VIII. Answer the following questions. 2x6=12
1. Why did the dog serve the Lion for a long time?
2. How is the kite compared to a ship?
3. How can we hear beauty?
4. Where did the two birds live?
5. What did the first bird say to the king?
6. What do you mean by wonderful words?
Answers
1.ANS)He served the lion for a long time because he had no complaints. He was safe as the lion was the strongest beast and no one dared to touch the dog.
2.ANS)The kite has only one sail of string. It rides Over the strong winds and climbs to their top like a ship. It pulls forward when the wind is strong
3.ANS)Beauty can be heard when dry leaves rustle, when little birds chirp or twitter, when innocent children laugh. There are many other things in the nature in which one can hear beauty
4.ANS)The two baby birds lived with their mother in a nest in a tall and shady tree.
5.ANS)The first bird saw the stranger (the King). He called the robbers to hurry up and rob the man of his jewels and his horse. Indirectly he asked the stranger to leave the place at once.
6.ANS)The Wonderful Words are what help us to express our amazing thoughts and beautiful ideas. The poet says that if you have any thought or idea but you do not know how to say it, just pick up the words that will express that thought or idea in the best way possible.