Question

The Traders of Seri
 The old lady invited the trader to their house with the intention of acquiring a trinket for her granddaughter in exchange for the bowl.
 The trader’s response: He didn’t take much interest in the bowl.
 Reason: The bowl looked old and black, and he did not think it was valuable.
 The word GRIME means dirt or soot that sticks to the surface of an object’.
 The trader scratched the back of the bowl with a needle.
 Result: The layers of dirt fell to reveal that the bowl was made of gold.
 HOW DID THE TRADER’S MIND WORK?
1. Being dishonest and greedy, he wanted to cheat the old woman.
2. He decided to hide the truth from the old woman.
 The trader planned to tell her that the bowl was worthless.
 He would walk away and return later, pretending to pity them.
 He would take the bowl from them for very little money.
 He went ahead with his plan and was glad to notice that his plan was working.
 The honest trader decided to sell his wares in that street because he did not find the other trader there.
INFERENCE: HE WAS FAIR.
 When he was shown the bowl, he revealed to the old woman that it was made of gold and worth at least a thousand silver coins.
INFERENCE: HE WAS TRUTHFUL AND HAD NO INTENTION of OF CHEATING THE OLD WOMAN.
 He had only five hundred silver coins with him and he revealed this to the old woman.
INFERENCE: ONCE AGAIN THIS SHOWS HIS HONESTY.
 He seemed apologetic to disappoint them because he did not have more to offer.
INFERENCE: HE SEEMED SENSITIVE AND KIND.
 The honest trader, being fair, gave the old woman all the money he had.
 Since he felt this was not enough, he also gave her all his goods.
 He just kept enough money to return home.
 The dishonest trader returned to find out that the bowl was gone and his wicked plan had been foiled.
 He also had to face the anger of the old woman.
 The dishonest trader was in great distress when he discovered the bowl had been given away to the other trader.
 He was so blinded by his greed and disappointment that he accused the old woman of having cheated him by giving away the bowl to someone else.
 He went after the honest trader to claim the bowl but he failed to find him.
 He returned home empty-handed and crestfallen (disappointed).
 By the time he reached home, he was very ill.
 The honest trader sold the golden bowl in another city.
 It fetched him more money than he had expected.
 He returned home a wealthy man.
 The good man is thus rewarded.
 He remains honest even after his fortune changed.
ASSIGNMENT NUMBER 5 – TO BE SUBMITTED
A. Answer the following questions in not more than 3 or 4 sentences:
1. After years of struggle, luck favoured the old woman and the little girl. How did fortune favour them?
2. By referring to the last 2 paragraphs of the text, describe how honesty is rewarded and dishonesty is punished.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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A.1.Ans: The poor,old lady and her granddaughter did not lost the golden bowl at once as the dishonest trader threw it on the ground and went away. This was a spot of luck for them. After some time the honest trader came to their house and also realized the true worth of the bowl. He told the lady about it and gave her 500 silver coins and all his goods. In this way fortune favored the old woman and her granddaughter twice.

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