Discuss
(a) Who is the narrator? What is the narrator’s age, and
position in the family?
(b) What do you think happened to the mother?
(c) Who are the bandits?
(d) Who came to look after the children?
(e) Why did the grandmother decide they would go away?
Discuss
(a) Who is the narrator? What is the narrator’s age, and position in the family?
(b) What do you think happened to the mother?
(c) Who are the bandits?
(d) Who came to look after the children?
(e) Why did the grandmother decide they would go away?
(a) The narrator is a little girl whose village has been
raided by the bandits. The narrator’s age is not specifically
mentioned, but we know that she is a child. She is the second of
three children.
(b) Probably, the mother was killed by bandits. This must
have happened when she went to fetch oil.
(c) The bandits were people who opposed the government and
raided villages, killing many people in the process.
(d) The children’s grandmother and grandfather came
to look after them.
(e) The grandmother decided that they would go away because
they had no food to eat.
(a) The narrator is a little girl whose village has been raided by the bandits. The narrator’s age is not specifically mentioned, but we know that she is a child. She is the second of three children.
(b) Probably, the mother was killed by bandits. This must have happened when she went to fetch oil.
(c) The bandits were people who opposed the government and raided villages, killing many people in the process.
(d) The children’s grandmother and grandfather came to look after them.
(e) The grandmother decided that they would go away because they had no food to eat.
