Question

There was an old lady, all dressed in silk,

Who lived upon lemons and buttermilk.

And thinking the world was a sour old place,

She carried its acid all over her face.

Another old lady, all dressed in patches,

Lived upon nothing but safety matches.

So the world it made her strangle and cough,

And sure as you rubbed her, you set her off

Another old lady, all sunny and neat,

Who lived upon sugar and everything sweet,

Exclaimed, when she heard of their troubles, “I never!

For the world is so nice. I could live on for ever!”

Now, children, take your choice

of the foods your heart shall eat;

They are sour thoughts and nasty thoughts

And thoughts all good and sweet.

And whatever the heart feeds on,

Dear children, trust me,

Is precisely, what this queer, old world

Will seem to be.


Mary Mapes Dodge
Q1) Describe the character, on the basis of the description given in the second stanza.​

Answer 1

Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge (January 26, 1831 – August 21, 1905) was an American children's author and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker. She was the recognized leader in juvenile literature for almost a third of the nineteenth century