English lesson,poems and grammar

 CLASS 9 A Legend of the Northland in ENGLISH AND HINDI  🌲 A Legend of the Northland – Summary (English) “A Legend of the Northland” by Phoebe Cary is a ballad-style poem that tells a moral story from the cold northern region. The poem is about Saint Peter and a greedy old woman. One day, Saint Peter was wandering and preaching. Feeling hungry and tired, he asked a poor woman, who was baking cakes, to give him a small piece to eat. Though the woman made cakes of different sizes, she felt every cake was too big to give away. Even when she tried to bake a tiny cake, she still thought it was too large and didn’t give it to him. Saint Peter became angry at her selfishness and greed. He cursed her – saying that someone so greedy does not deserve the human form or the comfort of a house. So, she was turned into a woodpecker. Now, as a bird, she lives in the woods, digging into hard trees to get food, which is a punishment for her greed. Theme / Message: Greed leads to suffering. We...