He came to the door of a cottage In travelling round the earth; Where a little woman was making cakes, And baking them on the hearth. And being faint with fasting, For the day was almost done, He asked her, from her store of cakes; To give him a single one. [a] What was the little woman doing? [b] Why did the man come to the door of the woman? [c] Where had the man come from? [d] Who came to the cottage door? [e] What does ‘faint and fasting’ mean?