Guess the meaning of the following words.

Kora, drokba, kyang

In which language are these words found?

Notice the kind of English Tsetan uses while talking to the author.

How do you think he picked it up?

What do the following utterances indicate?

(i) “I told her, through Daniel ...”

(ii) “It’s a cold,” he said finally through Tsetan.

The narrative has many phrases to describe the scenic beauty of the mountainside like:

A flawless half-moon floated in a perfect blue sky. Scan the text to locate other such picturesque phrases.

Explain the use of the adjectives in the following phrases.

(i) shaggy monsters

(ii) brackish lakes

(iii) rickety table

(iv) hairpin bend

(v) rudimentary general stores