. I] Read the following passage.
'Far away,' continued the statue in a low musical voice, 'far away in a littile street, there is a
poorhouse. One of the windows is open, and through it can see a woman sitting at a table. Her face
is thin and worn, and she has rough, red hands, all pricked by the needle, for she is a seamstress.
She is embroidering passion flowers on a satin gown for the loveliest of the Queen's maids-of-
honour to wear at the next Court-ball. In a bed, in the corner of the room, her little boy is lying ill.
He has a fever and is asking for oranges. His mother has nothing to give him but river water, so he
is crying. Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, won't you take the ruby out of my sword hilt and gve it
to her? My feet are stuck to this pedestal and I cannot move.'
'My friends wait for me in Egypt, said the Swallow. They are flying up and down the Nile and
talking to the large lotus flowers. Soon they will go to sleep in the tomb of the great King. The
King is there himself in his painted coffin.
"Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, said the Prince, 'won't you stay with me for one night and be my
messenger? The boy is so thirsty and the mother so sad I don't think I like boys, answered the
Swallow. 'Last summer, when I was staying on the river, there were two rude boys, the miller's
sons, who were always throwing stones at me. They never hit me, of course-we swallows fly far
too wel for that - but still, it was a mark of disrespect.'
But the Happy Prince looked so sad that the little Swallow was sorry. 'It is very cold here, he said,
'but will stay with you for one night and be your messenger.
Thank you, little Swallow, said the Prince.
Answer these questions.
1) Describe the poor woman.
2) What is the woman doing?
3) Who is the little boy? What is he doing?
4) What does the Prince ask the Swalow to do?
5) Where are the Swallow's friends? What does he say they are doing there?
6) Why doesn't the Swallow like little boys?
7) What does the Swallow think was a 'mark of disrespect'?
8) What does the little Swallow finally agree to do?
Answers
Answer:
1.Her face is thin and worn, and she has rough, red hands, all pricked by the needle, for she is a seamstress.
2.She is embroidering passion flowers on a satin gownfor the loveliest of the Queen's maids-of-honour to wear at the next Court-ball.
3.The little boy is her son.He is lying ill.He has a fever and was asking for oranges.His mother has no oranges except river water.So he was crying.
4.The prince asked the swallow to stay with him for one night and be his messenger.
5.Swallo's friends are in Egypt.They were flying up and down the Nile and talking to lotus.
6.Because they threw stones on swallow.
7.The boys threw stones on swallow.The swallow thinks this behaviour as a disrespect.
8.The swallow finally agreed to stay with the prince for one night and be his messenger.
Explanation:
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