Question

So she made a very little cake, But as it baking lay, She looked at it, and thought it seems Too large to give away. Therefore she kneaded another, And still a smaller one; But it looked, when she turned it over, As large as the first had done.

1) Who is the poet talking about here?
2) Why did she think that the cake was ' Too large to give away'?
3) Which word in the extract means 'cooking'?
4) What did she do when she looked at the cake?

Chapter name - The legend of the Northland

Class 9 th question
Book name - Beehive NCERT

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Answer 1

ans 3 = kneaded.
ans 2 = The woman was very greedy. She made a very small cake for the saint. But when the cake was baking, she thought that it was too large to give away. So she made another one which was smaller even than the first. But when it was ready, she thought that it was also too big to be given. So she made a very small and very thin cake for him. But as she was greedy, she did not want to part with even this cake. She placed it on the shelf.

The Saint Peter saw this and grew angry. He told her, “that she very selfish".