![]() The feudal lord was jubilant because he thought that now his state would surely prosper as the people in it were young and energetic, and there were no aged folk to hinder and trouble them. ‘Soon’ emphasises how complete the feudal lord’s tyranny was.Ĭ. There were very few old people left because they had been left by their families on the mountainside to die.ī. The feudal lord revoked his degree because he realised that the old are wise and should be valued. The victorious over lord told the feudal lord that if he could solve correctly the problems he set for him, he would spare the lives of his subjects.Ħ. One day, the mighty overlord of the neighbouring state, came thundering with his army and horses, and waged war against the feudal lord, defeating him.ĥ. The mother was busy breaking twigs and throwing them down so that her son could follow the trail and find his way back home.Ĥ. Since she was unable to go up by herself, the farmer’s mother was taken by the farmer on his back as he climbed the mountain.ģ. The people took their parents to the dense forests on the high mountain near the city, and left them in the cold and rain, at the mercy of wild animals.Ģ. Solutions to Book Exercises Exercise A(Comprehension) : Answersġ. Petrified – become stone like, very frightened Harass – to make someone’s life unpleasant Ransack – to steal by causing damage to things around Intact – not harmed or damaged and almost in the original shape Proclamation – an official announcement in public Nuisance – very annoying or causing troubleĭecree – an official order from the ruling governmentĪt the mercy of – completely in the control of the person who can harmĭumbfounded – unable to speak because of some surprise Word-Meanings: The Mountain that Ate People On learning about the woman’s sagacity, the lord withdrew the cruel decree This time, the farmer decided to confess to the truth. ![]() The final time around, the feudal lord grew suspicious of the farmer and asked him how he found the answers to the riddles. The overlord then repeated the same exercise twice with the same result. The farmer’s mother solved it easily, winning the reward for her son and saving the lives of the people. However, it was too tricky for the feudal lord and he proclaimed that anyone in the land who could solve it would be rewarded. The overlord set him a riddle to solve as the condition for his clemency. The former pleaded for mercyįor his people. Two years thence, the feudal lord was overrun by a neighbouring overlord. The mother persuaded him to take her away anyway, but halfway through the journey, the farmer turned back and hid her in a small room under the ground. One farmer, who loved his mother dearly, was absolutely distraught when his mother turned sixty-one. He issued a decree under the threat of severe punishment that everyone had to leave their family members over that age in the dangerous forests of a high mountain near the city. A Japanese feudal lord decided that every person older than sixty-one was useless and needed to be disposed of.
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