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 Hunting Snake 

1)      How did the snake appear as it was moving through the grass?

ANS: While moving through the grass, the snake was moving with his head down. Its tongue was flickering on the trail. Sun glazed its curves of diamond scale. It appeared dark, cold and splendid.

2) What did the poet and her companions do when the snake was gone?

ANS: The snake was finally gone into the grass. Then the poet and her companions took a deeper breath of the day. They looked at each other and went on.

3) How was the late autumn's sky, according to Judith Wright?

ANS: According to Judith Wright, the late autumn's sky was gentlest.

4) How was the day of the season when the poet and her companion walked?

ANS: When the poet and her companion walked, the day of the season was sun-warmed.

5) When did the poet and her companions freeze?

ANS: The poet and her companions froze when they walked half-through a pace.

6) Why did the poet and her companions freeze?

ANS: The poet and her companions froze because they saw a great black snake.

7) How was the great black snake moving?

ANS: The great black snake was moving in curves.

8) What did the snake quest while going through the parting grass?

ANS: The snake quested its food while going through the parting glass.

9) How did the black snake look in the sun?

ANS: The black snake had diamond-like curves on its body. Sun glazed these curves.

10) Why did the poet and her companions lose breath?

ANS: The poet and her companions lost breath because they saw the fierce black snake pass. tt?

11) What fled from the fierce intent of the snake?

ANS: The small food of the snake fled living from its fierce intent.

12) Where was the prey of the snake hidden?

ANS: The prey of the snake was hidden into the grass.

13) How was the day in which the poet and her companions walked?

ANS: One day the poet and her companions walked, sun-warmed. It was the beautiful day of late autumn. On that day, the sky was gentlest.

14) Why did the poet and her companions freeze half-through a pace?

ANS: On a sun-warmed day of late autumn, the poet and her companions walked. They froze half-through a pace. They froze because they saw a great black snake go reeling by.

15) How did the snake quest through the parting grass?

ANS: The snake was moving with its head down across the grassland. Its tongue was flickering on the trail. In this way, it quested through the parting glass.

16) When did the poet and her companions lose their breath?

ANS: The poet and her companions saw a fierce snake making its way across the grassland. Sun glazed his curves of diamond scale. They saw it passing by them. Then they lost their breath.

17) Why did the poet and her companions lose their breath?

ANS: The poet and her companions saw a fierce snake making its way across the grassland. Suddenly they saw it passing by them. They lost their breath because they thought it might attack them.

18) What was the matter the poet and her companions scarcely thought?

ANS: The great and fierce black snake was following the tracks for food. Some of its living food were fleeing seeing its fierce intent. That was the matter the poet and her companions scarcely thought.

19) What was the matter that the poet and her companions thought of?

ANS: The poet and her companions saw a great black and fierce snake reeling by. They got extremely feared. They stood still. They thought when the snake would go away.

20) How did the snake appear to the poet and her companions?

ANS: The poet and her companions got certainly feared to see the fierce and great black snake. But when they saw its diamond-like scale dazzling in the sun, they got quite fascinated.