Jharkhand Board JAC Class 9 English Solutions Beehive Poem 5 A Legend of the Northland Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
JAC Board Class 9 English Solutions Beehive Poem 5 A Legend of the Northland
JAC Class 9 English A Legend of the Northland Textbook Questions and Answers
Thinking about the Poem
I.
Question 1.
Which country or countries do you think “the Northland’ refers to?
आपके विचार से ‘The Northland’ किस देश या देशों की ओर संकेत करता है
Answer:
The Northland’ refers to those countries which lie beside the North Pole. In this area during winter, the days are shorter and the nights are longer. The land is almost covered with snow. People use sledge pulled by reindeer for the purpose of travelling. Children wear fur coats.
नॉर्थलैण्ड उन देशों की ओर संकेत करता है जो उत्तरी ध्रुव के नज़दीक हैं । उन क्षेत्रों में दिन छोटे व रातें लम्बी होती हैं । जमीन अक्सर बर्फ से ढकी रहती है। लोग यात्रा के लिए रेनडियर द्वारा खींची जाने वाली स्लेज गाड़ी का प्रयोग करते हैं । बच्चे फर वाले कोट पहनते हैं ।
Question 2.
What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for ? What was the lady’s reaction ?
संत पीटर ने बूढ़ी महिला से क्या माँगा ? उस महिला की क्या प्रतिक्रिया थीं ?
Answer:
Saint Peter asked the old lady for a cake to eat. The old lady became ready to give him a single cake. But she did not want to give him a big cake. So she made smaller and smaller cake. Owing to her greed, she could not give him that too.
संत पीटर ने बूढ़ी महिला से खाने को एक रोटी माँगी । वह महिला उन्हें एक रोटी देने को तैयार हो गई । लेकिन वह उन्हें एक बड़ी रोटी नहीं देना चाहती थी। अतः उसने छोटी से छोटी रोटी बनाई । लेकिन अपने लालच के कारण वह उस को भी नहीं दे पाई ।
Question 3.
How did he punish her ?
उन्होंने उसे किस प्रकार से सजा दी ?
Answer:
Being angry by the woman’s selfishness, Saint Peter cursed her to punish. As a punishment he cursed her to convert into a woodpecker. Now she had to live in the tree and get her scanty food by boring all day in the hard, dry wood.
उस औरत की स्वार्थपरता से नाराज होकर संत पीटर ने उसे एक कठफोड़वा पक्षी के रूप में बदल जाने का शाप देकर सजा दी । कठफोड़बा के रूप में उसे अब पेड़ों पर रहना पड़ता था और सूखी – कठोर लकड़ी में सूराख करके थोड़ा सा भोजन जुटाना पड़ता था ।
Question 4.
How does the woodpecker get her food ?.
कठफोड़वा अपना भोजन कैसे प्राप्त करता है ?
Answer:
The woodpecker gets her food by boring all day in the hard and dry wood.
कठफोड़वा अपना भोजन दिन भर कठोर व सूखी लकड़ियों में सूराख करके प्राप्त करता है ।
Question 5.
Do you think that the old lady would have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was ?What would she have done then?
यदि उस बूढ़ी महिला को यह ज्ञात होता कि संत पीटर वास्तव में कौन हैं, तो आपके विचार से क्या वह इतनी अनुदार होती ? उस समय वह क्या करती ?
Answer:
I think if the old lady had known who Saint Peter really was, she would not have been so ungenerous. She would have entertained him in a well manner instead.
मेरे विचार से यदि उस बूढ़ी महिला को यह ज्ञात होता कि संत पीटर वास्तव में कौन थे, तो वह इतनी अनुदार नहीं होती। इसके बजाय वह उनकी अच्छी खातिरदारी करती ।
Question 6.
Is this a true story ? Which part of this poem do you feel is the most important ?
क्या यह एक सच्ची कहानी है ? आप इस कविता के कौन-से भाग को सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण महसूस करते हो ?
Answer:
No, it is not a true story. I feel that stanza No. 10 is the most important part of the poem because it highlights the climax of selfishness of a person in this materialistic world.
नहीं, ‘यह एक सच्ची कहानी नहीं है । मैं महसूस करता हूँ कि पद संख्या 10 इस कविता का सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण भाग है क्योंकि यह इस भौतिक संसार में एक व्यक्ति के स्वार्थ की पराकाष्ठा की ओर ध्यान आकर्षित करता है ।
Question 7.
What is a legend ? Why is this poem called a legend ?
पौराणिक कथा क्या होती है ? इस कविता को एक पौराणिक कथा क्यों कहा गया है?
Answer:
A legend is a story that is handed down from the past through popular oral tradition. Legends are generally related to unreliable account of some actually or possibly historical person, like saint, monarch, etc. This poem is a legend because it is related to the life of Saint Peter who was made angry by a selfish old lady and as a result she was changed into a woodpecker by him.
एक पौराणिक कथा वह कहानी होती है जो कि अतीत से मौखिक परम्परा के रूप में चली आ रही हो । ये कथाएँ सामान्यतया किसी वास्तविक या सम्भावित ऐतिहासिक व्यक्ति, जैसे संत, राजा इत्यादि के अविश्वसनीय वर्णन से सम्बन्धित होती हैं । यह कविता एक पौराणिक कहानी है क्योंकि यह संत पीटर के जीवन से सम्बन्धित है, जिन्हें एक स्वार्थी वृद्ध महिला द्वारा नाराज कर दिया गया था तथा परिणाम स्वरूप उसे ( उस बूढ़ी महिला को) उनके द्वारा कठफोड़वा पक्षी में बदल दिया गया था ।
Question 8.
Write the story of ‘A Legend of the Northland’ in about ten sentences.
‘नॉर्थलैण्ड की एक पौराणिक कथा’ को लगभग दस वाक्यों में लिखिए ।
Answer:
‘A Legend of the Northland’
Once St. Peter was travelling round the world for his preachings. One day he reached the door of an old woman’s cottage in Northland. She was making cakes. St. Peter was almost faint with hunger and travel. He asked her for a cake. She did not want to give a big cake, so she made smaller and smaller cakes.
