"The Blue Bead" Treasure Trove Workbook Solutions by Evergreen Publications - G.C Mago

"The Blue Bead" Treasure Trove Workbook Solutions/Notes

The Blue Bead Solutions/Notes, story written by Norah Burke

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UNSOLVED PASSAGES

PASSAGE-1

(i) She had husked corn, and gathered sticks, and put dung to dry, and cooked, and weeded, and carried, and fetched water, and cut grass for fodder, during her childhood.

(ii) She went with her mother, and some other women, to get paper grass from the cliffs above the river, which could then be sold to an agent, which would give them some revenue.

(iii) The women toiled for the whole day to earn themselves living by selling the paper grass to the agent. This agent would then arrange for the dispatch of the paper grass to paper mills.

(iv) Sibia carried a sickle and her homemade hay fork, with her, when she went with her mother to collect paper grass from the cliffs, and then sold it to the agent.

(v) Sibia could not skip work when she was on her way back from the cliffs since, at that point, her body would always ache with tiredness, and there was also a great load to carry on her back as well.

PASSAGE-2

(i) The crocodile rested in the river, sunning himself sometimes with other crocodiles- muggers, as well as the long snorted fish- eating gharials, on warm rocks, and sandbanks.

(ii) The big crocodile lay motionless in the river, as it was sunning himself, and relaxing. It was also waiting for its prey to come to the river, to drink water, and it would then attack it.

(iii) The big crocodile fed mostly on fish, but also on deer, and monkeys that came to drink water from the river, perhaps a duck or two, but sometimes here at the fords, he fed on a pi- dog full of parasites or a skeleton of a cow.

(iv) The big crocodile sometimes went down to the burning ghats, as it would find the half-burned bodies of some Indians cast into the stream, which he would then eat.

(v) The blue bead was sand- worn glass that had been rolling about in the river for a long time. It was later found by Sibia, after defeating the crocodile, who would then use the bead for her necklace.

PASSAGE-3

(i) The women were going towards the river. They passed a Gujar encampment of grass huts, where these nomadic grazers would live until the time their animals had perhaps finished all the easy grazing within reach, and they would then move on.

(ii) The Gujar women wore trousers, tight and wrinkled at the ankles. In the ear, they would wear large silver rings, made out of melted rupees. 

(iii) The Gujar men and boys had gone out of camp just then with the herd or gone to the bazaar to sell their produce. The men and boys did not had a lot of hard work to do as compared to the Gujar women.

(iv) Sibia noticed the one or two buffaloes that the Gujar men left behind were standing about. These were creatures of wet noses, and moving jaws, and gaunt black bones, as the author describes them.

(v) The Gujars, like Sibia, are called junglis because they were born and bred in the forest. For countless centuries, their forebears had lived like this. They had never been to a developed city or such.

PASSAGE-4

(i) The ancestors of the Gujars had been getting their living from animals, from grass and trees, as they scratched their food together, and stored their substances in large herds, and silver jewelry.

(ii) The women crossed the river by jumping from stones to stones. They gathered up their skirts, and they clanked their sickles, and forks together over their shoulders, to have an ease of movement.

(iii) While the women were crossing the river, they were laughing and joking and were asking about how each other's day was going. They were in a talkative, and jolly mood.

(iv) Crocodiles are frightened by noises. The big crocodile did not move in fear while the women were crossing, as the women were very talkative, and noisy, and thus, all of them crossed the river in safety, to the other bank.

(v) The women had to climb a still hillside to get to the grass, and sliced away at it, wherever there was a foothold to be had. In the river, there were kingfishers, great turtles, mahseer weighing more than a hundred pounds, and crocodiles too.

PASSAGE-5

(i) When Sibia was halfway through crossing the river, she sat her load down on a big boulder to rest, and leaned, breathing, on the fork.

(ii) A Gujar woman came with two gurrahs to the water on the other side of the river, in order to get clear water, which would quickly fill both gurrahs to the top without sand.

(iii) When the Gujar woman was within a yard of the crocodile, the crocodile heaved out of the darkening water, with water slashing off him, with his livid jaws yawning, slashing at her leg.

