Read the narrative below and then answer the questions that follow: Snake, Millipede and Centipede were born triplets to a caring old couple in a far...

Read the narrative below and then answer the questions that follow:
Snake, Millipede and Centipede were born triplets to a caring old couple in a far off country. The couple had tried to get children for years but to no avail,
The arrival of the triplets was, therefore, the cause of great joy in the whole village. With the little energy left, they struggled with the day-to-day hustles of new parents. They doted on their little ones and ensured that they got everything they needed. They grew up to be three beautiful daughters and were the envy of the entire village.
Millipede was the eldest and naturally acted as the leader. She was courageous, caring and fiercely protective of her siblings, not one animal dared across her path because of strength and fighting skills she learnt for her father.
Centipede was born second. She often ran into trouble with the neighbours but was always confident that big sister would always come to her rescue. Her mother always had cases to settle with her friends. No one day passed without Centipede being scolded about her carefree lifestyle. Snake, the lastborn, was her mother’s favourite and always got away with mischief, however grave. She was the most beautiful of the sister’s and always got extra attention from parents.
As the sisters grew, the snake got really proud and wanted everything for herself. She often wondered how different life would have been had she born an only child.
She always schemed ways of getting her siblings into trouble and always got away with it.
One day, as they were at the river fetching water, they heard screams from upstream.
“Somebody help me please! I am trapped!”
The girls stopped in their tracks and cocked their ears. They rushed to the source of the cries and to their amazement; they found a man stuck to the waist, mud all around him as the river raged by. When he saw the three sisters, he was much relieved that help has finally arrived.
“Please girls, help me out of here, I’m going to drown,” he pleaded. Millipede and Centipede threw their hands to the poor man and struggled to pull him out. Little beads of sweat formed –on their foreheads as they struggled . “Come on and help” they told snake. “No way! I cannot dirty my delicate hands trying to save such a soul”, she sneered. Akimbo, she watched, bemused that her sisters would waste their time panting and heaving to wriggle the man out of the mud. Once out on dry ground, the man wiped the mud off his tired body and, as a way of appreciation asked the girls to make two wishes each. He told them that he was a genie who had been trapped for hundreds of years in the mud.
Snake was really excited when she heard about the wishes. She requested to be the firsts to make a wish. The sisters agreed but their hearts were heavy because they knew how malicious their sister was. Snake closed her eyes and silently made her wishes, for a big beautiful body and lovely legs millipede was next to make her wishes but because she knew her sister’s heart, she wished for a million of what snake had asked and a small body to go with it.
Centipede was the last to make her wish because of the admiration she had for her sister, wished for half of what her brave sister asked for. The man waved his magic band five times and bang! The sisters’ wishes came true.
Like a flash. Snake’s legs disappeared and her body grew twice its original size. Millipede got a million legs and her sister thousands, while their bodies shrunk to half their original sizes. They were all dismayed but on looking around, the man had disappeared. Snake was really sorry because she knew that she was the reason her sisters acted the way they did.
With shame, and tears streaming down her face, she glided away into the bushes and up to today , still holds a grudge against man for changing her fortunes. She always bites his ankle whenever they meet.
The other sisters accepted their wishes and continued with their lives happily, often helping man to aerate his farm by burrowing into the soil. (Adopted from Sunday Standard December 2006)

a) What type of narrative is this? Give a reason for your answer. (2mks)

b) Identify one social activity of the society in the narrative. (2mks)

c) Which features peculiar to oral narratives are evident in the narrative? (4mks)

d) Identify one character trait of the snake. (2mks)

e) What type of audience would be the target of such a narrative and why? (2mks)

f) “Please girls, help me out of here, I’m going to drown,” he pleaded. (rewrite in reported speech). (2mks)

g) If you were send to the field to collect the above narrative, mention any two method(s) you would use to collect the narrative. (2mks)

h) What is the moral lesson in the above narrative? (2mks)

i) What is the meaning of the following word and phrase as used in the narrative? (2mks)

i)dotedon

ii)dismayed

a) Etiological narrativev Illustration: talks of why the centipede, millipede and the snake are the way they are.v (1 mark)

b) i) Communalismv (1 mark)

Illustration: they performed their work together e.g. centipede, millipede and the snake went to the river to fetch water.

(1 mark)

ii) Come together in the event of a problem.v (1 mark)

Illustration: The three sisters run to go and help the poor man out of the mud.v (1mark)

ii) Fetching water, the sisters do this together.

iii) Divination/believe in genies/spirits/they made wishes that transformed them.

c)

i) Use of fantasyv (1 mark) (animals talking)

Explanations: to make the story appear interesting andv (1 mark)

ii) Use of timelessnessv

Explanation: the story is applicable to any time in history.v (1 mark)

d) Selfish v (1 mark)

Illustration: wanted to get everything for herselfv ( 1 mark)

Proudv (1 mark)

Illustration: she refused to help the sisters pull out the poor man from the mud because she could not make her delicate hands dirty.v (1 mark)

e) Youth /Adolescent v (1 mark)

i. Make youths responsible members of the society, i.e. coming together to help one who is in a problem.v (1 mark)

Or ii. Respond to duties such as fetching water from the river.v (1 mark)

f) He pleaded with the girls to get him out of there for he was going to drown. (1 mark)

g) Taping (use of tape recorder Writing and taking down notes Listening and memorizing

h) We should shun/avoid selfishness/pride

i) The meaning of

i. Doted on – loved/treasured/worshipped/adored/ -Cherished/idolized/held dear/were fond of held dear//prized.

ii. Dismayed – disheartened/disappointed/appalled/disillusioned/distressed.

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lydiajane74 answered the question on January 23, 2018 at 07:42

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