Some more questions from 'The Jungle Book'

[Haihao]

Hi,

Could you please help me out with:

[Mister Micawber]

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1. Does 'grow' in had grown in the night mean 'become bigger'? -- Yes, larger in circumference.

2. Why 'More trees stood in the middle of it' NOW? Is it because Little Toomai couldn't have noticed them in the dark night? -- I suppose so (actually, I have forgotten 'Toomai of the Elephants').

3. Does the 'nerves' refer to 'courage'? If so, why? What is the relationship between courage and other things described here? -- Simply, children are brash, candid and straightforward. It's not courage; it's lack of self-consciousness or hesitation. I don't know what else may apply here.

4. Could this sentence be paraphrased as: Machua Appa believed at once what had been done there needing neither to look twice at the clearing nor to scratch with his toe in the packed, rammed earth.? -- Yes

5. Does 'red light of the logs' suggest they were still blazing even though the flames had died down? -- Not blazing; glowing.

6. Does 'a made road' mean a man-made road? If so, why? - Yes. 'Why' what?-- what don't you understand?
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