Unseen passage
Once there lived a farmer who had three sons. They always quarrelled with one another. This made the farmer unhappy. He tried to bring them to their senses but failed. At last, he thought of a plan. He called his sons to bring some sticks and tied them in a bundle. He told them to break the bundle. They tried but could not break the bundle. They all tried but they failed. Then their father told them to take a piece of stick and break it. All of them took a stick and tried to break it. At that time, all of them were successful. Then the old farmer told them that they were like these sticks. When the sticks were together they were not broken but when they were separated, the sons could break them. If the sons never quarrel with each other they become strong and then nobody can destroy them but if they quarrel with each other they become weak and anybody can harm them easily. After that the sons could understand the importance of getting together and did not quarrel with each other.
1. Fill in the gaps with suitable words.
a. The farmer had ____ sons.
b. The sons always ___ with one another.
c. He thought of a ____.
d. The farmer told his sons to ____ the bundle.
e. The son couldn’t _____ the bundle.
2. Write ‘True’ for correct statement or ‘False’ for incorrect statement.
a. The sons of the farmer loved each other.
b. The farmer broke the bundle.
c. The sons could break the bundle.
d. They always quarrelled with other people.
e. The sons of the farmer were cunning.
f. At last they could realize the importance of getting together.
3. Answer the following questions.
a) How many sons did the farmer have?
b) How were the sons?
c) Who thought of a plan?
d) Who tied the bundle?
e) What is the moral of the story?
Answer
1.
a) three
b) quarrelled c) plan
d) tie e) break
2.
a) False b) False
c) False d) False
e) False f) True
3.
a) The farmer had three sons.
b) The sons always quarrelled with each other.
c) The farmer thought of a plan.
d) The farmer tied the bundle.
e) The moral of the story is “Unity is strength.”
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