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1) Where does the story take place?
Ans. The story takes place in a village in India.
2) List the characters in the play and write one or two lines about each.
Ans. (1) Motiram: Motiram is farm owner, who has had a good farm produce this year. But he does to want to advertise about it as it may attract uninvited guests.
(2) Sonabai: Sonabai is also a farm owner, who has had a good farm produce. She feels that uninvited guests can be a nuisance. She can cook up excuses to refuse guests.
(3) Hirabai: Hirabai feels that guest can be a nuisance. She never wastes good food and money on others and finds some polite excuse to refuse guests.
(4) Rupabai: Rupabai belongs to the village and as compared to the others she seems to be a truthful lady. She feels that one shouldn’t refuse guests.
3) Find what Hirabai tells the traveller by reading her words from right to left.
Find what Hirabai tells the traveller by reading her words from right to left.Ans. Hirabai actually says, “Go away. No food and no rest for anyone here.” She also says, “Good, I do not want you to. Go elsewhere
4) Apart from the stone, how many things go into the soup?
Apart from the stone, how many things go into the soup?Ans. Apart from the stone, the following ingredients were added to the soup – water, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, beans, onions, ginger and salt.
5)Does the traveller really have a magic stone?
Ans. No the traveller does not have a magic stone. By claiming the stone to be magical, the traveler procures all the ingredients required for the soup from the ignorant villagers