6 Unit-3 Taro's Reward

Taro's Reward

The Quarrel (poem)

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Sl. No.	Word / phrase	Meaning in English	Explanatory Picture
1	Reward (n)	Something offered or given or some service or attainment	బహు బహుమతి మతి
2	Woodcutter (n)	A person who cuts down trees for firewood	కట్టెలు కొట్టువాడు
3	Chop (v)	Cut into pieces	ముక్కలు చేయుట
4	Thoughtful son (phr)	A son showing consideration for the needs of his parents	తల్లితండ్రులను బాగా చూసుకునే   కొడుకు
5	Cracks (n)	Narrow gaps or openings	చీలికలు
6	Sake (n)	A popular Japanese drink	మత్తుకలిగించే జపాన్ దేశపు పానీయము
7	Expensive (adj)	Costly	ఖరీదైన
8	Kneeling (v)   Keel - knelt – knelt	To stand on knees	మోకరిల్లుట
9	Pitcher (n)	A large jug	పొడవుగావుండే జగ్గు
10	Cupped a little in his hands	To hold something, making your hands a round shape	దోసిళ్ళతో పట్టుకొనుట
11	Intended (v)	planned	పధకమువేసేను
12	Tricked (v) Trick -tricked – tricked	Misleaded  / cheated	మోసం చేసెను
13	Muttering (v) Mutter – muttered -muttered	Speaking unclearly	గొణుగుట
14	Slip behind a rock (phr.)	To hide behind a rock to disappear completely with no way to be found	ఎవరికీ కనపడకుండా రాయి వెనుక దాక్కొనుట
15	Sent for (phr.v.)	Called	పిలిపించెను
16	Greedily (adv)	As if desiring more and more	పిసినారిగా
17	Earn (v) Earn – earned  -  earned	Obtain (money) in return for labour or services.	సంపాదించుట

Working with the text (pg.No.23 TB)

A

Answer the following questions

 

1.   Why did Taro run in the direction of the stream? (5)

Answer: While chopping the wood in the forest, Taro felt thirsty and he also heard the sound of the rushing stream so he ran in the direction of the stream.

2.   How did Taro’s father show his happiness after drinking sake? (7)

Answer: Taro’s father showed his happiness by dancing in the middle of the floor.

3.   Why did the waterfall give Taro sake and others water? (12)

Ans: Taro was always a thoughtful son and he wanted to give his old parents everything they needed. Hence, he worked very hard. To reward Taro’s hard work, the waterfall gave him sake. The others were greedy so the waterfall gave them only cool water.

 

4.   Why did villagers want to drown Taro? (10, 11)

Ans: The villagers wanted to drown Taro because they thought that Taro tricked them by saying that there was a magic waterfall that had given him sake. Surprisingly, the villagers found that it was just an ordinary waterfall.

 

5.   Why did the emperor reward Taro? (9, 10)
Ans: The emperor rewarded Taro since he was kind and always worked hard to give the best to his parents.

 

B

Mark the right item (ref. pg.no.32 TB)

Answers:

1.   Taro earned very little money because

i)     he didn’t work hard enough.

ii)   the villagers didn’t need wood.

iii)  the price of wood was very low. ( )

 

2.   Taro decided to earn extra money

i)     to live a more comfortable life.

ii)   to buy his old father some sake. ( )

iii)  to repair the cracks in the hut.

 

3.   The neighbour left Taro’s hut in a hurry because

i)     She was delighted with the drink.

ii)   She was astonished to hear Taro’s story.

iii)  She wanted to tell the whole village about the waterfall. ( )

 

Working with the Language (pg.No.33TB)

 

i)    Strike off the words in the box below that are not suitable.

 

Taro wanted to give his old parents everything they needed. This shows that he was ….

 

ii)   Mark the right answer

1.   ‘This made Taro sadder than ever.”

‘This’ refers to

i)     a strong wind that began to blow.

ii)   Taro’s father’s old age.

iii)  Taro’s inability to buy expensive sake for his father. (right )

 

2.   ‘This, said the emperor was to encourage all children to honour and obey their parents.”

    

            

Thoughtful     hardworking      loving        honest             Considerate   trustworthy      efficient     kind

‘This’ refers to

i)     the most beautiful fountain in the city.

ii)   rewarding Taro with gold and giving the fountain his name. (right )

iii)  sending for Taro to hear his story.

 

iii) Arrange the words below in pairs that rhyme.

 

1	Young	-	Lung
2	Sad	-	Bad
3	Money	-	Sunny
4	Chop	-	Stop
5	Last	-	Fast
6	Wax	-	Axe
7	Could	-	Wood
8	Sound	-	Round
9	Way	-	Day

 

iv)  

1.  

lonely             little           hard           young thoughtful      delicious   beautiful

Fill in the blanks with words from the box.

