A.)Why do you think Terenty helped the orphans? what role does he play on the life of the children?

-Uncle Terenty, as Fyokla called him on the story " A Day in The Country by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, is
a village cobbler, whom to Fyokla and to his brother Danilka, is a father and someone whom they can
trust.

Terenty helped the two because they are orphans with no shelter and with no one to go to. It was him
who loved, cared, and fed them without the two knowing. He played as a father whom they can ask
about the wonders of nature. It was him who made the two orphans live for a reason. He was their
helper, their father, and their trusted friend.

B.)Explain the relevance of the following lines to your life. “The grass and the trees are fed by the rain,
as we are by bread. And as for the thunder, don’t you be frightened, little orphan.” “Why should it kill a
little thing like you?”

-There is nothing to be afraid of because everything has a reason and a certain purpose to fill. The rain is
like a blessing for the plants just as same as we being blessed with something to eat. The thunder might
be scary but it could never kill a little orphan, the thunder is like a challenge or obstacle given by God to
test you and he knows that you'll be able to overcome it because he will never give you something you
can't handle and that you should never be afraid of it for he is always there for you and won't let aything
bad happen to you.

C.)In the story: A Day in the Country, Why does Danilka say that there is no secret in nature that baffles
Terenty? Through a storyboard, cite some situations in the story that prove your answer.

-Danilka was able to say that there is no secret in nature that baffles Terenty because Terenty was able
to manage all his questions about nature. Terenty was able to answer everything he asked about the
secrets of nature.

Just like when Terenty compared the nightingale and the sparrow to a singing-bird without a sin and a
spiteful bird (respectively).

Another one is the swarm of bees flying, looking for home. He informed Danilka that, to make them
settle, all he need to do is to sprinkle them with water.

D.)In the story: A Day in the Country, The author compares a nightingale to a sparrow. To whom can you
compare these two birds? Show your answer using comparison and contrast diagram.
The nightingale was being compared to a singing-bird, without a sin who has a voice given him in his
throat, to praise God and gladden man's heart. The sparrow was a bad, spiteful bird just like a
pickpocket in his ways who doesn't like man to be happy.

So I can compare the nightingale to a good man and a sparrow to a bad man.

Good man

>He praised God

Bad man

>He don't want people to be happy.

>He didn't praise God

E.)How does terenty recognize the gift of nature? Give some details from the text that will support your
answer through sketching them.

-Terenty was able to recognize the gift of nature because he has been in the field all his life,with the
birds singing as if teaching him the wonders of nature and their secrets.

He knows everything in nature. The wild flowers and their names and the herbs and its uses.

No questions are left unanswered or baffled him which makes Danilka more awed the beauty of nature.

Terenty recognized the gift of nature as he described and related them to man's life. One of which is
when he tried to compare the two birds, nightingale and the sparrow as the bird given with a golden
voice and a bird akin to a pick-pocket, respectively. He also share about the swarm of bees, the singing
birds, the thunder, the grass and many others.