Q1 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
The Bora tree grew tall her flowers bloomed and yielded large luscious rosy fruit But
2. All questions are compulsory
3 Marks of each question are indicated against it
SECTION A
Batteries and bees came fonectar she lifted her branches and swooshed them away
She saw that children loved her juicy fruit, so she angrily dropped her flowers and
When the birds wanted to build rests in her branches she pricked them with her thorns
One day the Great Creator came on a visit All the trees greeted His coming and had
ovous tales to tell. But the Bora tree tossed her head and said, "My Lord and Master,
found no one who deserved what you gave to me so I saved my strength and bore
less
forutsent the siy birds away because they would destroy the beauty of my branches
with their messy nest material".
The Creator shook his head. You did a foolish thing". He said. What about kindness
compassion and generosity? What about service to others? Have they no meaning for
You?"Even as the Lord spoke the Bora s fruit
grew small and sour, so did the leaves
The bars became rough thorns grew in plenty. To this day we see the Bora tree thus
As the result of selfishness she lost what she had
Questions :
1.On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following
statements.
(a) The Bora tree justified her unhelpful and cruel attitude by saying that........1
(b) The Sora tree dropped her flowers because
2. Find a word from the passage which means the same as 'originator
3. Find a word from the passage which means opposite of 'lift
low
4 Give a noun form of the word 'grow goowth
5. Answer the following questions.
(a) What is the moral of the story?
(b) What characteristics should the Bora tree have inculcated?
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