Question

"The Thieves And The Well"

Once when King Krishnadevaraya had gone to survey the jail, two burglars

who were prisoners there, asked for his mercy.

They told him that they were experts at burglary and could help the

king in catching other thieves.

The king being a kind ruler asked his guards to release them but with a

condition. He told the burglars that he would release them and appoint them

as his spies only if they could break into his advisor Tenali Raman’s house

and steal valuables from there. The thieves agreed for the challenge.That same night the two thieves went to Tenali Raman's house and hid

behind some bushes.

After dinner, when Tenali Raman came out for a stroll(walk), he heard

some rustling in the bushes. He at once perceived the existence of thieves in

his garden. After some time he went in and told his wife loudly that they

have to be careful about their valuables as two thieves were on the run. He

asked her to put all the gold and silver coins and jewellery in a trunk.

The thieves overheard the conversation between Tenali and his wife.

After some time, he carried the trunk to the well in the backyard of his

house and threw it in the well.

The thieves saw all of this. As soon as Tenali went inside his house, the

burglars came to the well and began drawing water out of it. They kept

drawing water the entire night. Almost at dawn, they managed to pull out the

trunk but were shocked to see stones in it.

This is when Tenali Raman came out and thanked them for letting him

sleep well at night and also for watering his plants. The two thieves

understood that Tenali Raman had outsmarted them. They apologised to

Tenali Raman and he let them go.

Qs

a) Who is visited the jail?

b) What is conversation done between Tenali and his wife

c) Why Tenali showed gratitude toward thieves?

d) Find synonym of word "the body of something' from the text

e) Find antonym of "whisper,talk slowly" from the text

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Answer 1

Answer:

a) Who is visited the jail? King Krishnadevaraya

b) What is conversation done between Tenali and his wife ?

Tenali rama told his wife that they have to be careful about their valuables as two thieves were on the run. He

Tenali rama told his wife that they have to be careful about their valuables as two thieves were on the run. He asked her to put all the gold and silver coins and jewellery in a trunk.

c) Why Tenali showed gratitude toward thieves?

Tenali rama showed gratitude because they let him sleep well at night and also for watering his plants

d) Find synonym of word "the body of something' from the text

trunk. I am not sure about this answer

e) Find antonym of "whisper,talk slowly" from the text

loudly