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प्रश्न
Discuss the question in pairs before you write the answer.
Who did he first choose as his master? Why did he leave that master?
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उत्तर
He chose a big wolf as his master. One day, the dog saw that the wolf was afraid of the bear. Since the dog wanted to serve only the strongest, he left the wolf and asked the bear to be his master.
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