Little girls

ARTS & COMMERCE COLLEGE
KHEDA
Prof.RS Nagar
TYBA Sem-5
Department of English
11/13/2020
PROF.RS NAGAR, KHEDA ARTS &
COMMERCE COLLEGE, KHEDA 1

Little Girls Wiser Than Men
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COMMERCE COLLEGE, KHEDA

1.Who is younger, Malasha or Akulya?
Describe how two girls become friends?
Ans.: It was Easter. After Mass, two
girls from different houses came to
the puddle. Smaller one in blue,
another a little older in yellow
frocks. Both had red scarves on
their heads, they showed each
other their dresses and began to
play. And they wanted to splash in
the water.
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2.Where were girls playing?
Ans.: Both the girls were playing near
a puddle.
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3. How did the older girl guide the younger one on
the best way to play?Where was Akulya splashed?
Ans.: The older girl guided the
younger one to take off the shoes
and lift the skirt and move
carefully.
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4.Why did Akulya run after Malasha?
Ans.: Akulka ran after Malasha
because Malashka plopped her foot
over the water – and it splashed
right on Akulka’s dress. Dress got
spattered, and some went on her
nose and eyes. Akulka saw stains on
her dress, got angry at Malashka,
scolded, ran after her, wanted to
slap her
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5.Whose mother slapped whom?What happened
after this incident?
 Ans.: Akulka’s mother
grabbed Malashka, and slapped her on
the back of her head. Malashka wailed
so she was heard across the
street. Malashka’s mother came out.
‘What do you hit my daughter for?’ –
She started scolding her neighbor.
Word after word, women quarreled.
Men jumped out, gathered on the
street in a large bunch. All
shout, nobody is listening to each
other. Almost a fight started.
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6.Why should the grown-up people have been
ashamed of themselves?
Ans.: While the old men were still
quarrelling, Akulka and Malasha
started playing near the puddle
again. Guys just began to fight,
when the girls’ made a stream and
ran by it, in the street. Girls put the
wooden chip into the water. Hence,
the grown-up people should ashamed
of themselves.
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SN:1. Friendship between Atulya and Malasha
Ans.: Soon after the mass of Easter Akulka
and Malasha came near the puddle and
started to play. Malasha, the little one
went into the ankle deep puddle splashed
and the mud spattered on Akulka’s frock.
She wanted to slap her but Malasha ran
away. Akulka’s mother slapped her. Now,
the quarrel began, after women men
joined. The fight began. But after a while
Akulka wiped the mud off her frock and
both girls started to play near the puddle
made a stream, ran along with it, laughing
joyfully.
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SN:2.The chain of events that resulted in the elders
fighting each other intensely
Ans.: Malasha splashed the water on
Akulka’s frock while playing near the
puddle. She wanted to slap Malasha,
but she ran. Akulka’s mother
slapped her. Malasha’s mother asked
why did she do so. Quarrel began.
And women gathered. Men joined,
too. Words, words and words.
Nobody listened. A fight started.
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SN:3.The title of the story
Ans.: ‘Little Girls Wiser than Men’ is the title of the
story by Leo Tolstoy. The story describes how the
two little girls play near the puddle Malasha
splashed in the water and Akulka’s frock stained.
This incidence led to fight between the mothers,
then women, then men of the street. The old
grandmother tried to persuade them but in vain.
After a little while. Akulka wiped the mud off her
frock and began to play with Malasha. They made a
stream form the puddle and ran and play joyfully.
Having seen them playing grandmother remarked ‘
Fear God, you guys, dragged yourself into a fight
because of these girls, and they have long time ago
forgotten everything – again are in love together,
blessed, playing. They are wiser than you!’
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SN:4. Moral of the story
Ans.: ‘Fear God, you guys, dragged yourself into
a fight because of these girls, and they have
long time ago forgotten everything – again are
in love together, blessed, playing. They are
wiser than you!’
“Unless ye become as little children, ye shall not
enter into the Kingdom of God”.
These two sentences spoken by the
grandmother are the core ideas of the writer
Leo Tolstoy himself.
The moral is fighting on trivial matters is sin, we
should live little children who easily forget
their quarrels and love again with each other.
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SN:5.The Grandmother
Ans.: The grand mother is spokesperson of the
writer. She is a wise lady. She tries to pacify
and persuade the fighting women and men. But
nobody listen to her. When among quarrelling
people, she saw Akulka and Malasha joyfully
playing together. She remarked,
‘Fear God, you guys, dragged yourself into a
fight because of these girls, and they have
long time ago forgotten everything – again are
in love together, blessed, playing. They are
wiser than you!’
“Unless ye become as little children, ye shall not
enter into the Kingdom of God”.
She conveys the message of the author.
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1.According to the author, ……………….are wiser
than men.
i. Old people
ii. Women
iii. Little girls
iv. Big girls
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2.The girls found the puddle to be ………………… .
i. shallow
ii. dry
iii. deep
iv. clean
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3.Where was Malasha struck?
i. cheeks
ii. head
iii. forehead
iv. back of the neck
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4.Which festival season is the story based on?
i. Easter
ii. Christmas
iii. New Year
iv. Lent
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5.Who said the line,‘little girls are wiser than men?
i. Akulya
ii. Malasha
iii. The Grandmother
iv. No one
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5.Who started scrapping at the earth with a stone?
i. Akulka
ii. Malasha
iii. The Grandmother
iv. Akulya’s mother
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6.Who dug the channel from the puddle?
i. Akulya’s parent
ii. Malasha’s parent
iii. Akulya and Malasha
iv. No one
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7.Who scolded the parents?
i. The townspeople
ii. The girls
iii. The women
iv. The grandmother
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