standard 4 english the language of birds unit thoughts of ivan
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A SOOTHING SONG
In Russia, there lived a rich merchant.
He had a servant, a bright and brave boy called Ivan.
The merchant was a cruel man. He made Ivan toil from
dawn to dusk.
Ivan had no time to rest.
Tired after heavy work, Ivan would lie on his bed.
Then a nightingale would start singing sweet songs to him.
Every night the nightingale used to sing for him. He could
never see the nightingale as it was dark outside. But its
song soothed him to sleep.
‘What a lovely song! How beautifully it sings! But what is
the meaning of its song? I wish I could understand the
language of birds.’ Ivan would think.
LITTLE BIRDIES
One day the merchant sent Ivan to the forest to fetch firewood.
Soon the winds rose, the sky became clouded, the lightning
flashed, the thunder roared loudly, and the rain fell heavily.
Ivan soon ran to the shelter of a large tree. He saw a big nest
on one of its branches.
Four small birds were there in the nest and there was no one
to protect them from the wind and rain. Ivan felt pity to
them. He climbed the tree and covered the little ones with
his clothes.
When the thunderstorm was over, the mother bird came back
THE TEACHING BIRD
'Thank you Ivan. You protected my little children from cold and rain and I wish to do something for you. Tell me what I can do for you.'
Ivan was suprised to see a talking bird.
Ivan answered. 'You know our language. Will you teach me your language, the language of birds.'
'Stay with me for some days and you shall know it as we do.'
Ivan remained in the forest for a few days.
He learned tha language of the birds from the mother bird.
Ivan returned home happily.
THE MESSAGE FROM THE CRANES
For a long time, the boat moved about on the waves and finally
hit a large ship. The crew on the ship saw Ivan and felt pity for him.
They took him to the ship. Standing on the deck, Ivan looked at
the sky.
High, very high, up in the sky, Ivan saw some cranes.
The cranes were predicting a storm.
He said to the sailors, ‘Be careful; I hear the birds predicting a
storm. Let us enter a harbour or we’ll be in danger.’
‘You silly boy, keep quiet!’ The captain of the ship said.
But Ivan requested him again and again.
THE STORM
At last the captain steered the ship to the shore and anchored it.
Within a short time, a storm broke out. Huge waves rose up to
the sky. The wind roared. They saw huge waves breaking many
ships sailing in the sea.
‘You saved our lives,’ the captain thanked Ivan.
HOMELESS BIRDS
Ivan bowed before the king and said, ‘Oh, Lord! The crows
are homeless because your men are cutting down the trees
they are living on. They want your men to stop doing it.’
The king ordered his men to stop cutting the trees.
The crows flew away one after another and disappeared.
The king got the princess married to Ivan. Thus Ivan
became the king. He ruled the kingdom wisely.
Birds always warned him about storms and disasters and
Ivan took immediate actions to save his people.
‘Long live King Ivan!’ People praised his wisdom.
A NEW SERVANT
Years passed.
One day an old man came to Ivan’s palace.
Ivan ordered his guards to bring him inside.
The old man in shabby clothes appeared before him.
He was so tired.
‘Dear old man, what can I do for you?’ Ivan asked.
‘Oh Your Majesty! I lost my wife and all my wealth. I find
no way to make a living. I am old and cannot work. Let me
stay here and serve you,’ said the old man.
Ivan appointed him as his servant.
The question is, what is the standard 4 english used in 'The Language of Birds' and thoughts of Ivan?
-The thoughts of Ivan can be seen in the story above while the standard 4 english used is the (United States) and (United Kingdom).
In here you'll see the whole story;
The Language of the Birds is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in his compilation of Russian Fairy Tales, numbered 247.
Note:
In Abrahamic and European mythology, medieval literature and occultism, the language of the birds is postulated as a mystical, perfect divine language, Adamic language, Enochian, angelic language or a mythical or magical language used by birds to communicate with the initiated.
Answer:
thoughts
from the words of the nightingale king Ivan recoginsed his old master .That night the king could't sleep well.He though about his old days
write the though of king Ivan