(iv) In order to save herself, the Gujar woman clenched one of the timber logs, which jammed between two boulders, and she clung to it and screamed out loud for help.

(v) After pulling her leg, the crocodile thrashed his mighty tail, to and fro in great smacking flails, as it tried to drag her free, and then carry her off down into the deeps of the pool.

PASSAGE-6

(i) When Sibia saw the woman being attacked by the crocodile, she leaped from boulder to boulder like a rock goat and aimed at the crocodile's eye, and then with all her force, she drove the hay fork at its eyes.

(ii) Sibia aimed at the crocodile's eyes with her hay-fork, and with all her body's force, she drove the hay fork at its eyes, with one prong going right in while its pair scratched past on the horny cheek.

(iii) After he was attacked by Sibia, the crocodile reared up in pain, till half of his lizard body was out of the river, the tail, and nose nearly meeting over his strong back.

(iv) The crocodile would die, not then, but soon. Though its death would not be known for days, not till his stomach, filled with gas, floated him on the river.

(v) Sibia got her arms around the fainting woman and somehow managed to drag her out of the water. She stopped her wounds with sand, and bound them with rags, and helped her go home, to the Gujar encampment.

PASSAGE-7

(i) Sibia took the wounded Gujar woman to the Gujar encampment where the men made a litter to carry her to someone, that could help her, to heal her wounds.

(ii) Sibia wanted to pick her fork from the river. As she bent to pick it up from the river, she saw the blue bead in the water, which she then picked up, for her necklace.

(iii) Sibia twisted the blue bead into the top of her skirt against her tummy. She then picked up her hay fork, and sickle, and the heavy grass, and set off to home, happily singing, 'What a day, what a day'. 

(iv) Sibia's mother was apprehensive about what had happened to Sibia, as till the time she had reached her home, she saw that Sibia was not there behind her.

(v) When Sibia's mother asked her if something had happened, she told her that something did happen, about her finding a blue bead for her necklace, in the river.

ASSIGNMENT

(i) Sibia was a poor young girl, twelve years of age, who lived in a mud house, in a village. During her childhood, she husked corn, gathered sticks, put dung to dry, cooked food, and cut grass for fodder. One day, she was going with her mother, and some other women to get the paper grass from the cliffs, above the river. Sibia, along with other women, followed the dusty track towards the river. They jumped from stone to stone and reached the other banks safely. 
On their way back, when Sibia rested on a boulder, a Gujar woman came back to get clear water in her two gurrahs. Suddenly a crocodile lunged at her, his jaws close on her leg. It tried to drag her, and carry her off into the deeps of the pond. Sibia, seeing all this, jumped from boulder to boulder, and then, with all the force of her little body, she aimed, and drove her hay fork into the crocodile's eyes, with one prong going in, while the others scratching its thorny cheeks. Thus, she saved the life of that Gujar woman, while risking her life as well, and performed a heroic act. She did not think much of her heroic act and did not ask for praise for her bravery, but instead was just happy to find a blue bead for her necklace, in the river, after defeating the crocodile.

(ii) Sibia was a young girl of twelve years of age, that lived in a mud house in a village. During her childhood, she husked corn, gathered sticks, put dung to dry, cooked food, and cut grass for fodder. One day, she was going with her mother, and some other women, to get paper grass from the cliffs above the river. They were jumping from stone to stone to cross the river and passed safely to the other side.
Then, upon their return, a Gujar woman came back to get clear water when suddenly, a crocodile lunged at her and had its jaws closed on her leg. Sibia jumped from boulder to boulder and then threw her hay fork at its eyes, injuring it, and forcing it to leave the woman's leg, and saving the woman's life.
Thus, she is brave, for fighting a crocodile almost twice her size, selfless, for not caring about her own life while trying the save the woman's life, and helpful, for helping the woman in danger. She displays a rare courage, and presence of mind in saving the life of a Gujar woman. It is really an act of heroism, but she is simple, modest and humble, and does not brag about her act of saving the woman's life.

