CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Saint Peter became angry at her greed because she did not give a piece of cake to Saint Peter to satiate his hunger. When he cursed the lady, she turned into a bird. She flew through the chimney. Finally, she became a woodpecker.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saint Peter became very angry to see such greedy behaviour of the lady and called her too selfish to live as a human and have food, shelter and a fire to keep her warm. He punished her by changing her into a woodpecker that would have to build a nest to live in and get its food by boring the hard dry trunks of trees.

Detailed explanation-3: -Expert-Verified Answer The little woman was too greedy and selfish. For her to eat the cakes were small but to give that cake to the fainting Saint Peter it were too large. Saint Peter grew angry with this action of the woman.

Detailed explanation-4: -Saint Peter asked the old lady for a piece of cake. The lady behaved miserly and kept decreasing the size of the cake. At last, she did not give him anything to eat. Was this answer helpful?