Question

He came to the door of a cottage
In travelling round the earth;
Where a little woman was making cakes,
And baking them on the hearth.
And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her store of cakes;
To give him a single one.

[a] What was the little woman doing?
[b] Why did the man come to the door of the woman?
[c] Where had the man come from?
[d] Who came to the cottage door?
[e] What does ‘faint and fasting’ mean?


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Answer 1

Answer:

1. the woman made food from his family
2. he come to the door of women to take some food particles because he can't eat many days because he was in fasting
3. man was Saint and he come from church
4. A saint
5. come to the cottage door