(iii) The writer began the story, 'The Blue Bead' with a detailed description of the crocodile, before shifting to Sibia's act of heroism, as to give us a little about the physical appearance, and habit of the crocodile, to make a compelling antagonist, despite the fact that it is not even a human, but a reptile. The writer did this, so as to bring more depth in the character of the crocodile, which, although is just a reptile, still had a powerful impact on the story. The crocodile played a major part in this story. The writer also wanted to bring more character development of the crocodile. Another reason that could be given, is that if the writer would not had explained the crocodile's character at all, of how menacing it was, then even though a story about a child fighting a crocodile would be very interesting, but the main plot would had felt weak, rushed, and the story would had lost all of its soul. Moreover, the writer wanted to explain the philosophy of the crocodile, in contrast to the story of Sibia. Also, character development plays a major role in any story, so it is necessary. 

I hope my solutions help you, although I would like to add that the author of this story has used very typical, and complicated words to describe a simple plot, as a means of adding depth to the story, because of which some of my answers, would not be very long, as nothing more can be added to the answer to make it big. So, I hope you understand this. I would also like to say, that these solutions should be used more as a means of the guide, or to get an idea for your answers, and not like a 'perfect' answer. 

Moreover, if you see some answers having a larger font than the others, be assured that it just a bug from the Blogger site, and not from your device. As for the other stories and poems, they will be added soon.

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"A Horse And Two Goats" Treasure Trove Workbook Solutions by Evergreen Publications - G.C Mago

"A Horse And Two Goats" Treasure Trove Workbook Solutions/Notes

A Horse And Two Goats Solutions/Notes, story written by R.K. Narayan

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UNSOLVED PASSAGES

PASSAGE-1

(i) Muni refers to his visit to the shopkeeper, where the shopkeeper insulted him of his age, and his inability to pay off the many debts of the shopkeeper.

(ii) Muni's wife tells him so, because she is frustrated, and angry at him for not being able to get the ingredients, she asked him prepare his food. So, as a punishment for his husband, she asked him to fast till the evening.

(iii) Muni's wife is upset, and angry because Muni is unable to get the ingredients, from the shopkeeper, required to prepare the supper, for both of them, and thus, told him to fast, and go away with the goats.

(iv) She asked him so, because if he went out until the sunset, then she would have enough time to gather some foodstuff, to keep a dinner ready for him, in the evening.

(v) She planned to earn enough to buy for the evening meal, by ordering her husband to go out, and not return till sunset, and by working, and gathering food by herself.

PASSAGE-2

(i) Muni uttered weird cries from time to time, in order to urge the goats to move on. He did not wanted to talk to anybody because he thought that he might had taken money from the strangers, and they might ask him to pay his debt, as he was not sure about from whom he had taken money from, he decided to ignore all the people that passed by him. Another reason is that they might mock him.

(ii) He ignored his cronies, because he thought, that he might be under their debt, or they might mock him of his misery. His days of affluence was when he lorded over a flock of fleecy sheep.

(iii) The wealth lies in the sheep, as they can be sold for a good amount of money, plus, their wool can also be a good source of money as well.

(iv) The butcher bought Muni, on the weekly market days some foodstuff, and some ingredients for the preparation of his dinner at night, for Muni, and his wife.

(v) Muni lost several cattle under unknown circumstances. He lost them very quickly. As of now, he has now came down to only two goats, which were tethered to the trunk of a drumstick tree.

PASSAGE-3

(i) The advantage of this was that he could watch the highway, and see the lorries, and buses that passed through to the hills, and it gave him a sense of belonging to a larger world.

(ii) The horse was nearly life-size, moulded out of clay, baked, burnt, and brightly coloured, and reared its head proudly, prancing its foreleg in the air, and flourishing its tail in a loop.

(iii) The old image makers believed in indicating a man of strength, by bulging the eyes of the statue of the warrior beside the horse, and sharpening his moustache tips, like scythe.

(iv) The splendour of the house was that it was life-size. The people did not recognize it because no one even remembered its presence over there, as all of them were busy with their own work when they passed by the statue.

(v) The young village lads damaged the things near the statue by gashing tree trunks with knives, and tried to topple off milestones, and inscribed lewd designs on all walls.

PASSAGE-4

(i) The deep puff from the American cigarette made Muni cough, as it was racking, but was pleased at the same time. The American cigarettes were made with roasted tobacco.

