CLASS VI : TARO’S REWARD

Pre-reading Activity:

T-
H-
O-
Do you know someone who is caring, U-
considerate and sympathetic? A person with G-
these qualities is called thoughtful. What H–
does each letter in this word mean to you? T–
F-
U-
L-

thoughtful honest

caring

greedy

Loves
his
Selfish
parents

Hard-
working
cunning
villagers

violent

dishonest
 THE STORY AT A GLANCE

1. There lived a woodcutter

named Taro in a village of
Japan with his family. He
earned his living by wood
2. His income was meagre;
– cutting and lived on a hill
he could fulfil the basic
side.
needs of the family.

3. One day, through the

cracks of his hut, cold 10. The news reached
winds shivered Taro’s the Emperor. Taro was
father. At this Taro’s father rewarded by the
wished for a cup of sake, a emperor of Japan for
drink to warm his body. being good and kind.

4. Taro was sad as he could not

afford to get the drink. So he
decided to work harder to earn 9. Taro had to save
more money. himself from the anguish
of the villagers. But when
he himself tasted it, the
5. Next day he got up early to cut water was again the same
more wood. He went to drink water sake.
from a nearby fountain as he was
thirsty. He found that the taste of the
water was different.

8. The villagers went to

6. Then he realized that it was sake.
the waterfall with
He filled the pitcher with it. He
pitchers etc. But they
brought it along and gave it to his
found that it was only
father. After taking a sip of it, the
water. So they were very
father stopped shivering and danced
angry with Taro.
a little.

7. That day a visitor came and Taro offered the sake to her and
told the whole story about sake. Next morning all the villagers
reached there before Taro.

Art activity : Using your imagination, draw any scene from the story.