Answer the following question
1.Why did the word 'blind' come to Nunez's mind?
2. How did the three men describe Nunez?
3. Why were the men surprised when they heard the word see?
4. What did they mean by his senses are imperfect?
5. Do you think there is a reason for the nature of the buildings? Explain
6. How would you explain sight to the men in the passage?
Answers
Answer:
Long years ago, a valley in Ecuador's Andes was accessible to all. Then came a great landslide that cut the valley off from the outside world. An early settler who chanced to be outside the valley when the earthquake occurred was never able to return. Before he died, he described the place whence he came.
The stranger named Núñez is a mountaineer who has seen the world. While guiding a party of climbers, he falls from a mountain during the night. Although he tumbles more than a thousand feet, he survives. The next morning he climbs further downward until he finds himself among meadows dotted with flocks of llamas
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