(ii) Muni thought that the card, given to him by the American, was some sort of arrest warrant, and thus, he shrank away from the card, and did not accepted it.

(iii) Muni wanted to beware of khaki, because every common person of that village, feared the police as they thought that the police visited a person, only to arrest them for their certain crimes.

(iv) Muni thought that the American was police, and was there to arrest him of the murder, he had not committed. In order to ward off the trouble, he gave an excuse, in a very fearful voice.

(v) Muni told the American businessman, to prove himself innocent, that he knew nothing about the murder, and whoever did it, will be caught by the villagers, and will be buried under the sand with his/her head out, until the police gets him.

PASSAGE-5

(i) Muni refers to the body that was found mutilated, and thrown under a tamarind tree at the border between Kritam, and Kuppam. He is afraid because he fears that the American thinks he is the murderer.

(ii) The foreigner nodded his head, because he thought that Muni was describing the beauty of the horse statue. The foreigner asked Muni that when the horse was made?

(iii) Muni promised that the villagers will catch the true murderer, and not let him go, until the police takes him into custody. Muni tells that his village has a clean record against crime.

(iv) Muni, and the American businessman are so, because of their different spoken language. They continue to converse, because each one thinks that the other one is talking about the subject, he is interested in.

(v) The American told about the difficulty of working in the hottest month of August, in his office, dressed in shirt-sleeves. He says, that they also had a power failure one day, and that he was stuck for four hours in his office.

PASSAGE-6

(i) Muni understood that the foreigner was making reference to the horse, as he made his hands point at the direction of the horse, when Muni decided to go home.

(ii) The American businessman concluded that Muni was the owner of the statue of the horse statue, since he found Muni sitting on the foot of the statue, and was confused.

(iii) Muni finally understood that the foreigner was talking about the horse, when the American pointed his hands at the direction of the horse statue, and started talking about the statue, in his own language.

(iv) Muni began to talk about the horse enthusiastically, because he felt relieved that the American was not there to arrest him, but to talk about the horse statue.

(v) The foreigner listened to Muni with fascination, when he did not understood Muni's language, because he thought that Muni was describing the beauty of the horse, and its selling price, which fascinated the American.

PASSAGE-7

(i) The foreigner praised the horse by giving compliments such as 'Marvellous', and praising its features, and agreeing to pay high price for the statue.

(ii) Muni said that he was very little when his grandfather told him about the horse, and the warrior, and that his grandfather was himself very little when his grandfather told him about the horse statue, and went on talking about other irrelevant things.

(iii) The foreigner assured Muni that his horse statue will be in the best home in the USA, and that in spite of being a book-lover, he will move the bookcase for it, to make space for the statue.

(iv) Muni describes that their pundit discoursed in the temple once how the oceans are going to fill the earth, and this horse will grow bigger, and carry the good people, and kick the evil ones.

(v) The foreigner said that he was not a millionare but a modest businessman, and that his trade is coffee, when Muni asked him about when the oceans are going to fill all the land on earth.

PASSAGE-8

(i) Muni played the role of Sita in the play of Ramayana. His teacher taught him some songs for the drama. This teacher played the role of Lord Rama.

(ii) The foreigner offered a hundred rupees for the horse statue. He planned to take it away by the help of a station wagon, and push it through the street.

(iii) Muni told the foreigner about Krishna in the Mahabharata that, Krishna had a philosophical conversation with his friend, and cousin, Arjuna, during the Kurushetra War, which later became the holy book of Hindus, Bhagavad Gita.

(iv) The foreigner told Muni to help him to take the horse off the rock, so that he could carry it on his station wagon, through the streets, when he referred to the tenth avatar.

(v) Muni thought that the foreigner was offering hundred rupees to buy his goats, because the American thought to show some respect to Muni's pet, since he believed he was doing a deal with Muni, and thus, reared the back of the goats.

