The errand
Beans, rice and mangoes.
Gopi is sent out to gather wild beans, fetch rice and pluck mangoes, and to bring home something nice.
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The Magic Brush of Dreams · Class 8 English · Poorvi
English 3 topics 105 leveled MCQs 51 flashcards 5 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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What she did instead
A twig, and pictures in the sand.
She sits beneath the banyan with a twig instead, and draws pictures in the sand.
The wind
Her pictures could not last.
The winds blow by and sweep the pictures away. She can make pictures, but she cannot make them last.
The order
A fortress, and riches enough to rule.
The Zamindar orders a fortress tall and grand, with treasures, jewels and riches enough to rule the land.
Why his list matters
Four things to own, none to use.
His four demands are all things to own. Gopi’s four gifts were all things to use.
The refusal
She bows, and says she cannot comply.
Gopi bows and shakes her head. She says she cannot comply, because she swore to help the needy.
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1
The Gift: a Twig, a Whisper and a Bowl of Khichdi
Gopi is sent out for food and draws in the sand instead. A stranger hands her a magic brush with one condition. Her first painting is a bowl of khichdi, and the whole village comes to see.
- Gopi is sent out to gather wild beans, fetch rice and pluck mangoes.
- She sits beneath the banyan instead and draws pictures in the sand with a twig.
- The wind blows by and sweeps every one of those pictures away.
~32 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
The Zamindar: an Order Refused and a Chase Outrun
A landholder hears of the brush and orders a fortress and jewels. Gopi refuses, is thrown into a cell, and paints her way out. A road, a horse, a river and a threatened beast send the Zamindar home.
- The Zamindar orders a fortress tall and grand, with treasures, jewels and riches enough to rule the land.
- Gopi bows, shakes her head, and says she cannot comply.
- Her reason is the oath she took: to help the needy with the brush.
~34 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Reading the Ballad: Tone, Symbols and Word Work
The poem is a ballad, so it tells a story in short rhymed stanzas. Its tone shifts three times, three of its objects stand for ideas, and the chapter teaches one busy verb and a set of sudden cries.
- The poem is a narrative poem, or ballad, because it tells a story in verse.
- It mostly follows the rhyme scheme ABCB, so the second line rhymes with the fourth.
- The tone begins playful and innocent, while Gopi draws in the sand.
~34 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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105 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Read these statements about the opening of the poem. I. Gopi was sent to gather wild beans, fetch rice and pluck mangoes. II. The wind swept away every picture she drew in the sand. III. The first thing she painted with the brush was a plough. Which statements are correct?
Advanced
A I and II only
B II and III only
C I and III only
D I, II and III
Show answer & explanation
I and II only
The errand and the wind are both as the poem gives them. The first thing she paints is a bowl of khichdi, and the plough goes to one of the villagers afterwards, so the third statement is wrong.
Before she was ever given a brush, Gopi made her pictures with whatever happened to lie on the ground beside her. What did she draw with?
Beginner
A A piece of chalk
B A stick of charcoal
C A twig
D Her finger
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A twig
A twig is in her hand as she sits in the sand.
Where did she sit to draw?
Beginner
A On the river bank
B Beneath the banyan
C Inside the house
D On a stone by the road
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Beneath the banyan
The banyan is the village gathering place.
Gopi finishes a picture in the sand and turns away, and by the time she looks again nothing of it is left. What happened to her pictures?
Beginner
A She rubbed them out
B The rain washed them off
C A dog ran over them
D The winds swept them away
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The winds swept them away
She could make pictures, but not make them last.
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