Question

Read the passage thoroughly and answer the following questions:

A salt seller used to carry the salt bag on his donkey to the market every day. On the way they had to cross

a stream. One day the donkey suddenly tumbled down the stream and the salt bag also fell into the water.

The salt dissolved in the water and hence the bag became very light to carry. The donkey was happy.

Then the donkey started to play the same trick every day. The salt seller came to understand the trick and

decided to teach a lesson to it. The next day he loaded a cotton bag on the donkey. Again it played the same

trick hoping that the cotton bag would be still become lighter. But the dampened cotton became very heavy

to carry and the donkey suffered. It learnt a lesson. It didn’t play the trick anymore after that day, and the

seller was happy

a. Give a suitable title to the story.

b. Why did the salt seller punish the donkey?

c. What did the salt seller do to teach the donkey a lesson?

d. What is the opposite of the word “dampened”?

e. What is the moral of the story?​

Answer 1

a. The foolish donkey

b. Because one day the donkey suddenly tumbled down the stream and the salt bag also fell into the water. The salt dissolved in the water and hence the bag became very light to carry. The donkey was happy. Then the donkey started to play the same trick every day.

c. The next day he loaded a cotton bag on the donkey. Again it played the same  trick hoping that the cotton bag would be still become lighter. But the dampened cotton became very heavy  to carry and the donkey suffered.

d.  slightly, wet, dry, drench, brighten, collect.

e. Moral of the Story : Luck won't favour always.