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The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom

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(i) How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first?
(ii) How did it help him next?

Solution

(i) The spirit of the dog asked the farmer to cut down the pine tree over its grave, and make from it a mortar for rice pastry and a mill for bean sauce. The farmer did so. Some time close to the New Year, the farmer wanted to make some rice pastry. When the rice was boiled, his wife put it into the mortar and he pounded the mass into dough. When the pastry was ready for baking, the whole mass turned into a heap of gold coins. Similarly, when beans were ground in the hand-mill, gold started dropping from it like rain and in a few minutes, the tub under the mill was filled with gold.

(ii) Informing the farmer about how his wicked neighbors had burned the hand-mill, the spirit of the dog asked him to take the ashes of the mill and sprinkle them on withered trees to make them bloom. The old man did so and found to his delight that the words of the spirit were indeed true. The bare cherry tree in his garden sprouted blossoms when a pinch of the ashes were sprinkled on it. Later, he was rewarded by the daimio for making an old withered cherry tree blossom once again.

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Some More Questions From The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom Chapter

When the old couple became rich, they

The greedy couple borrowed the mill and the mortar to make

The old farmer is a kind person. What evidence of his kindness do you find in the first two paragraphs?

What did the dog do to lead the farmer to the hidden gold?

(i) How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first?
(ii) How did it help him next?

Why did the daimio reward the farmer but punish his neighbor for the same act?

Read the following paragraph and frame questions on the italicised phrases.
Anil is in school. I am in school too. Anil is sitting in the left row. He is reading a book. Anil’s friend is sitting in the second row. He is sharpening his pencil. The teacher is writing on the blackboard. Children are writing in their copybooks. Some children are looking out of the window.
(i) _____________
(ii) _
(iii) _
(iv) _
(v) _
(vi) _
(vii) _____________

Write appropriate question words in the blank spaces in the following dialogue.
NEHA: did you get this book?
SHEELA: Yesterday morning.
NEHA:  is your sister crying?
SHEELA: Because she has lost her doll.
NEHA:  room is this, yours or hers?
SHEELA: It’s ours.
NEHA:  do you go to school?
SHEELA: We walk to school. It is nearby.

Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box.

how

what

when

where

which

(i) My friend lost his chemistry book. Now he doesn’t know _______ to do and _ to look for it.
(ii) There are so many toys in the shops. Neena can’t decide one to buy.
(iii) You don’t know the way to my school. Ask the policeman to get there.
(iv) You should decide soon _____ to start building your house.
(v) Do you know _ to ride a bicycle? I don’t remember and _ I learnt it.
(vi) “You should know to talk and ___ to keep your mouth shut,” the teacher advised Anil.

Add im- or in- to each of the following words and use them in place of the italicised words in the sentences given below.

Patient

Proper

Possible

Sensitive

Competent

(i) The project appears very difficult at first sight but it can be completed if we work very hard.
(ii) He lacks competence. That’s why he can’t keep any job for more than a year.
(iii) “Don’t lose patience. Your letter will come one day,” the postman told me.
(iv) That’s not a proper remark to make under the circumstances.
(v) He appears to be without sensitivity. In fact, he is very emotional.

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