    A young woodcutter lived on a lonely hillside. He was a thoughtful son who worked hard but earned little money. One day he saw a beautiful waterfall hidden behind a rock. He tasted the water and found it delicious.

 

2.   Find these sentences in the story and fill in the blanks.

i)     This made Taro sadder than ever. (3)

ii)   He decided to work harder than before. (3)

iii)  Next morning Taro jumped out of bed earlier than usual. (4)

iv)  He began to chop even faster. (4)

v)    Next morning, Taro started for work even earlier than the morning before. (10)

 

 

Speaking and Writing (pg.No.34 TB)

 

A.   Speak the following sentence clearly but as quickly as you can.  Learn them by heart.

 

 

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B.    

1.   The story ‘Taro’s Reward’ shows that Taro is thoughtful, hardworking and also wise. Read aloud the parts of the story that show these qualities in Taro.

 

Answers:

a.  For he was a thoughtful son and wanted to give his old parents everything they needed. (ref. Pg.28 TB para_1)

b. He decided to work harder than before. (ref. Pg.28 TB para_3)

c.  But Taro had been wise enough to slip behind a rock when he saw how things were going. (ref. Pg.31 TB para_11)

 

2.    

i)    Like Patrick in the story ‘Who Did Patrick’s Homework’. Taro is helped by magic. Do you believe in magic? What are the magical things that happen in these stories?

Ans:

     No, I don’t believe in magic because they are not real.

     In Partick’s story, he wanted to take the help of a tiny man to complete his homework but finally, Patrick helped himself to do his work. Thus, unknowingly he turned himself to hard work.

     In Taro’s reward, he was rewarded by the magic waterfall for his hard work and responsibility to his parents.

     Though these two stories are magical, definitely they teach us some morals.

        

 

ii)   Which story do you like better, and why? Do you know such stories in other languages? Discuss these questions in class.

 

     I like the story of Taro’s Reward because Taro was always working hard unlike Patrick.

 

     Yes, I know such a story from my childhood that a poor woodcutter accidentally slips his axe into a pond. Then he becomes sad and thinks about how to get it back from the pond. On seeing his pain, the goddess of water,  Ganga, comes out and offers him golden axe.

 

        

3.   Now write a paragraph or two about these stories, comparing them

 

‘Taro’s Reward’ is a story that tells how a son should be to his parents. It promotes hard work and how a hardworking person is rewarded.

 

‘Who Did Patrick’s Homework?’ is a story about a lazy boy and how he gets troubled by a tiny man, who was intended to help the boy. Fortunately, the boy gets habituated to hard and finally changes his attitude. 

C.    

1.   Listen to these children.  What are they talking about?

 

2.   Work in groups. Come to some agreement on each of the activities given below. Decide which is the most interesting, dullest, most dangerous, safest, most rewarding, most exciting.

 

Answer:

1	Most Interesting	Cooking Reading Swimming Playing football Learning languages Watching tv
2	Dullest	Sewing
3	Most Dangerous	Mountain climbing
4	Safest	Walking Listening to music
5	Most Rewarding	Knitting Painting
6	Most Exciting	Fishing Dancing Stamp colleting

 

Dictation

 

1.      Your teacher will speak the words given below. Write against each two new words that rhyme with it.

 

Answer:

1	Bed	Fed	Head	Shed
2	Wax	Packs	Axe	Fax
3	Fast	Last	Past	Vast
4	Chop	Shop	Stop	Crop
5	young	Sung	Hung	Lung

 

Poem

 

1.     With your partner try to guess the meaning of the underlined phrases.

 i)  And somehow we fell out.

    Ans: started quarrelling

 

ii)    The afternoon turned black.

Ans: night came

 

2.   Read these lines from the poem

 

i)      One thing led to another

Ans: One quarrel led to another quarrel.

 

ii)    The start of it was slight

Ans: The quarrel was about a small thing.

 

iii)  The end of it was strong

Ans: The end of the quarrel changed to a big fight.

 

iv)   The afternoon turned black

Ans: The night came.

 

v)    Thumped me on the back

Ans: The quarrel ended. (they became friends)

 

3.   Describe a recent quarrel that you have had with your brother, sister or friend. How did it start? What did you quarrel about? How did it end?

 

Make it your own by using the following hints.

 

Brother and sister - single Android cell phone at home – both of us wanted to use at the same time – I asked my father – father gave – my brother picked it forcefully from me  – I pulled his hair – he pounded on my back – my mother stopped us.

 

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