Answer following questions in short.
Q1) Which country or
countries do you think “The Neterland” refer to?
Ans1) The Neterland is a polar region. It is a cold region
covered with snow. There the days are shorter and the nights are longer.
Q2) What did St. Peter
ask the old lady for? What was the lady’s reaction?
Ans2) St. Peter while moving round the earth reached a
little woman’s house. She was preparing cakes. St. Ppeter requested the lady
for a single cake. The lady was very
selfish. She took tiny kneaded dough.
Q3) How did he punish
her?
Ans3) The priest was very angry with the lady as she was not
ready to give even a single leaf of bread. He cursed and changed her into wood
–pecker to collect her food from the wood by boring deep into it.
Q4) What is a legend?
Why this poem is called a legend?
Ans4) A legend is an
old traditional story. This poem is called a legend because it tells an old
story of Northland. This is the story of an old greedy woman who angered St.
Peter.
Q5) Describe the
theme of the poem ‘A legend of the Northland ‘?
Ans5) Saint peter asks an old greedy lady for a cake. She
was selfish and did not give any cake to the hungry saint. It made the saint
angry. He turned the lady into the bird. The bird keeps on searching for her
food the whole day. We should not be greedy and always help the needy person.
Some more questions for practice.
Q1) How does the
woodpecker get her food?
Q2) What was the
condition of St.peter after end of the hectic day?
Q3) What was the
effect f St. peter’s curse on the old lady?
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