He came to the door of a cottage In travelling round the earth; Where a little woman was making cakes, And baking them on the he
arth. And being faint with fasting, For the day was almost done, He asked her, from her store of cakes; To give him a single one. [a] What was the little woman doing? [b] Why did the man come to the door of the woman? [c] Where had the man come from? [d] Who came to the cottage door? [e] What does ‘faint and fasting’ mean?