Question

Summary of the dead rat in english 8th class

Answer 1

Ratnanka was a young boy raised by his mother and grandmother. When he was 15 years old, his grandmother asked him to meet Yakshadatta, a rich merchant of the neighboring town to get a loan to start a business. She told him to promise the merchant as soon as possible. The boy met the merchant who scorned at him and showed him a dead rat. The merchant told the boy to sell the rat and earn money to start his business.

The boy did as he was told and proceeded towards home. On the way, a man bought the rat for his cat and gave the boy some money who bought some grains with it. He then traded the grains and earned some more money. This way, he set up a business that grew in three years. Ratnakaka then made a clay rat and coated it with gold. He took it as a gift to the merchant who gave him the advice. The merchant was also surprised at the boy’s intelligence and got his daughter married to Ratnakaka. Although he became a rich merchant later, he never forgot his roots. His mother and grandmother were also pleased with him.

Answer 2

SUMMARY:

Once there was a young merchant, Madananka in Ujjain. He lost his father in his teens, so his mother brought him up with great love. As he turned to be a vagabond, she hoped that his marriage would make him normal and thus he would settle down. After marriage, he became wOrse, absconded from his house leaving his mother and pregnant wife. His mother grieved for him, and his wife after some time gave birth to a son who was named Ratnanka. Though poor, Ratnanka was brought up and educated with affection and care. One day, his granny urged him to take up some business for their livelihood and asked him to visit a well-to-do merchant, Yakshadatta for help. Thus, Ratnanka approached Yakshadatta and apprised him about his brought-up and misery. He also requested him to lend some money. Yakshadatta asked Ratnanka to take the dead rat and start a business. He also said that an intelligent man will fetch millions out of the dead rat and an unintelligent man will do nothing out of millions. Ratnanka took the merchant's words seriously and went on selling it. Thus, he sold the rat to one merchant for a handful of Bengal gram which he took home only to soak in water. Ratnanka, next morning added some salt and pepper to soaked and swollen Bengal gram took drinking water in an earthen pitcher, went outside the city and offered each woodcutter some Bengal gram and cold water. Thus they offered him two pieces of firewood each. By evening the pieces piled up into a big heap, which he sold away for two rupees in the city. Out of two rupees, he gave one rupee to his granny for savings and one for purchasing a Kuncham of Bengal gram. Out of which he soaked one kilo every day and sat under the same tree with cold water-thus collecting many cart-loads of fuel within a month. Luckily, there were incessant (continuous) rains for ten days leading to scarcity of firewood in the city. This fetched him a hundred gold coins with which he opened a firewood stall and became a timber dealer. From timber to cloth, from cloth to grain. from grain to diamonds, his business progressed rapidly. Within a couple of years, Ratnanka became one of the leading merchants in the city. One day, so as to show his attitude of gratitude, Ratnanka got a rat made of gold, weighing one kilo with eyes made of nubies, ears of sapphires and a diamond chain around its neck. It was kept in a silver trap and carried in a procession. Ratnakar was leading the procession. When he reached Yakshadatta, he politely addressed him that it's because of his dead rat and wise saying, he became rich and urged him to accept his token of gratitude. Yakshadatta was amazed at his story and was very much pleased with the intelligence and gratitude of Ratnanka.