Please select a subject first
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Look at the following expressions used in the story. Match them with their meanings.
| let down | to complain or scold |
| chuckled to himself | try one’s luck/take a risk |
| take cheer | become enraged |
| raise the devil | disappointed |
| black with anger | laughed softly to himself |
| take chances | to be encouraged |
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Based on your understanding of the story, complete the Graphic Organiser (GO) suitably.

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Given below are pictures of fictitious detective characters in English & Tamil short stories. Match them with the authors who created them.

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Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
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What was Pedanna’s suggestion to their father?
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What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?
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Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?
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When did the children shy away from the chair?
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How did Maamanaar handle the chair at home?
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What happened to the visitor when he sat on the stool?
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Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
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What was grandmother’s suggestion of wood? Why?
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How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it?
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When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?
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Why did Maamanaar hand over the chair to the villagers to retain it?
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Narrate the humorous incidents that happened in the author’s home before and after the arrival of the chair.
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Write character sketches of Maamanaar and Pedanna.
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Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Just as we thought our chuckles had subsided.
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