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Question
Answer the following question briefly.
Pick out two sentences showing that the grandmother was desperate to know what happened next in the story.
Solution
The following two sentences state that the grandmother was desperate to know what happened in the story:
- ‘During that time, she would forget all her work and listen with the greatest concentration.’
- ‘So more than anybody else she was the one most interested in knowing what happened next in the story.’
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