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प्रश्न
In your own words give a detailed description of:
The Spider’s Parlour
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उत्तर
The story “The spider and the fly” tells of a cunning Spider who ensnares a naive fly through the use of seduction and flattery. The spider invites the fly to his parlour. The way to the parlour is up a winding stair. It is the prettiest little parlour that the fly had ever spied. There are many curious things. The spider wants to show them to the fly. There is a little bed to rest upon. There are pretty curtains drawn around. The sheets are fine and thin. On the whole, the spider’s parlour is the best and the prettiest.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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The bleeding bark will heal And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs, Miniature boughs.
What will rise from close to the ground?
The root is to be pulled out
Out of the anchoring earth;
What does ‘anchoring earth’ mean?
What is hidden inside the earth for years?
Describe the beauty of the river you have seen?
Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime.
What does the poet mean by ‘mortal prime’?
Rampaging through the heavens
Never stopping day or night,
How does the comet travel?
In the dust, they leave behind,
Could have started life on the earth,
Which resulted in mankind.
According to scientists, how did life start on earth?
Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words/phrases given below.
| a trail | spectacular | spectacular scene | outer ice | a cheetah |
| day or night | emerging of life | powerful and strong | shock wave | scientists |
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If one should come too close to earth
The atmosphere will shake,
With shock wave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
Pick out the rhyming words.
