Question

Answer any two of the following questions in about 30 words each:
(a) Why did Sanku want to steal the gold watch?
(b) Why did the astrologer run away from his village?
(c) What was the plight of the child after he had lost his parents?

Answer 1

ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ 'ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ' ᴛʜᴇ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ sᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟ sᴜʀᴘʀɪsᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ.

ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴀʟʟ ɪɴ ᴠᴀɪɴ. ʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇ, ᴏᴘᴇɴʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ

ᴏsᴛᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏᴜsʟʏ, ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ sᴋɪʟғᴜʟ ᴍᴀᴛᴀᴅᴏʀ ғɪɴᴇssɪɴɢ ʀᴏᴜɴᴅ

ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴғᴜʀɪᴀsᴛᴇᴅ ʙᴜʟʟ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs

ᴇɴᴊᴏʏɪɴɢ ʜɪᴍsᴇʟғ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ

ᴅɪsᴛᴜʀʙᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ʀᴇᴘᴏsᴇ.

ʙ) ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ɪᴍᴘᴇʀғᴇᴄᴛ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, sᴀɴsᴀʀᴀ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ғʀᴜɪᴛs

ᴏғ ɪɴɪᴍɪᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ϙᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴜᴅʏ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ

ᴄʟᴀssɪᴄs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴍɪɴᴅs. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ

ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴍᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴍᴇɴ's ᴍɪɴᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛs. ɪ

ᴀᴍ ᴀɴxɪᴏᴜs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏᴜʀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴄʟᴀssɪᴄs sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ sᴛᴜᴅɪᴇᴅ,

ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴀssɪᴄs ᴏғ ᴀʟʟ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀɪᴇs ᴏғ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ

ɪɴʜᴇʀɪᴛᴏʀs.