IO was April 2004. I stood in the middle of the
lush green field of moong (green gram) and looked
around me. It was just before sunrise and the aky was
turning a bright orange. The ground waz damp and
tie leaves were shining with dew. My bare feet' were
muddy as I walked around gingerly, inspecting the
planta.
Around TLC were rows of chikoo trees and below
a denac foliage of moong. At that point, I could not
have asked for anything more. The moong plants, not
more than two feet toll, bud green pods hanging out.
The pods were not yet ripe and there was a light fuzz.
growing on thien. There
was still
time before
the barvest. I felt exhilarated.
I stood watching the sun rise above the towering
trees across the fence and alowly made my way back
to the house, a white structure in the middle of this
greenery. I could not believe that I was the owner of
this land and that I was looking at my first crop as
800
Once
was
SOW
we
Geacon
a farmer. After I had paid the advance money for the
land, I thought I would have somc time to get familiar
with farming. But Moru Dada, the broker who got us
the land, bad other ideas. He was keen that we plant
moong at
1
not prepared for this.
I was
still reading books and trying to figure out what we
could
and bow
should
go
about it. Moni
Dada was quite firm. He said the
was right
for zowing moong and the best sceds were available
in Surat in the adjacent state of Gujarat.
I made a quick trip to Surat and bought around
10 kilograms of moong. Moru Dada rented bis tractor
to plough the land and quickly planted moong all over
the place.
A few days later, we were overjoyed to see tiny
grcco leaves. I had never seen moong growing before
and was thrilled at the sight. It was the same thrill I
bad felt as a young boy when I saw the first of die
hibiscus I had planted bloom at the Railway Quarters
in Vile Parlc in Mumbai. I was grateful to have tak
Moru's advice.
1 Rice varieties available in market from the passage
2 choose the correct question tag and rewrite it was the same thrill.
A) didn't it?
B) shouldn't it?
C) was it?
D) wasn't it?
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Answer:
was it
Explanation:
i think it was a passage
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