Lesson -3
The
Ungrateful Jeweller
Once there was a poor woodcutter. During the rainy
season he could not earn money. For several days and nights he had nothing to
eat. He made a long journey on foot in search of some job.
On the way he came across a well. When he was passing
by the well he heard “Help, Help”. The woodcutter peeped into the well. He saw
a monkey, a tiger, a snake, and a jeweller trapped in it.
They cried again, “Take us out”. The woodcutter was
in a fix. If he pulled out the snake and the tiger, they might kill him. He
said, “When you come out, you will bite me or kill me.” The tiger and the snake
said, “We are not so thankless as to harm our saviour.” The woodcutter took all
of them out. They thanked him and said, “It will be a great pleasure if we can
be of any help to you,” and went away.
Days passed. The woodcutter was
cutting a tree in the forest. He was very exhausted and hungry. He stopped near
a tree. The monkey saw him and dropped some sweet fruit for him. The woodcutter
ate them to his heart's content and felt full of energy. He started his work
again. While coming back he met the tiger. The tiger presented him a set of
gold ornaments. The woodcutter thought, “My worries are over now. I shall sell
the gold and get money. I can spend my life easily and comfortably.” He went to
the jeweller to sell the ornaments.
The jeweller at once took the
ornaments and went straight to the king. He said to the king, “Your highness,
the lost ornaments of the princess have been found.” The poor woodcutter was
arrested and put in prison. He thought of the ungratefulness of the jeweller
and thought of the snake. The snake appeared at once and said, “I shall bite
the queen and she will not recover unless you touch her forehead with your axe
and in this way you can win the king's favour.” Having said so the snake went
away.
EXERCISES
Read and Learn
Word Power
A) Match the columns
A B
wood cutter to free
exhausted jewellery
ornaments tired
ungrateful one who
cuts wood
release thankless
B)
Write
what we call them:
i)
one who cuts wood woodcutter
ii) one who
makes jewellery jeweller
iii) one who
saves others saviour
iv) one who
travels traveller
v) one who
makes sculptures sculptor
C)
Some adjectives are made by adding ‘full’ to nouns. Example: tact + full
= tactful. (Note that in the derivative one ‘l’ is dropped.) In some cases the
last letter has to be changed before ‘ful’ can be added. Now make adjectives of
the following by adding ‘full’:
Comprehension
Answer the following questions:
i)
When could the woodcutter not earn any money?
Ans. - The woodcutter could not earn any money during rainy season.
Ans. - The woodcutter could not earn any money during rainy season.
ii)
Who were trapped in the well?
Ans. - A monkey, a tiger, a snake and a jeweller were trapped in the well.
Ans. - A monkey, a tiger, a snake and a jeweller were trapped in the well.
iii)
How did the tiger, the monkey and the snake help
the woodcutter?
Ans. - One day when the woodcutter was cutting tree in the forest, he become very hungry. There was nothing with him to eat. The monkey dropped some sweet fruits for him. When he was coming back, the tiger met him and presented a set of Gold ornaments. When the woodcutter was put into the prison, the snake bit queen's forehead with his axe, she recovered fully. The woodcutter was released and got his all ornaments and also the prize. In this way, the tiger, the monkey and the snake helped the woodcutter.
Ans. - One day when the woodcutter was cutting tree in the forest, he become very hungry. There was nothing with him to eat. The monkey dropped some sweet fruits for him. When he was coming back, the tiger met him and presented a set of Gold ornaments. When the woodcutter was put into the prison, the snake bit queen's forehead with his axe, she recovered fully. The woodcutter was released and got his all ornaments and also the prize. In this way, the tiger, the monkey and the snake helped the woodcutter.
iv)
Why was the woodcutter put in prison?
Ans. - The king thought that the woodcutter had stolen the queen's ornaments. So he put him in prison.
Ans. - The king thought that the woodcutter had stolen the queen's ornaments. So he put him in prison.
v)
Who among the four trapped in the
well proved ungrateful to the woodcutter? How?
Ans. - The jeweller proved ungrateful to the woodcutter be. cause when the woodcutter went to the jeweller to sell the ornaments, he at once took them and went straight to the king. THe king inprisoned the woodcutter. Thus, the jeweller was ungrateful.
Ans. - The jeweller proved ungrateful to the woodcutter be. cause when the woodcutter went to the jeweller to sell the ornaments, he at once took them and went straight to the king. THe king inprisoned the woodcutter. Thus, the jeweller was ungrateful.
vi)
What did the snake do to help the woodcutter?