But she was so selfish that she could not part with even a thin wafer like cake. St. Peter became angry at such a selfish behaviour of that lady. He turned her into a woodpecker. Now she has to get her little food by boring and boring into hard and dry wood.
नॉर्थलैण्ड की एक पौराणिक कथा
एक बार संत पीटर अपने उपदेशों के लिए संसार की यात्रा कर रहे थे। उसी दौरान एक दिन वह घूमते-घूमते नॉर्थलैण्ड में एक बूढ़ी महिला की कुटिया के दरवाजे पर पहुँचे । वह रोटियाँ बना रही थी । संत पीटर भूख व यात्रा से बहुत कमजोर हो गए थे । उन्होंने उससे केवल एक रोटी माँगी । वह इतनी स थी कि उन्हें बड़ी रोटी नहीं देना चाहती थी इसलिए उसने छोटी-से-छोटी रोटियाँ बनाईं । लेकिन वह इतनी स्वार्थी थी कि वह एक पतली वेफर जैसी रोटी भी उन्हें नहीं दे सकी । संत पीटर ऐसे स्वार्थपूर्ण व्यवहार से नाराज हो गए । उन्होंने उसे कठफोड़वा पक्षी में बदल दिया । अब वह कठोर, सूखी लकड़ी में छेद करके थोड़ा-सा भोजन प्राप्त करती है ।
II.
Question 1.
Let’s look at the words at the end of the second and fourth lines, viz., ‘ snows’ and ‘clothes’, ‘true’ and ‘you’, ‘below’ and ‘know’. We find that ‘snows’ rhymes with ‘clothes’, ‘true’ rhymes with ‘you’ and ‘below’ rhymes with ‘know ‘. Find more such rhyming words.
दूसरी व चौथी लाइन के अन्त में ‘snows’ तथा ‘clothes’, ‘true’ तथा ‘you’, ‘below’ तथा ‘know’ शब्दों को देखिए । हम देखते हैं कि snows और clothes, true और you, below और know में तुकबन्दी है। इस प्रकार के अन्य तुकबंदी के शब्द खोजो ।
Answer:
earth-hearth, done-one, lay-away, one-done, flat-that, myself-self, faint-saint, form- warm, food-wood, word-bird, same-flame.
Question 2.
Go to the local library or talk to older persons in your locality and find legends in own language. Tell the class these legends..
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स्थानीय पुस्तकालय में जाइए या अपने पड़ोस में किसी बुजुर्ग से बात कीजिए और अपनी भाषा में पौराणिक कथाओं का पता लगाइये। उन कथाओं को अपनी कक्षा में सुनाइये ।
Answer:
Do it yourself, स्वयं करें ।
JAC Class 9 English A Legend of the Northland Important Questions and Answers
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Describe the Northland.
नॉर्थलैण्ड का वर्णन कीजिए ।
Answer:
The Northland is a polar region where days are shorter and nights are longer in winter. For travelling here, people use sledges which are pulled by reindeer. People wear fur clothes.
नॉर्थलैण्ड एक ध्रुवीय प्रदेश है, जहाँ पर सर्दी में दिन छोटे व रातें लम्बी होती हैं । यहाँ यात्रा करने के लिए लोग रेनडियर द्वारा खींची जाने वाली स्लेज गाड़ियों का प्रयोग करते हैं। लोग फर वाले कपड़े पहनते हैं ।
Question 2.
Which legend does this poem tell about ?
यह कविता किस पौराणिक कथा के बारे में बताती है ?
Answer:
The poem tells about the legend of Saint Peter and an old woman. Once being hungry, St. Peter asked an old woman for a cake to eat. But the selfish woman did not give him any cake. Having been angry he changed her into a woodpecker.
यह कविता संत पीटर और एक बूढ़ी महिला की कहानी के बारे में बताती है। एक बार भूख लगने पर संत पीटर ने एक बूढ़ी महिला से खाने को एक रोटी माँगी । परन्तु उस स्वार्थी महिला ने उन्हें कोई रोटी नहीं दी । इसलिए नाराज होकर उन्होंने उसे कठफोड़वे में बदल दिया ।
Question 3.
What lesson does the story teach us ?
यह कहानी हमें क्या शिक्षा देती है ?
Answer:
The story teaches us to be generous. It teaches us to give up selfishness. We learn that selfishness gets us punished as the old woman was punished by Saint Peter.
यह कहानी हमें उदार बनने की शिक्षा देती है । यह हमें स्वार्थ को छोड़ देना सिखाती है । हमें इससे शिक्षा मिलती है कि स्वार्थ हमें संत पीटर द्वारा दण्डित बूढ़ी महिला के समान ही दण्ड दिलवा सकता है।
Question 4.
How did Saint Peter come to the old woman’s cottage ?
संत पीटर बूढ़ी महिला की कुटिया पर कैसे पहुँचे ?
Answer:
Once Saint Peter was travelling round the earth preaching the people. One evening, he was very hungry and almost faint due to his fasting. In such a state, he came to the old woman’s cottage.
एक बार, संत पीटर लोगों को उपदेश देते हुए पृथ्वी पर घूम रहे थे । एक शाम वह उपवास के कारण बहुत भूखे और कमजोर थे । ऐसी स्थिति में वह बूढ़ी महिला की कुटिया पर पहुँचे ।
Question 5.
What did the woman do on being asked to give away a cake ?
एक रोटी देने के लिए कहे जाने पर महिला ने क्या किया ?
Answer:
At first she agreed to give one. She made a very small cake but it seemed her as if it were too large to be given away. Then she made an even smaller cake and finally a wafer like thin cake. But due to her selfish nature she could not give him that too.
पहले वह एक रोटी देने के लिए तैयार हो गई । उसने एक बहुत छोटी रोटी बनाई लेकिन उसे लगा मानो कि वह रोटी दिए जाने के लिए बहुत बड़ी हो। फिर उसने एक और भी छोटी रोटी बनाई और अन्त में एक वेफर जितनी पतली रोटी बनाई । परन्तु अपने स्वार्थी स्वभाव के कारण वह उसे भी उन्हें नहीं दे सकी ।
Question 6.
