅ, ꜱʜᴇʟᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰɪʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʜᴇʀ ᴡᴀʀᴍ. ᴛʜᴜꜱ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱꜰᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴡᴏᴏᴅᴘᴇᴄᴋᴇʀ. ᴀʟʟ ʜᴇʀ ᴄʟᴏᴛʜᴇꜱ ᴇxᴄᴇᴘᴛ ʜᴇʀ ꜱᴄᴀʀʟᴇᴛ ᴄᴀᴘ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɢᴏɴᴇ ᴀꜱ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴜᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜɪᴍɴᴇʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰʟᴇᴡ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴘ. ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟʙᴏʏ ɪꜱ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ʜᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴇꜱᴛ, ʙᴏʀɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ꜰᴏᴏᴅ ᴛɪʟʟ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ.