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There were two fishermen and they were very good friends. Both decided to spend their weekend catching fish. So, on Saturday, they left for the nearby pond. They carried with them utensils and other cooking essentials to have a feast with the fish they would catch. They sat at a distance and started hunting for the fish. Within a couple of minutes, the first fisherman got a big and beautiful fish. He immediately put the fish into an ice box, in order to retain its freshness. It had been almost an hour and the first fisherman thought of seeing the success of his friend. He walked to the second fisherman and saw that the second fisherman hadn’t succeeded in catching a single fish. Moreover, all the big fish that he caught, he kept throwing them back in the pond. This made the first fisherman very angry. On being asked, the second fisherman told him that those fishes were too big and they would not fit into his cooking pot. Therefore, he kept throwing them back into the pond and was waiting to catch the fish of the right size. The second fisherman cribbed that God was being unfair to him. On hearing this, the first fisherman was absolutely shocked. He told his friend that he could cut the big fish into small pieces to make the fish fit into his cooking pot. The second fisherman realised his mistake. God had given him an opportunity, but he was overlooking it, expecting something else. Many people are just like the second fisherman. We are provided with handful of big opportunities and fortune that we many times overlook. Questions: 1. How do the two friends decide to spend their weekend? 2. Why was the first fisherman shocked? 3. What lesson does the second fisherman learn? 4. From the passage, find out a word which means “complained”. 5. Choose a word from the passage that is equivalent to ‘chance’.
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Answer:
He immediately put the fish into an ice box, in order to retain its freshness. It had been almost an hour and the first fisherman thought of seeing the success of his friend. He walked to the second fisherman and saw that the second fisherman hadn’t succeeded in catching a single fish.
Answer:
they both decided to spend their weekend by caugting
fish
the first fisherman was shocked because when the first fisherman asked, the second fisherman told him that those fishes were too big and they would not fit into his cooking pot. Therefore, he kept throwing them back into the pond and was waiting to catch the fish of the right size. The second fisherman cribbed that God was being unfair to him hearing this first fishermen were shocked
the fishes that the second fisherman caught that those fishes were too big and they would not fit into his cooking pot. Therefore, he kept throwing them back into the pond and was waiting to catch the fish of the right size. The second fisherman cribbed that God was being unfair to him He told his friend that he could cut the big fish into small pieces to make the fish fit into his cooking pot. The second fisherman realised his mistake. God had given him an opportunity, but he was overlooking it, expecting something else
overlooking
opportunity