THE CLEVER CARPENTER
Once there lived a carpenter and his wife in a forest. A lion with his two greedy and lazy friends - a cunning jackal and a crow also lived in the same forest. The carpenter cut the wood in the forest and his wife did the cooking.
One day when the lion saw them he growled. The clever carpenter bowed low and said, “O great king, thank you for visiting us. My wife has cooked a fine meal. We will be happy if you join us at dinner.”
The lion was pleased and joined them for dinner. He relished the food. The carpenter said, “You are welcome to share our meal every day. Please come alone and don’t bring your friends”. The lion agreed and assured them that nobody would harm them. The lion came every day to eat with his new friends. The lion gave up hunting and therefore stopped eating meat. This made his friends - the lazy jackal and the crow to starve without food.
One day the jackal asked the lion why he had stopped hunting. The lion said, “I have found two new friends. They give me very nice food every day. So I don’t hunt”.
When the jackal and the crow heard this they were angry but did not show it.
They said, “We are eager to meet your new friends”. The lion said that he could not take them as he had promised his new friends that he would always meet them alone.
The jackal and the crow cried and begged the lion to take them to his new friends’ house.
The lion agreed at last on condition that they would not harm his new friends.
Next morning the jackal and the crow set out with the lion to meet the carpenter and his wife. Secretly the jackal and the crow had a plan to kill the lion’s new friends. The carpenter saw the lion, the jackal and the crow together at a distance.
He said to his wife, “We are in for trouble. Let’s hurry. Look there they are. They may attack us. Go and climb a tree.” Saying so, both the carpenter and his wife climbed the tree. “Hi, why are you running? They are also my friends. Don’t be afraid. They won’t harm you”, roared the lion, on seeing the carpenter and his wife running for life. “Oh, king of forests! We like you. We know you will not harm us. But your friends are greedy. They may kill us. We are safe here,” cried the carpenter sitting on the tree. The lion looked back. He saw the yearning eyes of the jackal and the hungry eyes of the crow and understood that the carpenter was right.
So the lion angrily pounced on the cunning and greedy jackal and the crow and drove them away. In the meantime the carpenter and his wife left the forest for ever.
I. Answer the following questions .
1. Name the animals in this story.
2. How did the carpenter’s wife help him?
3. How did the carpenter win the lion’s friendship?
4. Did the other animals like the lion visiting his new friends?
5. Who starved? Why?
6. Who was wise? The carpenter or the lion.
7. What kind of a woman was the carpenter’s wife?
8. Why did the carpenter want the lion to come alone to see him?
9. Did the jackal and the crow succeed in their plan?
II.Choose the most appropriate answer to complete the following sentences:-
1. The carpenter and his wife lived in a forest because _____________________________________.
a. they liked life in the forest
b. they earned their livelihood by cutting the wood in the forest.
c. Wanted to live with the animals in the forest.
2. The lion visited them everyday because he ________________________________.
a. liked the food served by them.
b. didn’t want to live with the jackal and the crow.
c. wanted the jackal and the crow to starve.
3. The crow and the jackal did not succeed in their plan because ________________________.
a. the carpenter was more cunning than them.
b. the carpenter’s wife was very kind to them.
c. the lion was mightier than them.
III. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ if it is true and ‘F’ if it is false in the box provided. Give word or words from the text in support of your answer.
1. A lion cannot be friendly with other animals. ( )
2. The carpenter was right in what he said about the jackal and the crow. ( )
3. The jackal was not cunning enough to succeed in their plan. ( )
4. The carpenter and his wife ran for their life because they were afraid of the lion. ( )
5. The carpenter and his wife left the forest at the end for fear of animals. ( )
6. The lion was very kind to the carpenter and his wife. ( )
7. The lion did not take the jackal and the crow to the carpenter’s house because he knew their plan.
( )
8. The jackal and the crow were greedy. ( )
9. The lion gave up hunting and therefore stopped eating meat. This made his friends - the lazy jackal and the crow to starve without food. ( )
10. After the carpenter and his wife left the forest, the lion became friends with the greedy jackal and the crow once again. ( )
Once there lived a carpenter and his wife in a forest. A lion with his two greedy and lazy friends - a cunning jackal and a crow also lived in the same forest. The carpenter cut the wood in the forest and his wife did the cooking.
