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Did you fetch some rice?
Did you pluck the mangoes
And bring home something nice?”
Line 21: ““Did you gather wild beans, Gopi?”
Line 22: “Did you fetch some rice?”
Line 23: “Did you pluck the mangoes”
Line 24: “And bring home something nice?””
Summary of Stanza 6
““Did you gather wild beans, Gopi?”
(When Gopi returns, she is asked whether she collected the beans.)
“Did you fetch some rice?”
(She is asked about the rice she was supposed to fetch.)
“Did you pluck the mangoes”
(The questioning continues with the mangoes she was meant to pick.)
“And bring home something nice?””
(The speaker still expects ordinary food, unaware of the magical gift.)
Overall meaning: Gopi is questioned about the ordinary task she has not completed, preparing the first magical surprise.