Why couldn’t the woman part away with any cake ?
वह महिला कोई रोटी क्यों नहीं दे सकी ?
Answer:
The woman was very selfish. She thought about herself only. Every time when she made a cake to give, it seemed her too large to be given away. So she could not part away with any cake.
वह स्त्री बहुत स्वार्थी थी । वह मात्र अपने ही बारे में सोचती थी । प्रत्येक बार जब भी उसने देने के लिए रोटी बनाई, वह उसे इतनी बड़ी लगी कि उसे दिया नहीं जा सकता था । इसलिए वह कोई रोटी नहीं दे पाई ।
Question 7.
What did the old woman say about her cakes and why?
उस बूढ़ी महिला ने अपनी रोटियों के बारे में क्या कहा और क्यों ?
Answer:
The old woman said that her cakes looked very small when she ate them herself. But when she had to give them to someone, they looked her very large. She said so because she was very selfish.
उस बूढ़ी महिला ने कहा कि जब वह अपनी रोटियाँ स्वयं खाती है तो वे उसे बहुत छोटी लगती हैं। परन्तु जब उसे उन्हें किसी को देना होता है तो वे उसे अत्यधिक बड़ी लगती हैं । उसने ऐसा इसलिए कहा क्योंकि वह बहुत स्वार्थी थी ।
Question 8.
What did the Saint do when the woman did not give him any cake ?
जब उस महिला ने संत को कोई रोटी नहीं दी तो उन्होंने क्या किया ?
Answer:
Saint Peter was almost faint due to the whole day fasting. When the woman did not give him any cake, he got angry at her selfish behaviour. He cursed her to change into a woodpecker and thus punished her.
सन्त पीटर सारा दिन उपवास रखने के कारण बहुत कमज़ोरी महसूस कर रहे थे । जब उस महिला ने उनको कोई रोटी नहीं दी तो वह उसके स्वार्थी व्यवहार पर क्रोधित हो गये । उन्होंने उसे एक कठफोड़वे के रूप में बदल जाने का शाप दे दिया और इस प्रकार उसे दण्डित किया ।
A Legend of the Northland Summary and Translation in Hindi
About the Poem:
यह कविता एक बूढ़ी महिला की लोक-कथा का वर्णन करती है। जिसने अपने लालच के कारण संत पीटर को नाराज कर दिया था ।
Word-Meanings And Hindi Translation
Stanza I. Away …………. them throught
Word-Meanings: away (अवे) = दूर । where ( वेअँ) = जहाँ । few (फ्यू) = बहुत कम, निने-चुने। so long (सो लॉड) = quite lengthy, इसनी लम्बी । sleep through (स्लीप् थूर) = spending the entire duration of time in sleep, सो कर बिताना।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – बहुत दूर नार्थलैण्ड में जहाँ दिन बहुत छोटे होते हैं और शीतकाल में रातें इतनी लम्बी छोती हैं कि लोग उन्हें पूरी रात सोकर नहीं गुजार सकते हैं ।
Stanza II. Where they. furry clothes; (lines 5-8)
Word-Meanings: harnes’s (हा:नस्) = a kind of tool equipped with horse, (here) reindeer are attached to the sledges, घोड़े का साज, (यहाँ) रेण्डियर स्लेज गाड़ियों में जोत दिए जाते हैं । swift (स्विफ्ट् )= तेज । reindeer (रेन्डिअ) = उत्तरी ठण्डे प्रदेशों में पाया जाने वाला (हिरण जैसा) बड़ा भूरा-सा वन्य पशु (रेंडियर)। snows (स्नोज़) = हिमपात हंता है । cub (कब) = small ones, शावक, बच्चे । funny (फॅनि) = मनोरंजक । furry (फरि) = रोंएदार । sledge (स्लेज्) = बर्फ पर चलने वाली बिना पहियों की गाड़ी
हिन्दी अनुवाद – वहाँ जब हिमपात होता है तो लोग तेज दौड़ने वाले रेनडियरों को स्लेज गाड़ी में जोत देते हैं। और बच्चे अपने मनोरंजक एवं रोंएदार कपड़ों में भालू के शावकों (बच्चे) जैसे दिखाई देते हैं।
Stanza III. They tell ………. tale to you. (Lines 9-12)
Word-Meanings: curious (क्युरिअस्) = strange, विचित्र, कुतूहलपूर्ण । ’tis = it is (इट इज़) = यह है । learn (लॅ:न् ) = सीखना । lesson (लेस्ट) = सबक, शिक्षा । tale (टेल) = काल्पनिक कथा, किस्सा।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – वे (वहाँ के लोग) एक विचित्र कहानी सुनाते हैं- मुझे विश्वास नहीं होता है कि यह सच्ची है। फिर भी यदि मैं तुम्हें वह काल्पनिक कथा सुनाऊँ तो तुम लोग शायद उससे कोई सबक सीख सकते हो ।
Stanza IV. Once, when …….. you know. (Lines 13-16)
Word-Meanings : once (वन्स्) = एक बार की बात है । good (गुड) = भले । world below (वॅल्ड् बिलो) = down on the earth, नीचे पृथ्वी पर । walked about (वाक्ट् अबाउद्) ए विभिन्न स्थानों पर इधर-उधर घूमे । preaching (प्रीचिंगु) = giving sermons, उपदेश देते हुए ( धर्मों का) । as he did = as he used to do, जैसा वे किया करते थे |:
हिन्दी अनुवाद – एक बार की बात है जब भले संत पीटर इस दुनिया में (नीचे पृथ्वी पर) निवास करते थे और जैसा कि आप जानते हो वह पृथ्वी पर धर्म का उपदेश देते हुए विभिन्न स्थानों पर घूमते थे। जैसा कि वे किया करते थे ठीक वैसा ही उन्होंने किया ।
Stanza V. He came the hearth. (Lines 17-20)
Word-Meanings: cottage ( कॉटिज्) = a small house, कुटिया । travelling ( ट्रेवलिंग) = journeying, यात्रा करते हुए । little woman ( लिट्ल् वुमन) = (here) old woman, कमजोर महिला (यहाँ) बूढ़ी महिला। cake (केक) = bread, रोटी 1 bake ( बेक् )= सेंकना । hearth ( हाथ्) = stove, चूल्हा ।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – पूरी पृथ्वी का भ्रमण करते हुए वे (संत पीटर) एक कुटिया के दरवाजे पर आये जहाँ. फ फर एक बूढ़ी महिला रोटी क्ना रही थी और उन्हें चूल्हे पर सेंक रही थी ।
Stanza VI. And being ……………….. a single one. (Lines 21-24)
Word-Meanings: faint (फेन्ट्) = weak, बहुत दुर्बल, कमजोर । fasting (फास्टिंग) = remaining hungry, उपबास रखना । almost (ऑलमोस्ट्) , near about, लगभग, करीब-करीब । was done (वाज डन् ) = was ended (nearly), (लगभग) दिन समाप्त हो गया था। store (स्टॉ(र)) = large collection, भण्डार। single (सिड्ग्रा) = only one, केषल एक ।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – टूँंक दिन करीष-करीब समाप्त हो चुका था, और उपवास से कमजोर होने के कारण उन्होंने उस (महिला) को अपनी रोटियों में से केबल एक रोटी देने को कहा ।
Stanza VII. So she ………………………………………….give away.
