The underlined phrases are as follows:
1. Marriage.
2. Time's fool.
3. Bending sickle's compass.
4. Edge of doom.
Their meanings are as follows"
1. Marriage - Union.
2. Time's fool - Subject to the whim of change. Love is not a time's fool means that love is constant for all time, it is not subject to change.
3. Bending sickle's compass - In its range of impacts.
4. Edge of doom - Infinity. Edge of doom means time without end.
Charles Perrault, a French author of the 1600s, wrote many of our childhood favorites, including Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Little Red Riding Hood.
(Last sentence) Do you believe the story about the president (George Washington) who, as a boy, admitted to his father that he cut down the cherry tree?
Answer:
In my opinion is They are just as curious about the fishermen as the fishermen are about them.
Explanation:
The texts says they're rescued then captivated but the sailors haven't done anything to them other than rescuing them from the island.
There is nothing relevant about suspicious creatures in the text.
Nowhere in the provided text there is said that the sailors are gonna do smth bad to the rescued ones. Nor there is a dialog between the sailors about the captives.
Whilst on line 16 till end the sailors and the rescued ppl glance at each other when they think the other one is not looking. Giving the idea of curiosity from both sides. (that's all I could see from the provided text. Hope it helps)