Today is our topic of discussion-A Mother’s Job

A Mother’s Job

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Here is a story about Abdur Rahman. Let us read and find out more about him:

Section: 1

Abdur Rahman was very wise and witty man in the court of King Bahadur. King Bahadur was the ruler of the Vijayanagar kingdom. Abdur Rahman was the court jester, and many stories are told about him.

One day, King Bahadur asked his courtiers, “You are wise and learned men. Tell me, which is the most difficult job in the world?” The courtiers had a ready asnwer. They said, “Your Majesty, everyone konws that the job of ruling the country is by far the most difficult job in the world.”

The king was pleased with their answer. But he noticed that Abdur Rahman was smiling to himself, as if he found this answer funny. The king asked him why he was smiling. “Perhaps you don’t agree with your friends that my job is the most difficult job in the world.

Is that why you are smiling?” Abdur Rahman said. “Your Majesty, I agree that it is difficult to rule a country well. But I don’t think that it is the most difficult job in the world. There is another job which is much more difficult.”

Read, Think and Answer I

Fill in the blanks:

(1) Abdur Rahman was a court

(ii) Abdur Rahman was and

(iii) King Bahadur wanted to know

(lv) said that to rule a kingdom was

(v) But Abdur Rahman said that he did not think

Let’s Read

Let us read and find out what Abdur Rahman felt was the most difficult job in the world.

Section II

“Tell us what that job is. Rahman” said the king. “A mother’s job,” said Rahman “It is much more difficult to keep a child happy than to look after a kingdom.” The whole court broke into loud laughter, and of course Rahman was asked to prove the truth of his words. So Rahman brought a woman and her young son to the king.

“Now ask the kind King for anything that you want,” he told the little boy. “An elephant,” said the little boy at once. An elephant was immediately brought for him. “Put him into my basket,” the boy said, “I want to take him home.” “But he won’t fit into your basket, son. He’ll come walking behind you when you go home.”

The little boy was stubborn. “I want him in my basket,” he said, “My friends won’t know that he is my elephant if I don’t take him home in my basket.” He started crying, and nothing that anyone said would make him change his mind. The king and his courtiers tried everything they could. But the boy just did not listen. He cried and cried. Then the mother said something to Rahman and he immediately sent for a toy elephant.

She turned to her son and said, “Look, my son. Here’s a small elephant which is much more beautiful ring a gold chain, and there is a golden umbrella on top of its head.

It has wheels so that you can pull it behind you wherever you go. It will fit easily into your basket. Tell the man to take away the big elephant- your basket will break if you put him in it, and you can’t take him to your friend’s house because he is so big.”

The boy stopped crying. The mahout led away the elephant, and the little boy and his mother went away happily. Then the king wiping the sweat from his brow, said, “Rahman, I agree that a
mother’s job is the most difficult job in the world.”

Read, Think and Answer II

Answer the following questions briefly :

(1) What according to Abdur Rahman was the most difficult job in the world?

(11) Who did Abdur Rahman bring to court?

(1) What did the little boy ask from the king? (

iv) Why did the boy start crying? Mention two reasons.

(v) What did the mother do?

Overall Questions

Answer following questions:

(1) What did King Bahadur ask his courtiers? Why did Abdur Rahman smile at their answer?

(2) How did King Bahadur learn that a mother’s job is the most difficulut job in the world?

Let’s Learn Grammar

You must have read these words in the text:

Wise, witty, stubborn They tell us more about a person. – a wise courtier, a stubborn child. They are called adjectives. Words which tell us more about a person, thing or place are called adjectives.Look at the following words. Use them to fill in the blanks below:

Beautiful, old, good, simple, handsome.Shamim is a boy. He has a sculptures. Sometimes he buys many life. friend. He likes flowers. He leads a very

Increase Your Word Power

Look at the following table. Words given under names go together. They belong to the same type.

 

Underline the odd one out from the words given below:

eg: Mohan, Lalit, Pencil, Reena.

(1) Pigeon, Peacock, Kabaddi, Sparrow

(ii) Cricket, Badminton, Football, Singing.

(iii) Rice, Bread, Cake, Swimming. (iv) Patuakhali, Comilla, Guitar, Natore.

Let’s Talk

Asking and Answering Questions

Practice the following dialogue with your friend. Friend: Where did you go to this morning?

You: I went to the market.

Friend: What did you do there?

You: I bought vegetables.

Friend: When did you come back?

You: I came back before noon.

Let’s Write

You must have seen pictures of elephants. Complete the description of an elephant. You can use the following words.

Legs, trunk, bananas, grey, tail, ears, tusks.

The elephant is a large animal. It is……in colour. It has four fat has a small….The elephant loves to eat…..It has a long in front. It has two but it has two big.