Word-Meanings : a very little (अ वेरि लिट्ल्) = बहुत ही छोटा । as. (अज़) = while, जेसे, जब। lay ( ले) = put to bake, (सेंकमे के लिए) डाला । seemed (सीम्ड) = appeared, प्रतीत हुआ । large (ला:ज) = very big, बड़ा। give away (गिव् अवे) = giving in alms, दान में देना ।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – इसलिए उसने एक बहुत ही छोटी रोटी बनाई लेकिन जब यह सिक रही थी तो उसने इसे देखा व सोचा कि यह इतनी बड़ी दिखाई देती है कि इसे दान ही नहीं दिया जा सकता ।
Stanza VIII. Therefore …………… had done. (Lines 29-32)
Word-Meanings: therefore (देअफॉॅ) = इसलिए, अतएव I kneaded (नीडिड् ) = kneaded flour, आटा गूँधा | another (अनद्र) = एक और | still (स्टिल्) = yet, और भी’ turn over (ट:न् ओवर) = changing up and down, पलटना. I as large as the first had done = this cake seemed to her as large as was the first one, यह दूसरी रोटी भी उतनी ही बड़ी दिखाई दी जितनी कि पहली रोटी थी।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – इसलिए उसने एक और रोटी के लिए आटा गूँथा और पहले से भी छोटी रोटी बनाई। लेकिन जब उसने इसे पलटा तो यह पहले सेकी गई रोटी जितनी ही बड़ी दिखाई दी ।
Stanza IX. Then she ……………………. with that. (Lines 33-36)
Word-Meanings: tiny ( टाइनि) = very small, बहुत छोटा । scrap (स्क्रैप् ) = piece, टुकड़ा। dough (डो) = kneaded flour, गुँधा हुआ आटा, आटे की लोई । rolled (रॉल्ड) = बेला । flat (फ्लैद्) = even, सपाट, समतल | thin (थिन) = पतला I wafer (वेफर) = very thin bread, बहुत पतल़ी रोटी । part with (पा:ट प्रिद) = to be separated, अलग होना ।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – फिर उसमे छोटी-सी लोई ली और उसे बेल-बेलकर चपटा, कर दिया, और एक बहुत पतली रोटी की तरह से सेका लेकिन वह इस (पतली रोटी) को भी नहीं दे सकी ।
Stanza X. For the ………………… on the shelf (Lines 37- 40)
Word – Meanings: for (फॉर) = because, क्योंकि, चूंकि । too (टू) = very, अपेक्षा से अधिक । put ( पुट् )=kept, रख दियम shelf = ताक ।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – क्योंक ‘उसने कहा, “ज़ब मैं अपनी रोटियों को खाती हूँ तो वे बहुत ही छोटी लगती हैं लेकिन दूसरों को देने के लिए मुझे ये बहुत ही बड़ी लगती हैं ।” इसलिए उसने उन्हें ताक में रख दिया।
Stanza XI.Then good ……………. a saint. (Lines 41 – 44)
Word-Meanings : grew angry (ग्रू एंग्रि) = got annoyed, नाराज हो गये । faint (फेण्ट् ) = weak, दुर्बल, कमजोर। surely (श्युऊ:लि) = undoubtedly, निस्संदेह । such (सच्) = ऐसा, इस प्रकार का । enough (इनफ़) = very much, पर्याप्त । provoke (प्रवोक् ) = to make someone angry, भड़काना, नाराज कर देना। saint (सेन्ट) = holy priest, संत।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – क्योंकि भले संत पीटर भूखे और निर्बल थे इसलिए वे क्रोधित हो गये और निस्सदेह ऐसी महिला एक संत को नाराज करने के लिए पर्याप्त थी ।
Stanza XII. And he said ………… you warm. (Lines 45-48)
Word Meanings: far (फार) = too much, बहुत अधिक । selfish (सेल्फिश) = स्वार्थी । dwell (ड्वेल्) = live, एक स्थान पर रहना । human form (हृयूमन् फॉम्) = shape of a human, मानव रूप । shelter ( शैल्टट् ) = a place to live, पनाह, शरण, आश्रय। warm ( वाःम) = hot, गर्म ।
हिन्दी अजुवाद – और उन्होंमे (संत पीटर ने) कहा, ‘तुम इतनी अधिक स्वार्थी हो कि तुम मानव रूप में रहने के योग्य नहीं हो, तुम दोनों ही चीजें-भोजन व आश्रय पाने के योग्य नहीं हो और तुम इस योग्य भी नहीं हो कि तुम्हें गर्मी पाने के लिए आग मिले ।
Stanza XIII. Now, you shall ………… dry wood. (Lines 49-52)
Word-Meanings: build (बिल्ड्) = create, बनाना, निर्माण करना । scanty (स्कैन्टि) = very little, अत्यल्प। boring (बॉरिड्) = making hole, छेद करके \mid wood (वुड) = लकड़ी।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – अब तुम्हें पक्षियों की ही तरह से घोंसला बनाना होगा । और दिन भर कठोर, सूखी लकड़ी में छेद (सुराख) करंके अपना थोड़ा सा भोजन जुटाना होगा ।
Stanza XIV.Then up ………… to a bird. (Lines 53-56)
Word-Meanings: through ( भ्रू) =across the space, में से होकर । chimney (चिम्नि) = passage for throwing out smoke, चिमनी, किसी भवन की छत में ऊपर निकला पाइप जिससे भवन का धुँआ निकल जाता है । out of (आउट् ऑव्) = में से। flew (फ्ल्यू) = उड़ी । woodpecker (वुड्पेकर) =a kind of bird with scarlet fur cap, कठफोड़वा।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – जैसे ही संत पीटर ने उस महिला को पक्षी बन जाने का शाप दिया, वह चिमनी में से होकर ऊपर चली गई। वह एक शब्द भी नहीं बोली। और चिमनी के ऊपर से एक कठफोड़वा नामक पक्षी निकलकर उड़ा क्योंकि वही नारी एक पक्षी के रूप में बदल गई थी ।
