The Old Farmer and His Sons
An old farmer had four sons. The sons always kept
quarrelling means fighting. One day the farmer called his sons. He gave them a
bundle of sticks. He asked them to break it. All his sons tried one by one. But
none could break it. Then the farmer untied the bundle. Then again farmer asked
the same question to his sons to break the sticks from the bundle which is now
untied and the sticks can be picked single also. It is easy to break the sticks
now individually. Seeing this the farmer said to his sons, “Learn a lesson from
it – you should live united like the bundle of sticks as before, when it was
tied. No one can harm you then. Union is strength”. The sons promised to live
in peace. They never quarreled again.
Answer the following questions:
1.
What did the farmer give his sons?
2.
What did the farmer asked after giving a bundle
of sticks?
3.
Could the sons break the bundle of sticks?
4.
Did the sons stop quarrelling?
5.
What is the moral of the story?
6.
Does this happen to the country also?
Give the opposites of the following?
Old, none, like,
always, untied, harm, day, easy, strong, give, live, break, peace
Write the following sentences as
questions?
1.
The farmer called his sons.
2.
He gave them a bundle of sticks.
3.
The youngest son could break it.
4.
The sons learnt a lesson.
5.
They never quarreled again.
6.
Youngest son could break it.
