(READING: SECTION A): 5 Marks
A. Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
(5)
Grandfather was sitting under the apple tree in his garden. His grandchildren were happily munching
on the juicy apples from the tree.
'Who planted this tree here, Grandfather?' asked one of the children.
'Come I will tell you how this tree came to be here,' said their grandfather.
Grandfather began, 'I came to live here more than fifty years ago. One day I was standing just about
where this apple tree now stands and talking to my neighbour. I was telling him that I wanted to earn
a lot of money.'
“The neighbour, who was a very wise man, said to me, 'It is so simple. All you need to do is begin
well. Right where you are standing, hidden in the ground are hundreds of rupees. It is up to you to
dig them out.
'I was then a young man without much understanding of the ways of the world. The next day I dug a
huge hole in the ground but I found nothing.'
*The next morning, when my neighbour saw the hole, he began to laugh. 'Oh dear, I didn't mean that
you actually had to dig a hole. Now I will tell you what I really meant.'
'The neighbour then gave me an apple sapling and said, 'Take this. Plant it in the hole you have dug.
Look after it well. In a few years from now, when this sapling becomes a tree, you will start getting
money. This young apple tree will reward you.'
'I planted the apple sapling and looked after it well. The tree grew strong and over the years, it has
become the huge tree that you see in front of you. I have been selling its fruit all these years. This
tree has certainly given me back hundreds and hundreds of rupee. Even today I earn money by
selling it delicious fruit.
I have never forgotten the lesson that my neighbour taught me.'
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Grand father was sitting under the apple tree in his garden.
2.grand children were happily munching on the juicy apples from the tree.
3.grand father's neighbour gave him an apple sapling.
4.grand father apple sapling ‘Plant it. Look after it well. In a few years from now, when this sapling becomes a tree, you will start getting money.’
‘I planted the apple sapling and looked after it well. The tree grew strong and became huge. I have been selling its fruit all these years. Today I earn money by selling its delicious fruit.
5."The God gifted neighbour" or "The prophet neighbour"
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