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Read the excerpt given below from the story ‘ The Mysterious Picture’ and answer the questions that follow. ‘Your Highness, may it please you to remember me and my donkey, Jeff, for just one more minute,’ Tyl replied. ‘ My donkey has been feeding himself fairly well along the way on the thorns in the hedges and the grass on the roadside. But I have had nothing to eat for the past three days. My stomach has been complaining very’ loudly. Perhaps Your Highness can even hear it now. I have been feeding myself with dreams of good food and drink at your royal table.’ The Archduke smiled and said, ‘Well, my dear fellow, you will certainly have something more solid to feed on. But where is your donkey?’ ‘I left him outside, opposite the palace. I shall be most grateful if Jeff is looked after. He needs a little fodder and lodging at night,’ said Tyl. The Archduke immediately ordered the donkey to be taken care of and he added. ‘Treat it like one of my own animals.’ a. Why is Jeff, the donkey not hungry? b. Pick out the word from the passage that means ‘ food for animals’. c. ‘I have been feeding myself with dreams.’ What did Tyl dream of? d. What expression does Tyl use to show that he is extremely hungry? e. What does Archduke mean by saying, ‘something more solid than dreams’?

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a. Jeff, the donkey was not hungry because he had been feeding himself fairly well along the way on the thorn in the hedges and the grass on the roadside. 

b. Fodder 

c. Tyl dreamt of the good food and drink at the Archduke’s royal table. 

d. The expression ‘My stomach has been complaining very loudly’. 

e. Delicious food on the royal table.



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