Q1: Read the following passage carefully 5 Marks
Soon the drum made of tamarind wood was ready. The courtiers assembled outside the king’s door and
the royal musician began to play. But instead of the thum thum that everyone expected, the tamarind
drum intoned, ‘The raja has horns on his head. The raja has horns on his head’. The court burst out
laughing and the king cried in rage.
‘I won’t stay in this palace a moment longer’ he shouted. ‘I will go to the forest and live by myself’. He
tore the nightcap off his head and ran out of the palace, seizing the Tamarind drum on his way out.
The king lived for several years in the forest. He gradually learnt about the beauty of the world around
him. He learnt to care for creatures smaller than himself. He grew strong and wise and selfless. His only
companion was the Tamarind drum, and the drum when it beat it, gave him all the advice and experience
of the old tree. He learnt to play it so beautifully that even the spirits of the trees were charmed, and they
went to meet the god who had given him the horns.
‘Forgive him’ they begged. ‘He has changed. Remove his horns and give him back his kingdom”
The god waved his hands and the horns disappeared.
Next morning the king went down to a forest pool to drink water. While cupping his hands he saw his
reflection and his lean sun-tanned face looked back at him – without any horns! And, as he sat up in
surprise, several horse riders burst into the clearing and he saw his courtiers. They knelt before him. ‘Your
majesty forgive us and come back. The kingdom needs you.’
The king went back to his kingdom. He kept his Tamarind drum beside him always and he ruled wisely.
And yes, the barber kept his head, but lost his job.
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