a) What did Rosabel do to earn her living?
b) What was her mood when she was returning home?
c) What means did the author use to describe Rosabel’s tiredness?
d) What had happened during her working day?
e) Why was Rosabel seized with anger while serving the girl with beautiful red hair?
f) Why was Rosabel thinking about the handsome young man?
g) What pictures did she see in her dreams?
h) Was she able to take pleasure of life in her illusory world?
i) How did she meet her next day?
3. Match the following definitions in the left column with the words in the right column. Find sentences with these words in the story.
| 1. a tiny imaginary being in human form, depicted as clever, mischievous, and possessing magical powers. | ample |
| 2. to dislike intensely. | to sacrifice |
| 3. to ask for urgently. | fairy |
| 4.a friendly informal manner. | to detest |
| 5. to make you look attractive. | to call in |
| 6. enough or more than enough. | to demand |
| 7. a holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple. | to suit smb |
| 8. money, property, etc. that you you receive from smb when they die. | familiarity |
| 9. having agreed to marry smb. | honeymoon |
| 10. to telephone a place. | inheritance |
| 11. to forfeit (one thing) for another thing considered to be of greater value. | to be engaged |