want to cross that river in the dark. It is not safe.”


“And even after you have crossed, you still have far to get home” one of our parents would say. “You might as well stop over for the night.”


This would be


agreed upon and the saleswomen would be our guests for the night. Nobody thought it strange. This was as it should be.


After reading Answer the following questions.


1 Answer these questions to check your understanding: a. Nowadays we usually use the verb drive to mean using a car or some other motorised vehicle. What does “driving their donkeys” mean?


b. How do you know that the author’s family did not drink beer?


c. What do you think “Tata” bought? d. Give synonyms (words that mean the same) for the following words: starving, not safe, stop over.


2 Work on your own to answer these literary questions. a. Which words in the story tell us that the narrator was not an only child?


b. What figure of speech is used in “the bright colours looked like beds of flowers”?


c. What is the main theme of this story? Choose one of the options below. A Life in the rural areas long ago. B How a rich family lived. C Why rural women were starving.


d. The writer often uses the word “would” as in “We, the children, would be busy making tea …” What do you think this use of “would” means? Choose one option below. A The action happened often in the past. B The action might have happened. C The action will happen.


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