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There was once a cook called Grethel, she would take some of the best of whatever she was cooking, “for,” said she, “a cook must know how things taste.” Now one day her master said to her, “Grethel, I expect a guest this evening, you make ready a pair of fowls.” “Certainly, sir, I will,” answered Grethel. So, she killed the fowls, cleaned them, and then, as evening drew near, placed them before the fire to roast. They were nearly done, but the guest had not come. Then she went and put the fowls down to the fire again, and, basting them with butter.
Now they began to smell so good that Grethel licked her fingers, “Well, the fowls are good. One of the wings is burning!” she cried, “I should better eat it and get it out of the way.” So, she cut it off and ate it up, and it tasted good, and then she thought, “I should better cut off the other too.” She said, “Why not I make myself happy, with a good meal.” So, she ate up one of the fowls with great relish and then the second fowl went the way of the first.
Just as she was in the middle of it the master came back. “Grethel,” cried he, “The guest is coming!” “It will soon be ready.” She answered. The master went to see that the table was properly laid, and, taking the great carving knife with which, he meant to carve the fowls, he sharpened it upon the step. The guest came, knocking at the front door.
When Grethel saw the guest, she put her finger on her lip saying to the guest, “Hush! Make haste you can out of this, he asked you to come to supper, but he really means to cut off your ears! Just listen how he is sharpening his knife!” The guest, hearing the noise of the sharpening, made off as fast as he could go. Grethel ran screaming to her master. “The guest has run away with my pair of fowls that I had just dished up.” “Grethel, what do you mean?” asked he.
Then he called out to him to stop, and then he ran after him, the knife still in his hand, crying out, and “Only one! only one!” meaning that the guest should let him have one of the fowls and not take both, but the guest thought he meant to have only one of his ears, and he ran so much the faster that he might get home with both of them safe.
1) Find the synonym of- SURELY from the passage.
2) How did Grethel prepare a pair of fowls?
3) What did Grethel do to the guest?
4) How many fowls did Grethel eat?
5) Write True or False- The guest came on time.
6) Why did the master sharpened the knife?
7) Find the antonym of the word- DELAY from the passage
8) Fill in the blank with a correct/appropriate word from the passage which means with great enjoyment.- She ate a plate full of cookies with ____________.
9) What did the guest thought in the end when master approached him?
10) Think of an adjective which best describes the personality of Grethel as per her wit(intelligence).
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Answer:
1) Surely - Certainly
2) Firstly Grethel killed the fowls, and then she cleaned them and placed them near the fire to roast .Then she went and put the fowls down to the fire again, and, basting them with butter. This is how Grethel prepared the fowls.
3) Grethel scared the guests off by falsely claiming that her master means to cut off their ears . She also told them to wait and just listen how he is sharpening his knife.
4) She ate up one of the fowls and then the second fowl went the way of the first.
5) False
6) The master sharpened the knife to carve the fowls.
7) Delay × Haste
8) She ate a plate full of cookies with great relish.
9) In the end the guest thought that the master means to cut off his one ear.
10) clever, quick-witted, sharp, wise .....
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