Question

Q.2. Read the following passage and answer the following
A peasant driving a donkey reached a melon farm. Tired and thirsty, he sat down and rested under the
shade of a nearby walnut tree. Enjoying the view of the spreading vines of big watermelons, he looked up and
noticed a few walnuts dangling among the very high branches of a monstrously high tree. Bewildered by the
work of god, he wondered why small walnuts grew on such an enormous tree, while the big watermelons
hung from a flat and flimsy wine. The peasant was lost in his thought when a falling walnut hit his head. He
stretched his hands high up towards the sky and said thankfully, 'oh my god, it was lever of you not to let
melons grow on big trees, for I would have dead by now'.
Answer the following
(5x2=10)
a. A peasant ------a donkey reached a melon farm
b. The farmer rested under the
c. When the peasant reached the melon farm he was --------
d. What is the moral of the story?
e. He stretched his hands high up towards the sky and said thankfully​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. driving

2. shade of a nearby walnut tree

3. tired and thirsty

4.be happy in what you get

5.oh my god, it was lever of you not to let

melons grow on big trees, for I would have dead by now'.

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

a. A peasant driving a donkey reached a melon farm.

b. The farmer rester under the shade of a nearby walnut tree.

c. When the peasant reached the melon farm, he was tired and thirsty.

d. The moral of the story states that everything happening on this earth has its reasons. We should accept the way things are in nature as they have been created in that way for our benefit.

e. He stretched his hands high up towards the sky and said thankfully, 'Oh my God, it was a lever of you not to let melons grow on big trees, for I would have been dead by now.'

Comprehensions

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