Ans. - The snake bit the queen and inform king about the woodcutter. The woodcutter was called and he touched the queen's forehead with his axe and she recovered. The woodcutter set free and got prize. Thus, the snake helped the woodcutter.
Ans. - The snake bit the queen and inform king about the woodcutter. The woodcutter was called and he touched the queen's forehead with his axe and she recovered. The woodcutter set free and got prize. Thus, the snake helped the woodcutter.
vii) What
happened to the jeweller in the end?
Ans. - The ungrateful jeweller was very much ashamed of his act in the end.
Ans. - The ungrateful jeweller was very much ashamed of his act in the end.
Let's Learn
A)
English has many specialities and
peculiarities One of them is the use of articles
with nouns. Article “a/an” is used before a singular noun but if the
noun is definite or particular, ‘the’ is used before it. Similarly 'the'
is also used before definite plural nouns. Article 'the' has other functions
also.
Given below is a story. The articles are missing in it. Use appropriate
articles to fill in the blanks.
One day a cat climbed up the tree. Since it was sick,
it could not climb down itself. It mewed and mewed. There lived elephant at the nearby place. It was a good
friend of the cat. It heard a cry of the cat. It ran fast to
help the cat. Without climbing up the tree, an elephant
caught the cat in his trunk and brought her down.
B) Mark the
use of the following words in the lesson:
a poor woodcutter a long
journey
great pleasure sweet
fruit
The words
poor, long, great, sweet are qualifying words. These woods are called adjectives.
comparative degree and the superlative degree.
The comparative and superlative degrees of some
adjectives are also made by adding ‘more’ and ‘most’:
beautiful more
beautiful most
beautiful
handsome more
handsome most
handsome
Now fill in the missing words:
Let's Talk
Make
pairs in the class and talk about the Nobel Prize with the help of the clues
given:
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It is the highest award in the world.
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It is given for a specialised
work done in the field of Peace, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Economics,
Medicine.
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It is awarded by the Sweden
Committee, Bank of Sweden and the Norwegian Parliament.
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Amartya Sen got the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Read the clues given above. Sit in pairs.
One of
the two boys will ask a question on the clues and the other one will reply. Do
it turn by turn.
First student :
What is the highest award in the world?
Second student : Nobel Prize
Second student : Why is it the highest award ?
First student : Because it is given for a specialised work.
First student : Whom do the Nobel Prize awarded by ?
Second student : The Nobel Prize is awarded by the Swedon
Committee, Bank of Sweden and the Norwegian Parliament.
Second student : Who has got Nobel Prize in Economics ?
First student : Amartya Sen got the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Let's Read
Below are given some newspaper cuttings. Read them
carefully and
answer the questions asked.
1
There are three news items. What are they about?
a. ___________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________
2.
Who is the man-eater?
3.
Why do animals on islands evolve into gigantic
versions?
4.
Who is Sue Lieberman?
5.
Which is the longest stretch of the Delhi metro
rail?
6.
What are Komodo dragons?
Let's Write
We have learnt about the use of capital letters,
small letters, full stop, comma, semi colon, colon, question mark, sign of
exclamation, inverted commas etc.
Read the following sentences and punctuate them:
a.
seema says they will leave for mumbai
Ans. - Seema says, "They will leave for mumbai".
b.
have you heard about missiles
Ans. - Have you heard about missiles ?
c.
what a beautiful building
Ans. - What ! a beautiful building.
d.
ram mohan sohan twinkle are friends
Ans. - Ram, Mohan, Sohan, Twinkle are friends.
e.
can you put these articles on the rack
Ans. - Can you put these articles on the rack ?
f.
do you know how rumours spread
Ans. - Do you know how rumours spread ?
g.
the poem is about the winter season
Ans. - The poem is about the winter season.
h.
if you came across a helpless man what would you do
Ans. - If you came across a helpless man, what would you do ?
II Look at the following pictures and write a story with the help of
the clues given:
Ans - Once I was travelling in Rajdhani express. I was going from Dehli to Culcutta. I had a reservation. Ther was a man in my compartment. He had reservation also. During the journey, he met a stranger. The man was rough. he offered some cakes to him. Those cakes had poison. He ate them and become senseless. The Rough collected all his articles and ran away. The man reached to Calcutta station. Then he came in sense. He got nothing there. He became very sad. This story tells us that we should not trust on strangers and we should not eat any thing else offered by others.
* It is dangerous to take eatables from a stranger while travelling.
* The eatables may have drugs.
* The person offering you the eatables may be a rogue.
* You may lose your belongings.
Let's do it
Find out some mottos. Write them on a chart in bold letters. Hang the
chart in your classroom.
Example -