Stanza XV. She had in the flame. (Lines 57-60)
Word-Meanings scarlet (स्का:लट्) = bright red colour, चमकीला लाल रंग । same (सेम) = वैसी ही। left (लेफ्ट) = रह गया । rest (रेस्ट) = शेष, बाकी । burned (बन्ड्) = were burnt in fire, आग से जल गये । coal (कोल) = कोयला 1 . flame (फ्लेम् ) = a portion of fire, लपट, ज्वाला ।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – उसके सिर पर एक चमकीले लाल रंग की टोपी थी और वह वैसी ही रही लेकिन उसके बाकी सारे कपड़े आग की लपटों में जलकर कोयले के जैसे काले हो गये।
Stanza XVI. And every. for food. (Lines 61-64)
Word-Meanings ; country (कन्ट्रि) = rural area, देहात । wood (वुड) = forest, जंगल। very ( वेरि) = same, यही, वहीं। boring ( बोरिंग ) taking holes and holes, छेद करती रहती है।
हिन्दी अनुवाद – और स्कुल जाने वाले प्रत्येक देहाती बच्चे ने उसे जंगल में देखां होगो जहाँ पर वह आज भी पेड़ों पर रहती है और अपने भोजन के लिए (पेड़ों में) छेद’ (सुराख) करती रहती है।
Explanation Win Reference To Context & Comprenension Questions
Stanza 1.
Away, away in the Northland,
Where the hours of the day are few,
And the nights are so long in winter.
That they cannot sleep them throught.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines give a brief introduction of the Northland.
Explanation: The poet says that he is going to tell a legend that took place in the Northland. Northland is a place where in winter, the days are very short and nights are too long. There the nights are so long that the people can’t keep on sleeping for the whole night.
संदर्भ : प्रस्तुत पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।.
प्रसंग : ये पंक्तियाँ नॉर्थलैण्ड का संक्षिप्त सा परिचय देती हैं ।
व्याख्या: कवि कहता है कि वह नॉर्थलैण्ड में घटित हुई एक पौराणिक कथा सुनाने जा रहा है। नॉर्थलैण्ड में सर्दियों में दिन बहुत छोटे होते है और रातें अत्यधिक लम्बी होती हैं। वहाँ रातें इतनी अधिक लम्बी होती हैं कि लोग पूरी रात सो नहीं पाते हैं।
Questions
1. Which country does this legend belong to ?
2. Why do the people of the Northland have ‘few’ hours during the day in winter?
3. Why can the people of the Northland not sleep through the night?
4. Whom does ‘they’ in the fourth line indicate?
Answers
1. This legend belongs to the Northland.
2. In the polar region, like the Northland, the nights are longer but the days are shorter in winter. Therefore, they have ‘few’ hours during the day.
3. The people of the Northland can’t sleep through the night because there the nights in winter are too long.
4. ‘They’ in the fourth line indicates the people of Northland.
Stanza 2.
Where they harness the swift reindeer
To the sledges, when it snows;
And the children look like bear’s cubs
In their funny, furry clothes:
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ com- posed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines give a brief introduction of sledges and reindeer besides the clothing of the children.
Explanation: In the Northland when it snows, fast moving animals such as- reindeer are attached to the sledges. These sledges run on the snow. It being very cold there, the children wear clothes made of fur. These clothes look very funny. The children look like bear’s cubs in these clothes.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : ये पंक्तियाँ बच्चों के पहनने के कपड़ों के अतिरिक्त स्लेज व रेंडियर का संक्षिप्त परिचय देती हैं।
व्यारव्या : नॉर्थलैण्ड में जब बर्फ गिरती है तो तेज चलने वाले पशु रेण्डियर स्लेज गाड़ियों में जोड़ दिये जाते हैं। ये स्लेज गाड़ियाँ बर्फ पर चलती हैं। बहुत ठण्ड होने के कारण वहाँ के बच्चे फर के बने कपड़े पहनते हैं। ये कपड़े बहुत विचित्र लगते हैं। बच्चे इन कपड़ों में भालू के शावकों जैसे दिखते हैं।
Questions
1. Which animal is used to pull the sledge?
2. How do the children of the Northland look like in winter?
3. Why do the children look like bear’s cubs in winter?
4. What are the sledges drawn upon?
Answers
1. Reindeer is used to pull the sledge.
2. They look like the cubs of a bear.
3. They look like the bear’s cub in winter because they wear dresses made of the fur of animals.
4. The sledges are drawn upon snow.
Stanza 3.