ASSIGNMENT

(i) The story, 'A Horse And Two Goats' deals with the misunderstanding between an Indian, and an American, as both do not know each other's language, but instead act according to the action, given by the other, in a way, which is completely irrelevant to the subject, the other person is actually talking about in the first place, and pretend to understand it. Muni, in this story, is talking about different- different topics, example, about a murder, himself, the purpose of the horse statue, why it was built, etc; whereas the American thinks that Muni is the owner of the statue, and talks about selling the statue to him, in exchange of money.

This clearly shows that either one of them are understanding, what the other person is saying, creating a misunderstanding.

(ii) The story 'A Horse And Two Goats' is a fine example of humour, as both Muni, and the American do not understand what the other person is saying due to language differences. Muni does not understand a word of the American, and only knows two words of English language in his vocabulary. So, to every question the American asks him, he simply replies 'Yes, or No' to all those questions, which confuses the American, and also makes the story more amusing. Moreover, Muni gives answers, completely irrelevant to the American's questions, after saying 'Yes, No' first, to which the American thinks that Muni is talking about the horse statue, which he wants to buy. This further increases the excitment of the story, and adds humour to it.

(iii) R.K. Narayana's story 'A Horse And Two Goats' is set in a tiny south Indian village, and depicts the everyday life of Muni, and his wife, realistically, as this story begins by giving us some brief information about Muni, and his wife, how they became so poor, etc. R.K. Narayana has done an amazing job in explaining us the day to day life of both these characters, by giving them both some dialougs, and by also creating a small argument between Muni, and his wife, at the start, so as to further the plot, and not making the story boring in the begining. This argument is depicted so cleverly by the author, that it also succeeds us in making us believe that these are the things that both these characters do, in their everyday life. Moreover, their work is not so interesting, or extra-ordinary, which is what adds realism to this story.

"My Greatest Olympic Prize" Treasure Trove Workbook Solutions by Evergreen Publications - G.C Mago

"My Greatest Olympic Prize" Treasure Trove Workbook Solutions/Notes

The Little Match-Girl Solutions/Notes, story written by Jesse Owens

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UNSOLVED PASSAGES

PASSAGE-1

(i) Owens was confident because he had recently made a world record of 26 feet, 8-1/4 inches, in broad jump, but he was surprised to see a German, who was jumping almost 26 feet, even in his practice leaps.

(ii) The person that startled Jesse Owens at the trails was a tall German, named Luz Long. He had been told that Hitler had kept him secret from the others, and was hoping to win the broad- jumping event, with him.

(iii) If Luz Long had won the medal, it would have supported the Aryan superiority theory that the Nazis had, according to which, they were a part of a master race, and were to be considered as superior than the others.

(iv) Jesse Owens was angry at Hitler because, he believed that his people, and performers were part of a 'master race', and were superior, and better than all the others, and that they would win all the events.

(v) Jesse Owens was determined to win the broad- jumping event, and show Hitler that his performers were not a member of any 'master race', and that he was better than him.

PASSAGE-2

(i) Every coach gives a very important advice to the athletes, which is, that an athlete should never be angry, because whenever he is angry, he is bound to make mistakes.

(ii) Jesse Owens failed to qualify for the finals in the first two of his qualifying jumps, as he was angry at Hitler for his beliefs, and surprised at the skills of Luz Long. All these emotions occurring at the same time, made him to foul by leaping beyond the take off board, in both the jumps.

(iii) Jesse Owens did not qualify for the finals in the first two jumps, and fouled, and cursed himself by thinking that he had came 3000 miles away from his home to Berlin, only just to foul in the trials, and look like a fool in front of everyone else.

(iv) Walking a few yards away from the hit, Jesse Owens kicked disgustedly at the dirt. Luz Long was the athlete that had easily qualified for the finals in his first attempt.

(v) While shaking hands with, and greeting Luz Long, Jesse Owens was nervous because he had fouled in the first two qualifying jumps, while Luz Long had easily qualified in his first try. He tried to hide his nervousness by asking Luz how he was doing.

PASSAGE-3

(i) Luz Long told Jesse that he, in spite of being schooled in the Nazi youth movement, he still did not believe the Aryan supremacy theory of Hitler like Jesse Owens, and also gave him advice about how to qualify. This made Jesse feel good, upon hearing Luz Long's thoughts.

