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The Farmer and His Lazy Sons

By: Ratna Manucha

In Madhanpur lived a farmer named Gopal. He has three sons Ram, Laxman and Hanuman.

All three were strong and healthy. But they were all lazy.

Gopal was sad thinking about his sons and the future of his farmland.

One day, Gopal got an idea. He called his sons and said, "Ram! Laxman! Hanuman! I have hidden a treasure
in our farmland. You search and share the treasure among you."

The three sons overjoyed. They went to the fields and started searching.

They dug each and every inch of the field. But they could not find anything.

Gopal said to his sons, “ Now you have tooled and conditioned the field, why not we sow a crop!" Off went the
sons to sow the crops.

Days passed. Soon, the crops grew lushly green. The sons were delighted.

The father said, "Sons, this is the real treasure I wanted you to share".

Reading Comprehension Check

1. Who is the farmer that mentioned in the story?

A. Jack
B. Adam
C. Gopal
D. Thomas

2. Where the farmer Gopal lived?

A. Arizona
B. Rivendell
C. Genoa City
D. Madhanpur

3. How the three sons describe in the story?

A. Intelligent, industrious and hardworking

B. Generous, smart and kind
C. Strong, healthy and lazy
D. Wise, strong and nice

4. What the farmer do to get his children to move in the farmland?

A. Hide a treasure in farmland and let his sons search the treasure
B. Scolded his sons to work on their farm
C. Give his sons money to work
D. All of the above

5. If you were the farmer, would you do the same as the farmer did?

A. Yes, because they need to work

B. No, because they are old enough
C. No, I'll just let them do what they want to do
D. Yes, so they can realize the real wealth and value the things that's important to their father