They tell them a curious story —
I don’t believe ’tis true;
And yet you may learn a lesson
If I tell the tale to you.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: In these lines the poet is going to tell us a curious story about the Northland. Explanation: The poet says that a strange story is told in the Northland. The poet does not believe the story to be true. But he is sure that the stor, will surely give a lesson to the listeners if it is told.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं। प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में कवि हमें एक अजीब कहानी सुनाने जा रहा है।
व्यारव्या : कवि कहता है कि नॉर्थलैण्ड में एक अजीब कहानी प्रचलित है । कवि कहता है कि उसे उस कहानी की सत्यता में तनिक भी विश्वास नहीं है, फिर भी उसे पूरा विश्वास है कि यदि वह कहानी लोगों को सुनायी जाये तो उससे सुनने वालों को कुछ न कुछ शिक्षा अवश्य मिलेगी।
Questions
1. What does the poet want to tell?
2. What does the poet not believe?
3. Why does the poet want to tell the story?
4. Whom does ‘they’ refer to in the first line?
Answers
1. The poet wants to tell a strange story of Northland.
2. The poet does not believe that the story which he is going to tell may be true.
3. The poet wants to tell the story so that we may learn a lesson.
4. ‘They’ refers to the people of Northland.
Stanza 4.
Once, when the good Saint Peter
Lived in the world below,
And walked about it preaching,
Just as he did, you know.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: In these lines the poet starts telling a story with the introduction of Saint Peter.
Explanation: The poet says that there was a time when good Saint Peter was alive in the world. As we all know that he walked about the world preaching people wherever he went.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में कवि संत पीटर का परिचय देते हुए एक कहानी सुनाना शुरू करता है।
व्याख्या : कवि कहता है कि एक समय ऐसा था जब भले संत पीटर इस संसार में जीवित थे। जैसा कि अब हम सभी जानते हैं कि वह जहाँ भी जाते थे, लोगों को उपदेश देते हुए इस संसार में पैदल भ्रमण करते रहते थे ।
Questions
1. What did St. Peter do?
2. Why did St. (Saint ) Peter travel around the world ?
3. Is St. Peter still alive today?
4. What does St. Peter’s living in the world below mean ?
Answers
1. Saint Peter walked about the world and preached to the people.
2. He travelled around the world to preach to the people.
3. No, Saint Peter is not alive today.
4. It means that Saint Peter was alive then.
Stanza 5.
He came to the door of a cottage,
In travelling round the earth,
Where a little woman was making cakes,
And baking them on the hearth;
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines describe Saint Peter’s coming to the cottage of an old and little woman.
Explanation: Those days Saint was walking about on foot the whole world. While preaching people, he came to the door of a cottage. In that cottage, a little old woman was making cakes. She was baking those cakes on the hearth.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में संत पीटर के एक बूढ़ी और छोटे कद की महिला की कुटिया पर पहुँचने का वर्णन है।
व्यारव्या : उन दिनों संत पीटर लोगों को उपदेश देते हुए सम्पूर्ण संसार में पैदल भ्रमण कर रहे थे। उस दौरान वह एक कुटिया के दरवाजे पर पहुँचे। उस कुटिया में एक बूढ़ी एवं नाटे कद की महिला रोटियाँ बना रही थी । वह उन रोटियों को चूल्हे पर सेंक रही थी ।
Questions
1. Where was Saint Peter travelling ?..
2. Where did St. Peter reach one day ?
3. What was the old woman doing in her cottage ?
4. What did Saint Peter see in the cottage ?
Answers
1. Saint Peter was travelling round the earth.
2. One day Saint Peter reached at the door of a cottage of an old woman.
3. The old woman was making cakes and baking them on the hearth.
4. Saint Peter saw an old woman making cakes and baking them on the hearth.
Stanza 6.
And being faint with fasting,
For the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
To give him a single one.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines describe Saint Peter’s asking for a cake from the old little lady who . was selfish.
Explanation: It was the time of evening, when Saint Peter reached the door of a cottage. Because of his fasting, he had been hungry during the whole. Now he was feeling weak. So he asked the old little woman to give him a cake out of her store of cakes.
संदर्भ : ‘पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में संत पीटर द्वारा स्वार्थी महिला से एक रोटी माँगे जाने का वर्णन है।
व्यारव्या : जब संत पीटर कुटिया के दरवाजे पर पहुँचे, उस समय शाम हो गई थी। व्रत रखने के कारण वह पूरे दिन भूखे रहे थे। अब उन्हें कमजोरी महसूस हो रही थी। इसलिए उन्होंने उस वृद्ध महिला से कहा कि वह अपने रोटियों के भण्डार में से एक रोटी उन्हें दे दे।
Questions
1. Why was St Peter faint ?
2. What did the Saint ask her ?
3. Why did St Peter ask for a cake ?
4. What was the time of day then?
Answers
1. St Peter was faint because of fasting.
2. The Saint asked her for a cake.
3. St Peter asked for a cake because he was faint with fasting.
4. It was the time of evening.
Stanza 7.
So she made a very little cake,
But as it baking lay,
She looked at it, and thought it seemed
Too large to give away.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines describe how the little woman showed her miserly nature to Saint Peter.
Explanation: When Saint Peter asked the old little woman to give him a cake, she made a very little cake to give him. She started baking it. When the cake lay baking, she saw it and then thought it was so large that she could not give it away.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में उस बूढ़ी नारी महिला ने अपनी कंजूस प्रवृत्ति का प्रदर्शन किया।
व्याख्या : जब संत पीटर ने उस नाटी महिला से एक रोटी माँगी तो उसने उनके लिए एक बहुत छोटी रोटी बनाई। उसने उसे सेंकना शुरू किया। रोटी सेंके जाते समय उस बूढ़ी महिला ने उसे (रोटी को) देखा और तब उसने सोचा कि वह रोटी इतनी बड़ी थी कि उसे दिया नहीं जा सकता था
Questions
1. Who made a very little cake?
2. Why did she make a very little cake?
3. How did the little cake appear to her?
4. Why did the old woman not give the cake to St Peter?
Answers
1. The old woman made a very little cake.
2. She made a very little cake because she did not want to give away a big cake.
3. The little cake appeared to her a very big one.
4. The cake seemed to her too large to give away so she did not give it to St Peter.
Stanza 8.
Therefore she kneaded another,
And still a smaller one;
But it looked, when she turned it over,
As large as the first had done.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines describe the old little woman’s greed and selfishness.
