Question 9.
How did the narrator let Ranga have a glimpse of Ratna?
Question 10.
What arrangements did the narrator make with Shastri, the astrologer?
Question 11.
Why does the narrator compare himself to a he-goat and Ranga to a lion?
Question 12.
This is a humorous story. Which part did you find the most amusing?
Answers
Answer 9:
The narrator asked Rama Rao’s wife (Ratna’s aunt) to send her to his house to get some buttermilk. When Ratna came, he sent for Ranga. He asked Ratna to sit for a while and sing a song. Ranga came for while she was singing. His curiosity and interest were roused.
Answer 10:
The astrologer had been briefed by Shyama about what to say — he did so — Ranga was already interested in Ratna He told him that it was possible to marry the girl he was thinking of.
Answer 11:
The narrator referred to a story in which a clever he-goat was able to scare away a lion. Here, he himself is the shrewd goat who has laid a plot for Ranga’s marriage. Ranga, though like a lion, who unable to escape the wiles of the clever he-goat.
Answer 12:
The most amusing part of the story is the narrator’s and Ranga’s visit to astrologer. The narrator was determined to get Ranga married to Ratna. He went to a Shastri and told him to keep everything ready to read the stars and also tutored him what to say. The next day the narrator took Ranga to see the Shastri and challenged the astrologer to tell them what was worrying Ranga. After pretending to read some papers and counting on his fingers, the Shastri declared ‘It’s about a girl’. Her name is perhaps similar to that of something found in ocean like ‘Ratna’.
Answer 9:
The narrator asked Rama Rao’s wife (Ratna’s aunt) to send her to his house to get some buttermilk. When Ratna came, he sent for Ranga. He asked Ratna to sit for a while and sing a song. Ranga came for while she was singing. His curiosity and interest were roused.
Answer 10:
The astrologer had been briefed by Shyama about what to say — he did so — Ranga was already interested in Ratna He told him that it was possible to marry the girl he was thinking of.
Answer 11:
The narrator referred to a story in which a clever he-goat was able to scare away a lion. Here, he himself is the shrewd goat who has laid a plot for Ranga’s marriage. Ranga, though like a lion, who unable to escape the wiles of the clever he-goat.
Answer 12:
The most amusing part of the story is the narrator’s and Ranga’s visit to astrologer. The narrator was determined to get Ranga married to Ratna. He went to a Shastri and told him to keep everything ready to read the stars and also tutored him what to say.