Question

4. Taro decided to work harder. This shows that
(a) Taro was greedy
(b) Taro was poor
(c) Taro loved work
(d) Taro cared for his father​

Answer 1

Answer:

Since d) he wants to care for his father, Taro chose to work harder.

Explanation:

• The protagonist of the short story "Taro's Reward" is a young man named Taro who worked as a woodcutter and lives with his parents.
• Despite the fact that he worked very hard, he was poor, and his family had a hard time finding ways to keep warm during the cold winter months.
• After hearing his father say that he was shivering due to the cold one day, he makes the decision to put more effort into his work.
• The following day, while he is working in the woods, he hears a stream, and when he investigates it, he discovers that it is carrying warm Sake. He then brings the Sake to his father, who guzzles it down and reports that he feels revitalised after doing so.
• The sake is a reward for Taro's unending affection for his mother and father.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Taro cared for his father.

Explanation:

• Taro decided to work harder than before because he wanted to provide his old farther with a cup of sake which was very expensive.
• His father had exclaimed in the cold of last night that it would be much better if he had a cup of sake.
• This made Taro sad because he wanted to be a kind and good son to his old parents.
• Next morning he decided to work harder and began chopping more and more woods.
• He was very thirsty and tired and thus went to drink from the nearby stream.
• To his surprise, the stream did not taste of water but of sake.

The God had rewarded him for being a good son. The emperor also gave him a reward for his efforts in being a kind son and gave him 20 gold pieces.

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