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प्रश्न
Read the story in your own language, summarize the following aspects of the story in 4 to 5 lines each in your own language. Write it in your notebook.
(a) King’s problem : __________________
(b) Attempts made to find a solution : __________________
(c) Climax : __________________
(d) Solution : __________________
(e) Message : __________________
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उत्तर
King’s problem: The king felt that if he knew the right time to begin anything, the right people to listen to or avoid, and the right occupation to take up, he would be able to rule his kingdom well.
Attempts made to find a solution :
The king made a proclamation of rewarding handsomely those who could answer his questions. Unsatisfied by the answers he received, he visited a renowned wise hermit convinced he would get his answers from him.
Climax:
The king finally goes out to meet the hermit one last time after making peace with his enemy who had come there with the intention of killing him. This is when the hermit speaks to the king and points out that the king already had the answers to his questions. He proceeds to explain what he means thereafter.
Solution :
The king got his answers through all that he experienced throughout the day with the hermit. The actions and wisdom of the hermit gave the answers to the king's questions. The most important time is 'now', the most important person is the one you are with at that point in time and doing good for the person who is with you in the most important work, were the answers that he found with the hermit's help.
Message :
You have been sent into this world to do good deeds so do all the good you can to everyone around you. Love others as you would expect others to love you because love is the base of human existence.
"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can."
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.
| Can you please pass the salad? | Accept (1) ________ Accept (2) ________ |
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.
| Shall we plan a class-picnic? | Agree (1) _____________ Refuse (2) ____________ |
Let’s see if you remember a nursery rhyme you must have sung, as a kid :
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Fill in the missing words : ‘The time to be happy is ___________________ The ___________________ to be happy is here. And the way to be __________________ is to _________________ someone happy And have a little _______________ right here !’ |
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.
The King received all answers from the hermit.
The character traits of the king and hermit are mixed up. Sort them out in the right box.
| feeble | helpful | enlightened |
| impatient | eager to succeed | wise |
| patient | convincing |
| KING | HERMIT |
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_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ |
_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ |
Complete the Tree diagram associated with the happenings in the story.
Write down in your notebook two points for the following. How do you know?
the king’s enemy was repentant
Choose the correct answer and fill in the blank.
Many learned people came to the court and gave ________________.
Consider this list of the different things that happened and rearrange them in the order of time, that is, what happened first, what happened next, and so on. Read the related paragraph again if you are uncertain.
- The bearded man resolved to kill the king.
- The king went alone to see the hermit.
- The king executed the bearded man’s brother.
- The king spent the night at the hermit’s hut.
- The bearded man laid an ambush to kill the king.
- The king’s bodyguards recognised and wounded the bearded man.
- The bearded man came out of the ambush.
Read the following passage and do the activities.
B1. State whether the following statements are True or False in context to the passage.
- The king helped his friend who was wounded.
- The weather was hot and humid.
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Meanwhile, the sun had set and it had become cool. So the king, with the hermit's help, carried the wounded man into the hut. The man lay there quietly with his eyes closed. By now, the king was so tired after his walk and the work he had done, that he laid down himself and soon fell asleep. When he awoke in the morning, it took him some time to remember where he was and who was the strange bearded man lying by his side and gazing intently at him. "Forgive me!" said the bearded man in a weak voice, when he saw that the king was awake and was looking at him. "I do not know you, and I've nothing to forgive you for", said the king. "You do not know me, but I know you. I am that enemy of yours who swore to revenge himself on you because you executed his brother and seized his property. I knew you had gone alone to see the hermit, and I resolved to kill you on your way back. But the day passed and you did not return. So I came out of my ambush to find you. Your bodyguards recognized me and wounded me. I escaped from them but would have bled to death had you not dressed my wound. I wished to kill you but you have saved my life. Now it I live, and if you wish it, I'll serve you all my life." The king was very glad to have made peace with an enemy so easily and to have gained him for a friend. He not only forgave him but also said that he would send his men and his own physician to attend to him. The king then took leave of him and went out of the hut to look for the hermit. |
B2. Complete the word web in context with the king's qualities as understood from the passage.
B3. Find out the words from the passage which mean:
- Showing great attention to something.
- Kill someone as a legal punishment.
- To hide and wait for someone in order to attack them.
B4. Convert the words as directed.
- Write the noun form of 'quietly'.
- Write the adjective form of 'forgive'.
B5. Do you think the hermit knew, beforehand, not only about the king's arrival but also about the attack by his enemy?
