Activity 5 – Answer the following questions

Question

Answer the following questions

1. Give two examples of the shepherd’s hospitality towards the narrator.
2. State the profession of the people who inhabited the four or five remote villages.
3. “I was intrigued.” Why was the narrator ‘intrigued’?

Answer

1. Two examples of the shepherd’s hospitality towards the narrator:

• The shepherd gave the narrator a drink when they first encountered each other.
• The shepherd shared his soup with the narrator.

1. The profession of people who inhabited the four or five remote villages is that they are woodcutters who make charcoal.
2. The narrator was ‘intrigued’ because the shepherd gave them a feeling of peace and nothing seemed to disturb him. This sparked the narrator’s curiosity, making them interested in learning more about the shepherd and his way of life.