How does the woodpecker get her food?

How did Saint Peter punish the lady?

Which country or countries do you think “the Northland” refers to?

Compare the two translations on the basis of the following points: (i)the tense of narration (past and present tense) (ii)short, incomplete sentences (iii)sentence length Which of these translations do you like? Give reasons for your choice.

Read the description given alongside this sketch from a photograph in a newspaper (Times of India, 4 September, 1999). Make up a story about what the monkey is thinking, or why it is looking into a mirror. Write a paragraph about it.

Try to rewrite the story without its humour, merely as a frightening incident. What details or parts of the story would you leave out?