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A Horse and Two Goats Treasure Trove (Short Stories) Extracts 11 to 14 Extract XI. 1. Same as the answer of Extract IX (iii) 2. Kaliyuga is the last of the four stages the world goes through as part of the cycle of the ages. At the end of the Kaliyuga, this world and all other words will be destroyed and a saviour will appear in the shape of a horse named Kalki, and save all the good people, while all the evil people will die. 3. The language barrier provides humour in the story. Muni and the foreigner could not understand each other. When Muni asked the foreigner how many children he had, the foreigner, assuming that Muni had asked the price he was ready to pay, replied hundred. Later, the foreigner handed Muni a hundred rupee note, which Muni thought was in exchange for his goats. 4. The living room of the foreigner has a large bookcase filled with volumes of books. There are books piled up to the roof. 5. Muni told the story behind the horse statue. He said that the horse would com...

A Horse and Two Goats Treasure Trove (Short Stories) Extracts 6 to 10 Extract VI. 1. The statue referred to in the extract is a life-sized statue of a horse, situated beside the highway outside Kritam. The statue was made of brightly coloured burnt clay. It stood with its head high and its forelegs in the air. 2. The statue of the warrior was a life sized statue of a man. The warrior is depicted as a man of strength through his appearance as a warrior with scythe like mustachios, bulging eyes and aquiline nose. 3. The villagers or the vandals didn't notice the splendour of the horse statue because they didn't notice its existence. 4. Muni didn't go back home early because he wanted to give his wife time to cool off her temper. He knew his wife would arrange food for him if he didn't make her angry. 5. The American was a wealthy man. He was rich enough to travel around a foreign country. He smoked expensive cigarettes, lived and worked in air-conditioned buildings. On th...

A Horse and Two Goats Treasure Trove (Short Stories) Extracts 1 to 5 Extract I. 1. Microscopic dot means something very small. In the extract it is said that Kritam was probably the smallest among the seven hundred thousand villages in India. 2. A map gives the location of the village and the routes towards it. It serves as a guide to travellers, boundary of village for the administrators. 3. According to the author, Kritam probably was the tiniest of seven hundred thousand villages in India. It was a village that consisted of less than thirty houses, only one of them built with brick and cement. 4. 'Kritam' in Tamil meant 'coronet' or 'crown' . Muni lived in the last house in the fourth street in the village, beyond which stretched the fields. 5. The Big House, was built with brick and cement. It was painted yellow and blue all over with carvings of gods. The other houses were of bamboo thatch, straw, mud and other materials. Extract II. 1. Muni would take hi...