Short story #2 (Jesse Stuart)

Clearing In The Sky

Short Answers:

Question#1Why did not the old man follow the advice of the doctor?
Answer: ‘The old man did not follow the advice of the doctor because he had a strong faith in
God and a strong will to survive.
Question#2: what had the doctor told the old man?
Answer: ‘The doctors told him that he had not long to live and they warned him of his
impending death due to his weak heart.
Question#3: Where did the old take his son?
Answer. The old man took his son to the top of the mountain where he had prepared a new farm.

Question#4. Had the son ever been there before?

Answer He had been there for many years except for the last three years.

Question#5:? What were the names of the vegetable the old grew on his farm?
Answer: The names of the vegetables the old man grew on his farm were Potatoes, tomatoes and
yams.

Question#6: Why did the old man take the steep path?
Answer:. He did so to show that he was still healthy.
Question#7: why did the son at the age of six cry?

Answer: The son at the age of six cried because he had lost the little wooden toy plough. That
his father made for him.

Question#8: What were the feelings of the old man at the age of seventy?

Answer: The old man was still in high spirits and loved to go on working as a former.

Question#9: Why had the old planted his secret garden?

Answer: The old planted his secret garden because he wanted to grow new things on the
soil.

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 MORAL STORIES
1. A Farmer and His Sons
Once an old farmer had three quarrelsome sons. He was much worried about them. Once he fell ill seriously. He
sent for his sons. He asked them to bring a bundle of sticks. When the bundle was brought, he asked them to break
it one by one. They all tried their best but failed to break it. Then the farmer untied the bundle and asked each son
to break a single stick. They broke all the sticks easily. Thus the farmer advised them that they would be strong
when united and weak when separated.
Moral
(i) Union is strength.
(ii) United you stand, divided you fall.

2. A Woodcutter and the Angel

Once a woodcutter was felling a tree on the banks of a river. By chance, his axe fell into the water. He became
upset. Suddenly an angel appeared there. Having heard his sad story, the angel dived into the river and brought
out a golden axe. The woodcutter refused to take it because it was not his axe. The angel dived again and brought
out a silver axe. It was also refused by the same reason. The angel dived again and brought out the woodcutter's
iron axe. The woodcutter accepted it happily. Impressed by his honesty, the angel also gifted him the other two
axes.
Moral
Honesty is the best policy.

3. Two Friends and a Bear

Once two friends set out on a journey. While passing through a jungle they saw a bear coming towards them. One
of them climbed up a tree but the other could not. However, the later knew that the bear did not eat the dead. So
he lay down and held his breath. The bear sniffed him and went away considering him dead. The selfish friend
climbed down the tree and asked what the bear had said in his ears. The later said that it had advised me to
beware of selfish friend. So he said him good-by and continued his journey alone.
Moral
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
4. A Foolish Stage
Once a stage was drinking water at a stream. He happened to see his reflection in the water. He felt proud of his
beautiful horns but despised his thin legs. Suddenly he saw a pack of hounds at a distance. He ran as fast as his legs
could help him. Soon he left the hounds far behind. He had to pass through a thick forest of bushes. His horns got
caught in a bush. He tried hard to pull his horns out of it but all in vain. By now the hounds came up. They fell upon
him and tore him to pieces.
Moral
(i) Pride hath a fall.
(ii) All that glitters in not gold
5. Three Friends and a Bag of Gold
Once three friends set out on a journey to seek a job. While passing through a jungle, they found a bag full of gold
coins. They decided to divide them equally among themselves. After sometime, they felt hungry. One of them
went to fetch food. He decided to kill the other two. He bought some poison and mixed it in their food. The other
two were even greedier. When the man arrived there, they fell upon him and killed him. As they were hungry, they
began to eat the food. As soon as they ate it, they fell senseless and died.
Moral
(i) Greed is a curse.
(ii) As you sow, so shall you reap.

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