Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

The old man did as the dog had told him to do, and made a mortar out of the wood of the

pine-tree; but when he ground his rice in it, each grain of rice turned into some rich treasure.

When the wicked old couple saw this, they came to borrow the mortar, but no sooner did they try

to use it, all their rice turned into filth; so, in a fit of rage, they broke the mortar and burnt it.

Questions:

a) What did the dog ask the old man to do?

b) What did the rice grain turn into when the old man ground it?

c) Who came to borrow the mortar?

d) Why did the wicked couple break the mortar?

e) What do you understand from this passage?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. the dog ask the old man to make a mortar out of the wood of the pine-tree

b. when he ground his rice in it, each grain of rice turned into some rich treasure

c. the wicked old couple came to borrow the mortar

d. no sooner did they try to use the mortar,all their rice turned into filth; so, in a fit of rage, they broke the mortar and burnt it.

e.

Greed eats up a person so that s/he is wasted away due to the heat of the bad traits it makes one develop such as selfishness, anger, jealousy and unhealthy competition. It sucks up every strand of happiness and results in death.