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B. Answer the following questions in detail:, 1. Why did the cobbler say that business was bad?, Ans: The cobbler said that business was bad since he was getting very little customers. Working in the shop became an idle thing for him, the truth however was that he happened to be a really bad cobbler., 2. What did the first customer tell the cobbler?, Ans: The first customer sarcastically comment on the cobbler’s skill, he said the sole which the cobbler mended had come off and the leather the cobbler put in his wife’s shoes was like brown paper., 3. Why was the second customer angry with the cobbler?, Ans: The second customer was angry with the cobbler caused the cobbler sold leaky boots which made the former’s feet cold and wet. These leaky boots almost put the customer in a near death experience during a snowstorm., 4. What does the old woman mean when she says ‘ I have a bone to pick with him’?, Ans: It means that she had an issue, a matter to settle with the cobbler., 5. What kind of cure did the grocer ask the cobbler to sell, and why did he suggest this particular cure?, Ans: The grocer advised the cobbler to sell a fake antidote for poison since most common people dread about getting poisoned., 6. What does the cobbler call himself after changing his business? How does the name reflect his earlier business?, Ans: The cobbler called himself Mendall after changing his business. The name reflecat his earlier career as a cobbler since the word was a combination of Mend and-all, someone who mends everything., 7. How did the cobbler learn a lesson?, Ans: The cobbler was inconsiderate and ungrateful to the grocer upon whose advice he established his wealth. The grocer decided to teach his friend a lesson and with the help of the Governor, the cobbler was made to drink a cup of poison which was in fact water. Seeing no way out of it the cobbler was exposed as a cheat and a knave and was force to leave town.