13. Read the story.
Once there was a lazy and foolish man. He was too lazy to work as a farmer and
went around the village doing odd jobs for people. He was happy to make just
enough money to live from day to day. One day, the lazy man was walking through a
coconut plantation when the owner stopped him.
"Good afternoon, my friend" said the owner. "Do you want to make some money by
climbing the coconut trees and cutting down some coconuts for me?" The lazy man
was very good at climbing trees. "How much will you give me?" he asked.
"I will give you two coconuts from each tree you climb“, the owner said and there are
twenty-five trees. The lazy man agreed. He started to climb one of the trees. When he
reached the top, he said to himself: "There are twenty five trees which mean I'll get
fifty coconuts. If I sell them, I'll get enough money to buy twice as many cheap
coconuts. Then I'll take out the oil from them, sell it and make a lot of money. With
the money, I'll buy many chickens, when they grow up, they will lay many eggs and
the eggs will hatch more chickens. Those chickens will grow and lay more eggs and
hatch more chickens. I will have many, many chickens!"
Then I'll sell the chickens and make a lot of money. With the money. I'll buy a ship
and some expensive presents. Then I'll sail to another country where I will meet a
beautiful princess and I'll ask her to marry me..."
As he was talking to himself, the lazy man moved from side to side. He was so happy
and excited that he forgot he was on a coconut tree. He let go of the trunk and fell to
the ground.
A. Answer these questions.
a) What did the lazy man do?
b) What job did the plantation owner offer the lazy man?
What did the lazy man dream of doing with the coconuts that he got?
d) How did the lazy man fall of the tree?
B. Tick (/) the correct option.
a) The man did not work as a farmer because
He did not have a farm ii) He was too lazy
b) The coconut plantation had
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a) Twenty five trees
ii) Thirty trees
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