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Read the passage given below and answer the questions which follow:

Once upon a time there a lived a poor farmer with his wife and son in a small village. He toiled a lot in his field but the fruits of his labour were meager. One day exhausted by the heat, he lay down under the shadow of a tree to take a nap. Al of a sudden, he saw a giant cobra crawling out of an ant hill.

The farmer thought to himself ―Sure this snake must be a deity guarding my field. So far I have not noticed it and that is why all my farming in vain. Let me pay my respects to it now and worship it hereafter.‖ He then made up his mind, brought some milk in a bowl and placed it before the ant hill. He said aloud ―O! Lord guardian of my field! I did not know you dwell here. Please forgive me for not paying respect to you.‖ He left the milk bowl there and went back to his house. The next morning, he was surprised to see a gold coin in the bowl.

Since then the farmer placed a bowl of milk every day and got back a gold coin the next morning. Soon the farmer became rich and happy. This continued for some time. One day, the farmer had to go to a nearby city for a few days and so he directed his son to place the milk bowl near the ant hill every day. The son kept the milk bowl and left, only to find a gold coin the next day. He then thought to himself, ―This ant hill must be full of gold coins: I‘ll kill the serpent and take all of them‖.

The next day, while placing the bowl of milk the farmer‘s son struck the snake with a club. But the serpent escaped and bit him with his sharp fangs instead. He was dead at once. When the farmer returned, he learnt about his son‘s fate and grieved. The next morning, he took the bowl of milk and went to the ant hill.

The snake came out and said, ―Your greed made you overlook even the loss of your son. Your son struck me in ignorance and I had bitten him to death. I cannot forget the blow on my head and you cannot forget the loss of your son. Hereafter, the friendship between us is not possible.‖ So saying the snake gave a costly coin and disappeared. The farmer returned home cursing the foolishness of his son.

A.Read the given questions and write the answer in 30-40 words.

(i) Why did the farmer think of the snake as a deity?

(ii) Was it right on the part of the farmer to presume that the snake was guarding the field? Why / Why not?

(iii) The snake says ―your greed made you overlook your son‘s death‖ How was the farmer greedy?

(iv) Did the farmer‘s son get all the gold coins? Why/ Why not?

B. Choose the correct option that is opposite in meaning to the words given below 

a) Toiled

i) Committed ii) do hard work iii) to be lazy iv) to be stupid

b) Exhausted

i)active ii)fresh iii) tired iv) sad

c) Guarding

i) Protecting ii) neglecting iii) supervising iv) forgetting

d) To grieve

i)to be sad ii) to be angry iii) to be irritated iv) to be happy

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A.  (i) The farmer had been toiling hard but he did not receive the fruits of his hard work.When he saw the giant cobra he thought that since he had not paid respect to the creature he had not been able to flourish well in his life and being superstitious considered it a deity.

(ii) In my opinion it was not right on the part of the farmer to presume that the snake was guarding his field because the snakes usually live in such places. By chance that time it had come out of the hole.

(iii) The farmer was greedy because even though the snake had bitten his son, he went to feed the snake for greed of gold.

(iv) No, the farmer‘s son did not get all the gold coins. As he hit the snake with a club, the snake escaped and bit him. He died instantly.

B. (a) ii –do hard work 

(b) iii- tired 

(c) i-protecting 

(d) i-to be sad

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