One day when the lion saw them he growled. The clever carpenter bowed low and said, “O great king, thank you for visiting us. My wife has cooked a fine meal. We will be happy if you join us at dinner.”
The lion was pleased and joined them for dinner. He relished the food. The carpenter said, “You are welcome to share our meal every day. Please come alone and don’t bring your friends”. The lion agreed and assured them that nobody would harm them. The lion came every day to eat with his new friends. The lion gave up hunting and therefore stopped eating meat. This made his friends - the lazy jackal and the crow to starve without food.
One day the jackal asked the lion why he had stopped hunting. The lion said, “I have found two new friends. They give me very nice food every day. So I don’t hunt”.
When the jackal and the crow heard this they were angry but did not show it.
They said, “We are eager to meet your new friends”. The lion said that he could not take them as he had promised his new friends that he would always meet them alone.
The jackal and the crow cried and begged the lion to take them to his new friends’ house.
The lion agreed at last on condition that they would not harm his new friends.
Next morning the jackal and the crow set out with the lion to meet the carpenter and his wife. Secretly the jackal and the crow had a plan to kill the lion’s new friends. The carpenter saw the lion, the jackal and the crow together at a distance.
He said to his wife, “We are in for trouble. Let’s hurry. Look there they are. They may attack us. Go and climb a tree.” Saying so, both the carpenter and his wife climbed the tree. “Hi, why are you running? They are also my friends. Don’t be afraid. They won’t harm you”, roared the lion, on seeing the carpenter and his wife running for life. “Oh, king of forests! We like you. We know you will not harm us. But your friends are greedy. They may kill us. We are safe here,” cried the carpenter sitting on the tree. The lion looked back. He saw the yearning eyes of the jackal and the hungry eyes of the crow and understood that the carpenter was right.
So the lion angrily pounced on the cunning and greedy jackal and the crow and drove them away. In the meantime the carpenter and his wife left the forest for ever.
I. Answer the following questions .
1. Name the animals in this story.
2. How did the carpenter’s wife help him?
3. How did the carpenter win the lion’s friendship?
4. Did the other animals like the lion visiting his new friends?
5. Who starved? Why?
6. Who was wise? The carpenter or the lion.
7. What kind of a woman was the carpenter’s wife?
8. Why did the carpenter want the lion to come alone to see him?
9. Did the jackal and the crow succeed in their plan?
II.Choose the most appropriate answer to complete the following sentences:-
1. The carpenter and his wife lived in a forest because _____________________________________.
a. they liked life in the forest
b. they earned their livelihood by cutting the wood in the forest.
c. Wanted to live with the animals in the forest.
2. The lion visited them everyday because he ________________________________.
a. liked the food served by them.
b. didn’t want to live with the jackal and the crow.
c. wanted the jackal and the crow to starve.
3. The crow and the jackal did not succeed in their plan because ________________________.
a. the carpenter was more cunning than them.
b. the carpenter’s wife was very kind to them.
c. the lion was mightier than them.
III. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Write ‘T’ if it is true and ‘F’ if it is false in the box provided. Give word or words from the text in support of your answer.
1. A lion cannot be friendly with other animals. ( )
2. The carpenter was right in what he said about the jackal and the crow. ( )
3. The jackal was not cunning enough to succeed in their plan. ( )
4. The carpenter and his wife ran for their life because they were afraid of the lion. ( )
5. The carpenter and his wife left the forest at the end for fear of animals. ( )
6. The lion was very kind to the carpenter and his wife. ( )
7. The lion did not take the jackal and the crow to the carpenter’s house because he knew their plan.
( )
8. The jackal and the crow were greedy. ( )
9. The lion gave up hunting and therefore stopped eating meat. This made his friends - the lazy jackal and the crow to starve without food. ( )
10. After the carpenter and his wife left the forest, the lion became friends with the greedy jackal and the crow once again. ( )
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