Question

Oh my gosh, Paati, look! It's those two jelly-bellies. Those two tabla-tummies! Those wicked men who tried to drown us! That boatman called Khabardar and his friend, Laila said Paati and the children were peering through the snake-shaped creepers that dropped down from the trees like a curtain across their path. The two men lay on the long grass, fast asleep, their mouths wide open as they snored! How had these wicked villains got here, Paats wondered, feeling her eyelids drooping. She yawned, beginning to feel rather drowsy Then, she shook herself awake sternly. This sleepiness was just the effect of the dreaded Singing Grasses of the Vankozhimozhi Forest. The two villains had probably made the mistake of riding through the grasses, felt sleepy, and been thrown off their ponues. Seven ones are seven. Seven twos are fourteen, Damu shouted loudly when he realised that Paati was feeling sleepy Don't let the Singing Grasses get to you, Paati Come on, Viks and Laila, he urged, start speaking or singing loudly.'

a. Who are the people being referred to here?
b. What were they doing when Paati and the children spotted them?
c. Did Paati and the children share a friendly relation with them? (
2) Make a meaningful sentence with the word drowsy
3) Paati felt a scorpion-like sting on her arm as she reached the group - What problem did the group face at this point in the story? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) a) The wicked men, the boatman called Khabardar and his friend, Laila.

b) The two men lay on the long grass, fast asleep, their mouths wide open as they snored.

c) No

2) She soon felt relaxed and drowsy.

3) (Sorry, I don't know the answer to this)

Explanation:

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