1. How did the two baby birds get separated?
2. Where did each of them find a home?
3. What did the first bird say to the stranger?
4. What did the second bird say to him?
5. How did the rishi explain the different ways in which
the birds behaved?
6. Which one of the following sums up the story best?
(i) A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
w One is known by the company one keeps...
(iii) A friend in need is a friend indeed.
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ANSWERS
1 the two baby birds lived in a tree in a nest ,one day a huge storm blew and took the two babies far from each other the mother bird died in this accident
2 one of the baby birds lived in a cave of theives and one of them lived in a ashram of a sage
3 the first bird said to the stranger that, this person is the king and has lots of jewelry lets rob him and take his horse
4 the second bird offered him water to drink and to sit down under the shade of the tree and wait for the rishi/sage
5 the rishi explained by saying that the person or the people you are accompanied with ,their behaviour their hahits also affects you , as you can see the other bird is accompanied with theives and acts like theives
6 the correct answer is
(ii) One is known by the company one keeps