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A .Comprehension

Number these sentences in the correct order.

 3  The moneylender went to visit the scribe.

2 The story of the scribe's dream reached the moneylender.

5 The scribe and his wife went to Birbal for help.

7 The money lender never tried to cheat anyone else again.

6 Birbal asked the moneylender to take the coins reflected in the mirror.

1 The scribe dreamt that he had borrowed money from the moneylender.

4 The moneylender asked the scribe to return the money he had borrowed in his dream.

B. Answer these Questions-

Q-1 What did the scribe often tell his wife ?

Ans- The scribe often told his wife that they must not borrow money from the moneylender, if they do, they will be ruined.

Q-2 How did the moneylender come to know about the scribe's dream?

Ans-The Scribe told his wife about the dream.She told her friends and her friends told to their husbands. Like this story spread and reached to the ears of the money lender.

Q-3 What idea did the moneylender get ?

Ans- The moneylender got an idea that he

will make The scribe fool and will ask to

return the money.

Q-4 How did Birbal help the Scribe ?

Ans- Birbal brought a hundred gold coins and placed a large mirror in front of them. He said to the moneylender that he may take all the coins in the mirror.

Q-5 What lesson did the moneylender learn in the end ?

Ans-The moneylender learnt a lesson in the end that he will never try to cheat anyone else again.

C.Read these lines & answer the Questions-

"But it was just a dream!"

Q (a)- Who said these words and to whom?

Ans- The Scribe and his wife said these

words to the money lender.

Q-b What was the dream about ?

Ans- The dream was about the borrow of a

hundred coins money from the moneylender.

Q-c How did the story of the dream spread

across Agra?

Ans-The Scribe told his wife about the dream.She told her friends and her friends told to their husbands. A communicative chain was created and it spread across the city Agra.

C2- "I will help you."

Q-1 Who agreed to help whom?

Ans- Birbal agreed to help the Scribe.

Q-2 How did the speaker help ?

Ans- Birbal called the moneylender and

placed a huge mirror in front of the gold

coins. Birbal said that he may take all the

coins in the mirror.

Q-3 What was the result of that help?

Ans-The moneylender realised his mistake

and never tried to cheat anyone else again.

D

Discuss in class.

How would you describe the scribe and the moneylender?

Choose words from the box to frame your answer. Give reasons.

poor  greedy  rich  honest simple  cunning

Scribe was a poor man as he earned very little.

He was honest and simple as he never borrow money and deceive anyone.

Moneylender was a gready man as he claimed the amount of Scribe without lending him.

He was rich because he lends money to others.

He was cunning because he claimed dreamed amount of Scribe very cleverly.