Explain why:
1) The family didn't want to miss the fair;
2)Merrymind(весельчак)found it difficult to buy something for himself;
3)merrymind's brothers and sisters laughed at his bargain;
4)the inhabitants of the valley seemed strange to the boy;
5) Merrymind wanted to talk to someon;
6) Lady Littlecare became Dame Dreary;
7)Dame Dreary dropped her distaff;
8) everybody praised Merrymind and his fiddle