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Morning and afternoon, all the young girls and maidens used to gather around the village well with their water pots. There they exchanged pleasantries, chatted and discussed. Lakshmi was the prettiest girl at the well. But, she was an orphan. One day, a well-built man came to Lakshmi's house. He brought with him the richest clothes and jewels as presents for her, "I am your dead father's brother," he told the astonished girl. "You have not seen me before because I have been staying abroad. You must come and live with me now." Lakshmi believed his sweet words and in a short time, locked up her little house and set out with the man. But a terrible surprise was in store for poor Lakshmi when she got to her new-found uncle's home. The man locked her in a room "I am not your uncle, but a robber. And I am going to marry you," he told her. Lakshmi howled and wept when she heard this. Saying he would be back in a day or two after making arrangements for the wedding, the man went away. Lakshmi continued sobbing for a while and then stopped. "I must think of a plan to escape," she told herself. Lakshmi guessed that the robber would try to enter her room. So, she kept near her bed a sharp knife which she could find in the room. One night the robber did enter her room but Lakshmi did not make any sound. She just kept a tight hold of knife and pretended to be sound asleep. When the robber was near her bed, she stood up suddenly, brandishing the knife. The robber was taken aback and with a loud cry, he ran out. Lakshmi gave chase and he climbed up the nearest tall tree. Lakshmi then gathered some dry figs and sticks around the foot of the tree and set them on fire. on seeing the rising flames, the robber gave a mighty yell and jumped down. But it was such a long way to the ground that he broke a couple of bones and was unable to move away from the place he fell. In the mean time, the police was informed by someone about the robber. Very soon they reached the spot and arrested the robber. The people who had gathered at the spot were all praise for Lakshmi's courage and presence of mind. |
"But a terrible surprise was in store... uncle's home." What is the "terrible surprise" that is being referred to?
Options
The man told her that her father was dead.
The man refused to marry her.
The man took away her ornaments and locked her in a room.
The man turned out to be a robber interested in marrying her.
Solution
The man turned out to be a robber interested in marrying her.
Explanation:
When Lakshmi arrived at his new uncle's house, the man confined her in a room and informed her that he was not her uncle, but rather a robber planning to marry him.