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08: The Blue Bead by Norah Burke
- #5Why did the women make noises while crossing the river?Ans : There was a river on the way where the women went to collect the paper grass twinkling between the trees, sunlit beyond dark trunks. The women came out on the shore and made for the stepping stones. They laughed and quarrelled while going towards the river. They clanked their sickles and forks together over their shoulders. They shouted above the gush of the river. It was all due to keeping the crocodiles away as the noises frightened them.