with their messy nest material"
The Creator shook his head, "You did a foolish thing
about kindnes
compassion and generosity? What about service to others? Have they no meaning
you?" Even as the Lord spoke, the Bora's fruit grew small and sour, so did the leav
The bark became rough; thorns grew in plenty. To this day we see the Bora tree th
As the result of selfishness-she lost what she had.
Questions :
1.On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following a
statenients.
(a) The Bora tree justified her unhelpful and cruel attitude by saying that..
(b) The Bora tree dropped her flowers because
2. Find a word from the passage which means the same as 'originator
8. Find a word from the passage which means opposite of 'lift'
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Give a noun form of the word 'grow'
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Answer the following questions.
a) What is the moral of the story?
5) What characteristics should the Bora tree have inculcated?
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Answers
(b) Read the following passage carefully.
The Bora tree grew tall, her flowers bloomed and yielded large, luscious, rosy fruit. But she was vain. She never even whispered to neighbouring trees and bushes. When the butterflies and bees came for nectar, she lifted her branches and swooshed them away. When the birds wanted to build nests in her branches she pricked them with her thorns. She saw that children loved her juicy fruit, so she angrily dropped her flowers and yielded only a few fruit.
One day, the Great Creator came on a visit. All the trees greeted His coming and had joyous tales to tell. But the Bora tree tossed her head and said, “My Lord and Master, I found no one who deserved what you gave to me, so I saved my strength and bore less fruit. I sent the silly birds away because they would destroy the beauty of my branches with their messy nest material”.
The Creator shook his head. “You did a foolish thing”. He said. “What about kindness, compassion and generosity ? What about service to others ? Have they no meaning for you ?” Even as the Lord spoke, the Bora’s fruit grew small and sour; so did the leaves. The bark became rough; thorns grew in plenty. To this day we see the Bora tree thus. As the result of selfishness-she lost what she had.
1.On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following statements.
(а) The Bora tree justified her unhelpful and cruel attitude by saying that
(b) The Bora tree dropped her flowers because__________ .
2.Answer the following questions.
(a)What is the moral of the story ?
(b)What characteristics should the Bora tree have inculcated ?
3.Find a word from the passage which means the same as ‘originator’.
Ans.1.(a) no one deserved to have what God gave it.
(b)children loved her juicy fruits.
2.(a) The moral of the story is : don’t be selfish, but be kind and generous.
(b) The tree should have inculcated kindness, compassion and generosity.
3.‘creator’.