Explanation: The little woman could not give away the very small cake that she had specially made for Saint Peter. So she kneaded flour again to make another smaller cake. After cutting this dough, she made a still smaller cake. In the process of baking, she turned it over and saw it. This cake seemed to her as large as the first one.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : ये पंक्तियाँ उस बूढ़ी महिला के लालच व स्वार्थ का वर्णन करती हैं।
व्याख्या : उस बूढ़ी महिला ने विशेष रूप से संत पीटर को देने के लिए अत्यधिक छोटी रोटी बनाई थी, वह उसे दे नहीं पाई । इसलिए छोटी रोटी बनाने के लिए उसने पुनः आटा गूँथा । इस गुँथे हुए आटे से उसने पहले से भी अधिक छोटी एक रोटी बनाई। उस रोटी को सेंकने की प्रक्रिया में उसने उसे उलटा पलटा तो उसे यह रोटी पहली रोटी जितनी ही बड़ी लगी ।
Questions
1. Why did she knead another?
2. What did the old woman do with freshly kneaded flour?
3. What was the size of the second cake?
4. Why did she not give the second little cake to St Peter?
Answers
1. She kneaded another to make a smaller cake to give to St Peter.
2. She made a cake with it that was smaller than the first one.
3. The second cake was smaller in size than the first one.
4. She did not give the second cake to St Peter because it seemed to her as large as the first one.
Stanza 9.
Then she took a tiny scrap of dough,
And rolled and rolled it flat;
And baked it thin as a water
But she couldn’t part with that.
Reference: These lines describe that have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines describe that the little woman makes yet another very small cake for St
Explanation: Now the little woman took a very small quantity of dough. She rolled it too much to make it quite flat. Now she baked this cake. It was as thin as a wafer. But she was so greedy that she could not give away even this wafer like cake to Saint Peter.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में यह वर्णन है कि वह बूढ़ी महिला संत पीटर के लिए एक और बहुत पतली रोटी बनाती है ।
व्यारव्या : अब उस बूढ़ी महिला ने बहुत थोड़ा-सा गुँथा हुआ आटा लिया। उसने इस आटे को अत्यधिक बेलकर चपटा कर लिया। अब उसने इस पापड़ जैसी पतली रोटी को सेंका। लेकिन वह इतनी लालची थी कि वह उस पापड़ जैसी पतली रोटी को भी संत पटर को न दे सकी।
Questions
1. What is the cake compared with ?
2. Why did she take a tiny scrap of dough ?
3. How did she make the cake flat?
4. Why couldn’t she part with the cake ?
Answers
1. The cake is compared with the wafer.
2. She took a tiny scrap of dough because she wanted to bake a still smaller cake for St Peter.
3. She made the cake flat by rolling it again and again.
4. She couldn’t part with the cake because she was very selfish.
Stanza 10.
For she said, “My cakes that seem too small
When I eat as them myself
Are yet too large to give away”
So she put them on the shelf.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines show the little woman’s greed at its extreme.
Explanation: The little woman said to herself that her cakes seemed very small to her when she herself ate them and the same cakes seemed to be very large when she wanted to give them away to anybody. Thinking this, she put all her cakes on the shelf. In this way she gave no cake to Saint Peter to eat.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : ये पंक्तियाँ उस बूढ़ी महिला के लालच की चरम सीमा को प्रदर्शित करती हैं ।
व्यारव्या : उस बूढ़ी महिला ने अपने मन में कहा जब अपनी रोटियाँ वह स्वयं खाती है तो उसे वे बहुत छोटी लगती हैं किन्तु जब उन्हीं रोटियों को वह किसी को देना चाहती है, तो वे बहुत बड़ी लगती हैं। यह सोचकर उसने अपनी सारी रोटियाँ ताक पर रख दीं। उसने संत पीटर को खाने को एक भी रोटी नहीं दी।
Questions
1. When did her cakes look smaller to her?
2. When did her cakes look large to her?
3. Why did her cakes look too large to give them away?
4. Why did she put the cakes on the shelf?
Answers
1. Her cakes looked smaller to her when she ate them herself.
2. Her cakes looked large to her when she had to give them away.
3. Her cakes looked too large to give them away because she was very greedy.
4. She put the cakes on the shelf because she didn’t want to give them away to St Peter.
Stanza 11.
Then good Saint Peter grew angry,
For he was hungry and faint;
And surely such a woman
Was enough to provoke a saint.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines describe Saint Peter’s anger at the old little woman.
Explanation: When the old little woman did not give any cake to Saint Peter, he grew angry because he was hungry and weak. Such a greedy behaviour of the old little woman provoked even a saint.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में संत पीटर के बूढ़ी महिला से नाराज हो जाने का वर्णन है।
व्याख्या : जब उस बूढ़ी नाटी महिला ने संत पीटर को एक भी रोटी नहीं दी तो वह नाराज हो गये क्योंकि वह भूखे व कमजोर थे। उस महिला के ऐसे लालची व्यवहार ने एक संत को भी गुस्सा दिला दिया ।
Questions
1. Why did a good saint like St Peter grow angry?
2. What provoked the Saint?
3. What was the condition of St Peter?.
4. What does ‘such a woman’ mean?
Answers
1. He grew angry because the old woman did not give him even a single wafer-like cake.
2. The selfish behaviour of the old woman provoked the saint.
3. He was hungry and faint.
4. ‘Such a woman’ means that selfish woman who could not give away even a single wafer- like cake.
Stanza 12.
And he said, “You are far too selfish.
To dwell in a human form,
To have both food and shelter,
And fire to keep you warm.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines describe Saint Peter’s anger at the old little woman.
