New Words
Donkey – an animal like a small horse, with long ears.
Equal – the same in size, amount, value, number, level, etc..
Helpful – giving help.
Carry – to hold somebody/something in your hand, arms or on your back while you are moving from one place to another.
Extra – more than is usual, expected, or than exists already.
Do it yourself
1. Write the reply to the given statement from the story.
II. Answer the following questions:
(a) How many donkeys are there in the story?
Answer – There are two donkeys in the story.
(b) Whose donkeys were they?
Answer – They were Ram’s donkeys.
(c) How many bags did each donkey carry?
Answer – Each donkey carries three bags.
(d) Did the other donkey help the ill donkey?
Answer – No, the other donkey did not help the ill donkey.
(e) What happened to the ill donkey?
Answer – The ill donkey carries the bags as far as he could and then fell down dead.
III. Find words in the story which mean the following-
(a) Not well – Ill
(b) An outing – Trip
(c) Not happy – Sad
(d) of the same number – Equal
IV. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box.
(equal, helpful, dead, ill, trip)
(a) Ram was going on a trip to the hills.
(b) He put equal bags on both the donkeys.
(c) One of the donkey was ill.
(d) The other donkey was not kind and helpful.
(e) The ill donkey fell down dead.
V. Rewrite the following lines by putting the full stop and capital letters at appropriate places:
ram and donkey reached simla he sold his goods there next day they came back
Answer – Ram and donkey reached Simla. He sold his goods there. Next day they came back.