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Lesson 7 (a passage on Indian Folk Tales), , Let’s ponder, , A: LF 2.0 3.F 4.T 5.T, , B. 1.eternal 2. numerous 3. scholars, , C. 1. Three famous examples of folk tales are Hitopadesha Tales, Jataka Tales and Panchatantra, , Tales., , 2. Indian folk tales are considered good for children as they instil the right values in the readers., , .. This is because they have been translated into numerous languages., , 4. Jataka Tales are said to be a part of sacred Buddhist literature, which include stories about, Gautama Buddha, born sometimes as an animal and sometimes as a human. The purpose of, these stories is to help mankind gain knowledge and understand the importance of, moral values., , 5. The similarities between Hitopadesha Tales and Panchatantra Tales are as follows:, , * They are a collection of short stories., , w, , + Both were written in Sanskrit, following the pattern of prose and verse., , Let’s learn new words, , judge; athlete; carpenter; actor/actress; coach; magician; nurse; baker, , Let’s study grammar, , A., , Se as, , As soon as the rice crop was ripe, the farmer immediately told the merchant's son to go to the, fields to quickly reap the rice. ‘How shall I reap it?’ he asked foolishly., , ‘With a sickle,’ then replied the farmer., , ‘Then it will be the sickle and not I, that reaps it.’, , ‘As you like,’ said the farmer irritatingly, ‘you must obviously go along with the sickle, no doubt you, know all about it.’ So, they got him a sickle and he hurriedly went off to the fields. When he got, there, he first noticed how bright the sickle looked, and when he carelessly touched it, he found it, quite hot from being carried out in the sun., , Answers may vary. Some answers could be:, , 1. always takes his soldiers with him, , often fought with each other over petty issues, , rarely let anyone in his cottage, , sometimes go for a walk in the evening, , always made this jam for me, , made the fairy go into the river twice, , ie a