12th Class English The Rattrap - Selma Lagerlof

  • question_answer 15)
    Why was Edla happy to see the gift left by the peddler?  

    Answer:

    Edla gave a little cry of joy on seeing the gift as in a small rattrap, lay three wrinkled ten kroner notes. Her deed of kindness had helped the poor peddler atone for his sin. He did not want her to be embarrassed at Christmas season because of a thief. He said that the rattrap was a Christmas present from a rat who would have been caught in this world's rattrap if he had not been raised to a captain's stature, (t was because she had done so, that he got the power to clear himself.


You need to login to perform this action.
You will be redirected in 3 sec spinner