CLASS 9
A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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She was judgmental and biased
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She was miserly and greedy
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She was a good baker who didn’t understand measurements
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She was kind but didn’t want to help the Saint
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Answer: The cakes looked too small when she ate them herself because they were small in size and were in fact made up of a tiny scrap of dough. On the other hand, they looked too large to give away because the lady was immensely selfish and greedy.
Detailed explanation-2: -(b) The cakes appeared too large to be given away. It reflects the greed of the lady. She couldn’t part with anything. She couldn’t sacrifice even a wafer-like cake for anyone.
Detailed explanation-3: -The old lady tried, again and again, to bake a too small cake for Saint Peter. But the size of the cake always appeared to her bigger and the lady was even unable to give this cake to the saint. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-4: -NCERT Class 9 English poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ teaches us a strong moral principle that we should never be selfish and think of others too. The poem teaches us to be generous and to help the needy if we are capable of doing so.
Detailed explanation-5: -The miserly woman thought the cake she was preparing was too big to give away to charity, so she kneaded the dough again and created a smaller one, but she didn’t have the heart to give it away either. Saint Peter is enraged by the woman’s behaviour and curses her, turning her into a woodpecker.