Explanation: Saint Peter told the little woman that she was so selfish that she could not live as a human being. He further said that she did not deserve food for herself, shelter to live in or fire to keep herself warm.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : ये पंक्तियाँ संत पीटर की बूढ़ी नाटी महिला से नाराजगी का वर्णन करती हैं।
व्याख्या : संत पीटर ने उस बूढ़ी महिला से कहा कि वह इतनी स्वार्थी है कि वह मानव रूप में रहने के योग्य नहीं है। उन्होंने कहा कि वह इस योग्य नहीं है कि उसे स्वयं के भोजन, रहने के लिए स्थान अथवा स्वयं को गर्म रखने के लिए आग मिले।
Questions
1. Whom does ‘he’ refer to in the first line ?
2. Why did the woman not deserve to live in a human form ?
3. Name the three things which St Peter deprived her of.
4.How did St Peter feel about the old woman?
Answers
1.’He’ refers to St Peter.
2. The woman did not deseve to live in a human form because she was very selfish and greedy.
3. The three things which St Peter deprived her of were-food, shelter and fire to keep her warm.
4. St Peter felt that the old woman was very selfish.
Stanza 13.
Now, you shall build as the birds do,
And shall get your scanty food
By boring and boring, and boring,have been
All day in the hard, dry wood.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines describe Saint Peter’s cursing the old little woman.
Explanation: Saint Peter became angry with the greedy nature of old little woman. He cursed her to build a nest and to live there like the birds after that day. He cursed that she would get her little food by boring in the hard and dry wood the whole day long.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में संत पीटर के उस बूढ़ी नारी महिला को शाप देने का वर्णन है।
व्याख्या : संत पीटर उस वृद्ध नारी महिला से नाराज हो गये। उन्होंने उसे शाप दिया कि उसी समय से वह पक्षियों की भाँति घोंसला बनाएगी और उसमें रहेगी । उन्होंने उसे यह भी शाप दिया कि वह अपना थोड़ा बहुत भोजन दिन भर कठोर, सूखी लकड़ी में सुराख करके प्राप्त कर सकेगी।
Questions
1. How will she get her scanty food ?
2. How much food will the little woman get?
3. How will she build her house?
4. How did St Peter punish the old woman?
Answers
1. She will get scanty food.
2. She will get her scanty food by boring and boring all day in the hard and dry wood.
3. She will build her house as a bird does Conde.
4. St Peter punished her by changing her into a bird.
Stanza 14.
Then up she went through the chimney,
Never speaking a word,
And out of the top flew a woodpecker,
For she was changed to a bird.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines describe how the little old woman was turned into a woodpecker. Explanation: As Saint Peter cursed the little woman to be a bird, she went up through the chimney. She did not speak a single word. This woodpecker was the old little woman who was changed into a bird.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में उस बूढ़ी महिला के कठफोड़वा पक्षी में बदल जाने का वर्णन है।
व्याख्या : जैसे ही संत पीटर ने उस बूढ़ी नाटी महिला को पक्षी बन जाने का शाप दिया, वह चिमनी (धुँआरा ) में होकर ऊपर चली गई। वह एक शब्द भी नहीं बोली। यह कठफोड़वा वही बूढ़ी महिला थी जो पक्षी में बदल गई थी ।
Questions
1.Name the bird which she was changed into.
2. Where did she reach when she was changed into a bird?
3. What did the old woman do after she had been changed into a bird?
4. Who was the woodpecker that flew out of the top of the chimney?
Answers
1.She was changed into a woodpecker.
2. She reached out through the top of the chimney when she was changed into a bird.
3. She went up through the chimney. She did not utter a word and flew away.
4. It was the selfish woman who was punished by St Peter.
Stanza 15.
She had a scarlet cap on her head
And that was left the same;
But all the rest of her clothes were burned
Black as a coal in the flame.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: These lines describe the face and feature of the old little woman after being turned into a woodpecker.
Explanation: Before being turned into a woodpecker, the old little woman was wearing a red cap on her head. When she was turned into a woodpecker, the cap remained the same. But all other clothes of her body were burnt out. They turned black as a coal in the flame.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में उस वृद्ध बौनी महिला के एक कठफोड़वे में बदल जाने पर उसके रूप-रंग का वर्णन है।
व्याख्या : कठफोड़वे में बदलने से पहले उस बूढ़ी महिला ने अपने सिर पर एक लाल टोपी पहनी हुई थी। जब वह कठफोड़वे में बदल गई तो वह टोपी वैसी की वैसी रही। लेकिन उसके बाकी सभी कपड़े जल गये। वे लपटों में जलकर कोयले जैसे काले हो गये।
Questions
1. What did she have on her head?
2. What happened to the clothes of the old woman?
3. Which part of the woman’s dress was left the same?
4. How did her clothes turn black as coal?
Answers
1. She had a scarlet cap on her head.
2. All clothes except her cap were burnt in the flame.
3. The scarlet cap on her head was left the same.
4. Her clothes were burnt so they turned black as coal.
Stanza 16.
And every country schoolboy
Has seen her in the wood,
Where she lives in the trees till this very day,
Boring and boring for food.
Reference: These lines have been taken from the poem ‘A Legend of the Northland’ composed by the poet Phoebe Cary.
Context: Here, the poet describes the condition and habit of the old little woman after she was turned into a bird.
Explanation: Every school going boy in the villages has seen that woodpecker in the forest. That little woman in the form of a woodpecker lives in the trees even now. She always keeps on boring in the wood to get her food.
संदर्भ : ये पंक्तियाँ कवि Phoebe Cary द्वारा रचित कविता ‘A Legend of the Northland’ से ली गई हैं।
प्रसंग : इन पंक्तियों में कवि उस बूढ़ी महिला के एक पक्षी में बदल जाने के बाद की दशा का वर्णन करता है।
व्याख्या : विद्यालय जाने वाले प्रत्येक ग्रामीण लड़के ने जंगल में उस कठफोड़वे को देखा है। कठफोड़वे के रूप में वह बूढ़ी महिला अब भी पेड़ों में रहती है। वह अपना भोजन पाने के लिए सदैव लकड़ी में सुराख करती रहती है।
Questions
1. Who has seen her in the wood?
2. Whom has every country schoolboy seen?
3. Where does she live now?
4. How does she get her food now?
Answers
1. Every country schoolboy has seen her in the wood.
2. Every country schoolboy has seen the woodpecker.
3. She lives in the trees now.
4. She gets her food by boring and boring in the hard, dry wood.