Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Patty the Milkmad was going to market carrying her milk in a pail of her head. As she went along she

began calculating what she would do with the money she would get for the milk. ‘I’ll by some fowls from

farmer Brown’. said she , ‘and they will lay eggs each morning, Which I well sell to the parsons wife. With

the money that I get from the sale of these eggs. I’ll buy myself a new dimity frock and a chip hat,. and

when I go to market, won’t all the young men come up and speak to me! Polly show will be that jealous;

but I don’t care. I shall just look at her and toss my head like this. As she spoke she tossed her head back

the pail fell off it, and the milk was spilt. So she had to go home and tell her mother what had occurred

‘Ah my child.’ Said the mother, Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Questions:

[a] where was patty going?

[b] What was she calculating?

[c] What did she want to buy with the money she earned by selling milk?

[d] What is the moral of the story?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. She was going to the market
2. She started calculating about what she would do with the money she would get back for milk
3. She wanted to buy a dimity frock and chip hat
4. Do not count your chickens before they hatch

Hope this helps you

Answer 2

Answer:

a )Patty the milkmad was going to market carrying her milk in a Pail of her head .

b) she being calculating what she would do with the money, she would get for the milk.

c)she buy some fowls from farmer brown and said that the y will lay eggs each morning which I sell to the person's wife. with the money I 'll buy myself a new dimty frock and a chip hat .