Question

(i) The eight Princesses made an offer to Princess September. What was it?

(ii) Why, in your view, did they do it?

Answer 1

(i) The eight princesses were jealous of Princess September. They offered to buy a lovely green and yellow parrot for Princess September by putting in all their pocket money. 

(ii) They did so because they were distressed by the fact that everybody was praising Princess September's bird, which could sing. Their parrots looked sad and repeated the same things. They wanted her to have the same pet as they had.