(ii) In spite of Luz Long being schooled in the Nazi youth movement, he shared the same belief as Jesse Owens, and did not believe the Aryan supremacy theory, that the Nazis had.

(iii) Luz Long was one inch taller than Jesse Owens, he had a lean, muscular body, clear, and blue eyes, blond hair, and a very handsome, and properly shaved face. 

(iv) Luz Long told Jesse that to avoid fouling, he should draw at line a few inches in the back of the board, and make his take off from there. He would definitely not foul, and would certainly jump far enough to qualify for the finals.

(v) When Jesse Owens heard Luz Long's advice, all of his tension was gone, as he realized the importance of the advice. He followed the advice, and drew a line from a full foot in the back of the board, and jumped from there, and easily qualified for the finals.

PASSAGE-4

(i) Jesse went to Luz Long's room to thank him for the great tip that he had given to him. They talked for two hours about the track, and the field, themselves, the world situation, and many other things.

(ii) After talking to Luz Long for two hours, Jesse knows that a real friendship had been formed between them. He knew that Luz wanted him to do his best at the event, even if it resulted in his loss.

(iii) Luz Long broke his own past record at the event, and in doing so, he compelled Jesse to do even better. As a result, Jesse set the Olympic world record of 26 feet 5.5/16 inches, and right beside him was Luz Long, congratulating him.

(iv) When Hitler saw Luz Long shaking hands with Jesse Owens, he was very angry, and glared at them, as he wanted Luz Long to win, and was not happy to see him shaking hands with the member of an inferior race, according to him.

(v) Luz Long was a very good human being, and a true friend. He was selfless, and possessed true sportsmanship, as he had come to participate, not only to win. He helped Jesse, even though he was his rival, and did not feel any jealous, even though Jesse had defeated him.

PASSAGE-5

(i) No, Jesse Owens did not tell Long what was troubling him, because he was angry about the Aryan superiority theory of Hitler, and was worried that he had travelled so far for nothing. He did not tell the reason also because it would make him look weak, and vulnerable in front of his opponent.

(ii) Jesse Owens, following Luz Long's advice, drew a line, a full foot at the back of the board, and jumped from there, and easily qualified for the finals with almost a foot to spare.

(iii) When Jesse Owens set an Olympic world record, and won the gold medal, his true friend Luz Long was there to congratulate him by shaking his hand.

(iv) When Hitler saw Luz Long, and Jesse Owens shaking hands, from the stands, a few yards away, he angrily glared at them, because he believed that his people were superior than others, and thus, did not liked his performer shaking hands with someone like Jesse Owens.

(v) According to Pierre Le Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, it is more important to participate in the Olympic Games rather than wining, just as in life, where it is more important to fight well, rather than conquer.

ASSIGNMENT

(i) Luz Long was an inch taller than Jesse Owens, he had a lean, muscular body, clear blue eyes, blond hair, and a strikingly handsome, chiseled or properly shaved face. Though he was trained in the Nazi Youth Movement, he did not believe Hitler's childish theory that his performers were members of a 'master race', and were better than everyone else. Hitler was also depending on him to win the gold medal at broad jumping event.

Though Long knew the pressure on him, he did not lose the spirit of a true sportsman. He had no problems on giving his rival, Jesse Owens, an important advice for qualifying to the finals.

His intentions were clear that he had come to participate, and wining, to him, was just a matter of effort. He was genuinely happy when Jesse won the gold medal. Long congratulated him without even an ounce of jealousy, in spite of the fact that he had lost to him. Thus, his selflessness proves to be a perfect example of a true sportsman.

(ii) In the summer of 1936, Jesse Owens had come to Berlin to win a gold medal at the broad jumping event in the Olympic Games. He had trained himself for six months, and was angry at Hitler's childish theory that his performers were members of a 'master race', and were better than everyone else. He was really determined to win the event, and prove to him that his theory was wrong.

However, due to his anger, he fouled on his first two of the qualifying jumps, and was worried that he could not even qualify for the finals. That was when he met the German athlete, Luz Long, who gave him a useful advice for qualifying for the finals. When Jesse put the advice to use, he was easily able to qualify for the finals.

