Question
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each: [2 × 4 = 8]
- How did Kisa Gotami realise that life and death is a normal process?
- Why did Maddie write a note to Peggy and then tore it?
- How can you say that Horace Danby was good and respectable but not completely honest?
- What difficulty do the crew of the space probe face on the Earth?
- What was the most fascinating thing that Valli saw on the street?
Solution
- Kisa Gotami was devastated by the death of her only son. When, Buddha asked her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where people had not lost a loved one to’ death, her futile search for such a house made her realise the bitter truth that everything in this world is subject to death. She eventually realised that life and death is a normal process.
- Maddie wrote a note to Peggy to make her stop making fun of Wanda. But she tore it because she thought that it could annoy Peggy and she could make fun of Maddie instead.
- Horace lived a happy and peaceful life. That is why he has been called good and respectable. But he was not completely honest as he used to rob a safe every year. He did that only once a year in order to satisfy his hobby of buying expensive books.
- The space probe landed in a public library. The crew was shocked because the place looked very strange as they had no idea about books. They thought the library to be some kind of a storage bam.
- The most fascinating thing that Valli saw on the street was the bus that travelled between her village and the nearest town.
