Why did the king want to know answers to three questions?

Messengers were sent throughout the kingdom

(i) to fetch wise men.

(ii) to find answers to the questions.

(iii) to look for the wise hermit.

(iv) to announce a reward for those who could answer the questions.

Complete the following sentences by adding the appropriate parts of the sentences given in the box.

1) Many wise men answered the king’s questions, _________

2) Someone suggested that there should be a council of wise men _________

3) Someone else suggested that the king should have a timetable _________

4) The king requested the hermit _________

5) The king washed and dressed the bearded man’s wound, _________

Why was the king advised to go to magicians?

In answer to the second question, whose advice did the people say would be important to the king?

What suggestions were made in answer to the third question?

Did the wise men win the reward? If not, why not?

How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?

Who was the bearded man?

Why was he ask for the king’s forgiveness?

The king forgave the bearded man. What did he do to show his forgiveness?

What were the hermit’s answers to the three questions? Write each answer separately. Which do you like the best? Why?

Match items in list A with their meanings in list B.

Use any three of the above words in sentences of your own. You may change the form of the word.

Each of the following sentences has two blanks. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the word given in brackets.

Example : He has promised to help me. Do you think he will remember his promise? (Promise)

(i) The _______ said that only fresh evidence would make him change his _______? (judge)

(ii) I didn’t notice any serious _______ of opinion among the debaters, although they _______ from one another over small points. (differ)

(iii) It’s a fairly simple question to _______, but will you accept my _______ as final? (answer)

(iv) It isn’t _______ that _______ should always be the mother of invention. (necessary)

(v) Hermits are _______ men. How they acquire their _______, no one can tell. (wise)

(vi) The committee had _______ to make Jagdish captain of the team. The _______ is likely to please everyone. (decide)

(vii) Asking for _______ is as noble as willingness to _______. (forgive)

Imagine you are king. Narrate the incident of your meeting the hermit. Begin like this :

Imagine you are the hermit. Write briefly the incident of your meeting the king. Begin like this :

Why does the poet say the squirrel “wore a question mark for tail”? Draw a squirrel, or find a picture of a squirrel sitting on the ground. How would you describe its tail?

Do we usually say that an animal ‘wears’ a tail? What do we say? (Think : Does an animal wear a coat? Consult a dictionary if you like, and find out how ‘wear’ is used in different ways.)

“He liked to tease and play.” Who is teasing whom? How?