After talking with Luz Long for two hours about various subjects, he was ready for the event, and he knew that Long wanted him to do his best. After seeing that Long made a new record, he was pushed to do his best performance, and set on a new Olympic world record, winning the gold medal, and besides him, he found his true friend, Luz Long, congratulating him.

(iii) In the summer of 1936, Jesse Owens, a great athlete, had came to Berlin where the Olympic Games were being held. As Hitler believed that his performers were members of a 'master race', and were better than everyone else, the nationalistic feelings were very high.

Jesse Owens, had trained for six months to win a gold medal at the broad jumping event in the Olympic Games. An year before the Olympic Games, as a competitor for Ohio State University, he equalled one world record, and broke three others. So he, and everyone else expected him to win easily. However, when he went to the trails, hewas suprised to see a tall German hitting the pit at almost 26 Feet. His name was Luz Long. Jesse thought that if Luz Long won, Hitler's theory would be proven correct, and he was determined to prove it wrong. Thus, he got angry, and because of his anger, he fouled the first two jumps in the trials, by leaping from beyond the take-off board, and felt very depressed. 

"The Little Match-Girl" Treasure Trove Workbook Solutions by Evergreen Publications - G.C Mago

"The Little Match-Girl" Treasure Trove Workbook Solutions/Notes

The Little Match-Girl Solutions/Notes, story written by Hans Christian Andersen

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UNSOLVED PASSAGES

PASSAGE-1

(i) The little girl began to light the matches from the match box, that she was unable to sell, one by one, to keep herself warm in the cold night, since she was bare feet, and was shivering from the cold. She also sat between, in a corner formed by two houses.

(ii) She was scared of her father, since he would beat her, and did not took care of her. Instead of going to work to earn money for his family, he sent his daughter to do the work. He would beat her when she would come home, without money.

(iii) The largest cracks in the roof of the little girl's house was stuffed with straws, and rags, which were unable to keep the house warm, and the cold wind whistled through those openings. Moreover, the little girl also did not liked to go home, due to these reasons.

(iv) The little girl began to light the matches from the match box, meant for sale, and strikes them on the walls of the houses, in order to keep her fingers warm, because her fingers were starting to become numb from cold, and the cold was killing her.

(v) The fire produced by the lighting of a match gave the little girl beautiful, and wonderful imaginations that made her temporarily forget her discomfort from the cold, and she began to see the views of warm fire, delicious food, Christmas tree, and even her dead grandmother.

PASSAGE-2

(i) The image of the warm iron stove with polished brass knobs, and brass ornaments, instantly vanished the little girl's sight when the fire of the match, that she has lighted, had went out, leaving her in the cold darkness.

(ii) When she lit another match, she visualized the bricks of the walls becoming transparent, and she could see a table with a shining white cloth, which had a roast goose, stuffed with prunes, and apples, coming towards her with carving knife, and fork stuck in its back.

(iii) She visualized herself sitting under the most beautiful Christmas tree ever. It was huge, and had thousand candles lit on its branches, and was much bigger than the rich merchant's tree, which she saw through a glass door.

(iv) The candles on the Christmas tree that she imagined, began to rise higher, and higher in the air, and she saw them turn into bright stars. She also saw one of these 'stars', fall through the sky. 

(v) The little girl said so, because in her visualization, which lasted while the match was lit, she saw one of the stars fall through the sky, which were formed of the candles on the branch of the Christmas tree, which she imagined to rise brighter, and higher in the sky.

PASSAGE-3

(i) This Christmas tree that she imagined was far better than the one she had seen last year, through the glass door of rich merchant's house, since it was way bigger, and had thousands of candles on its branches. It was also more beautiful than the latter.

(ii) She observed that the candles on the Christmas tree, that she had imagined, became larger, and then rose high up in the air, and after some while, she saw them turn into very bright stars.

(iii) The little girl's grandmother told her that whenever a star fell from the sky, someone was dead, as her grandmother that, that star resembled the soul of that person.

(iv) When the little girl visualized her after lighting another match, she saw her almost like an angel. She saw her bright, and spinning, and she looked very gentle, kind, and loving. Her grandmother looked beautiful, and stately, when the little girl lit all the matches she had.

