Question

The Potatoes, The Eggs and The Coffee Beans

“Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was

miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was

tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was

solved, another one soon followed.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and

placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed

potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the

third pot.

He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The

daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.

After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of

the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the boiled eggs out and placed

them in a bowl.

He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked.

‘Daughter, what do you see?’

‘Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,’ she hastily replied.

‘Look closer,’ he said, ‘and touch the potatoes.’ She did and noted that they

were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the

shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee.

Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

‘Father, what does this mean?’ she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced

the same adversity– the boiling water.

However, each one reacted differently.

The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it

became soft and weak.

The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until

it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard.

However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to

the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.

‘Which are you,’ he asked his daughter. ‘When adversity knocks on your door,

how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?’


Task 1

As the focus of this lesson is ‘naming’ (i.e. use of nouns) and describing (use of

adjectives), can you list the nouns and adjectives in the story you have read ?



Task 2

Using the nouns you are familiar with from the passage given, complete the

following sentences

1. A person for whom cooking is a profession is known as a _______

2. There is a proverbial expression which says, “Don’t add fuel to the

_______”

3. This endless argument is like asking, “Which came first, the chicken or

the_____?”

4. The empowered woman doesn’t spend her life in the ______: just

cooking and cleaning _____ and pans.

5. You should be emotionally strong in times of ________


answer


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Answer 1

Answer:

man who has time to solve and give all questions for you

Explanation:

as we know that many people are just sending the questions so that you can copy the questions

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Answer 2

Answer: Task 2

1. Chef

2. Fire

3. Egg

4. Kitchen, potatoes

5. Struggle