(v) The little girl told her grandmother to take her, with her to the heaven. She quickly stroked all the matches she had in the packet, since she knew that her grandmother would disappear, when the fire of the matches extinguishes, and she did not wanted that to happen.

PASSAGE-4

(i) Her grandmother looked even more beautiful, and stately when all the matches flared up with a blaze. She was looking almost like an angel, and the little girl wanted her, to take her to heaven, where she would be happy forever.

(ii) The grandmother took the little girl to heaven, where she would remain happy, and will be fed all the time, and also be with her loving grandmother. She would never be cold, and worried about selling matches. 

(iii) Cold, hunger, and fear had no effect on the grandmother, and the little girl, since the little girl was dreaming all this, and nothing was real, but since she was so lost in that dream, she thought that it was the reality, and thus, forest of all these factors affecting her.

(iv) The little girl, who was unable to sell her matches, who was dying of cold, and started to imagine things when she lit the matches, died on the last evening of the year with a smile on her face.

(v) The people said that the little girl was trying to warm herself. They did not knew the fact that she was having beautiful imaginations, whilst suffering in the cold, dying, while they all were enjoyed their evenings in their warm houses, and enjoyed delicious food.

ASSIGNMENT

(i) "The Little Match-Girl" revolves around a little girl who was forced to sell matches, and earn some money for her poor family on New Year's Eve, but she failed to do so. It was bitterly cold, snow was falling, and there was darkness all around her.

She was walking in the cold, and bloom bareheaded, and barefoot, through the streets of the town. She was wearing slippers before, but they were stolen by some naughty boys. She was not having anything to eat, so she was also feeling very hungry. Her condition was very hungry, and miserable. She kept on suffering in the cold night. She also had the work of selling the match boxes, she was given to sell, by her father. She was unable to go home without selling them, as the penalty for that was very harsh, since her father would beat her. So she kept on suffering in the cold. She also tried to lit some matches to give herself some heat, while sitting in a corner between two houses, but it was of no help. All these factors describe her misery, and the dying state she was in. 

(ii) "The Little Match-Girl" is an extremely sad story revolving around a little girl, who is trying to sell matches, and earn some money for her poor family on New Year's Eve. It was dreadfully cold, and she was bareheaded, and barefoot. Nobody even bought her matches, and she was cold, and hungry. She is was very sorrow, miserable, and uncomfortable. Her hair were covered with snow flakes, and she could smell the delicious roast goose being cooked in other's homes, for New Year's Eve, and she was tempted. She sat down to protect herself from the cold, but her hands were still numb with the chill. She started lighting matches, and one by one, she started having hallucinations. She started seeing the images of great things, which was a great, and warm stove, delicious roast goose, and a magnificent Christmas tree, but they all vanished as soon as the light went out from the match she lit. With her last bunch of matches lit, she visualized her grandmother, who was no more. The little girl was suffering from cold, and hunger. Her life was full of pain, agony, and suffering. Thus, she requested to go with her grandmother, as she thought that, that would end her pain, and it did, as her grandmother took her to heaven, and she died. Thus, her death makes the reader remorse for the 'little girl', and also lights the question of how much cruel the society has become, which makes it one of the saddest fairy tale of Anderson, describing the horrible fate of a young innocent girl.

(iii) "The Little Match-Girl" is a story revolving around a little girl, who is forced by her cruel, and strict father to go out into the cold on the New Year's Eve, and sell some matches to earn some money for her poor family. It was deadfully cold, yet she was bareheaded, and barefoot, and also fails to sell any matches.

Her hair were covered with snowflakes, and she was even more tempted by the smell of the delicious roast goose, being cooked in other's homes for New Year's Eve. When she felt very cold, she sat down in a corner, and and started lighting matches to keep herself warm, and visualized many great things, which were an iron stove, a delicious roast goose, and a magnificent Christmas tree.

When she lit her last match, she visualized her late grandmother, who was the only kind person she had ever known. The little girl asked her grandmother to take her to heaven, because she was suffering from cold, and hunger, her life was full of pain, agony, and suffering, and she could not even go home as her father would beat her. Thus, she wanted to go with her grandmother to heaven, where they would be free from all suffering.