CBSE Class 8 English Question 7 of 19

Glimpses of the Past — Question 7

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Play and act the role of farmers who have grievances against the policies of the government. Rewrite their speech bubbles in dialogue form first. See NCERT Textbook Pages 47-48 (i)Ask one another questions about the pictures. Where is the fox? How did it happen? What is the fox thinking? Who is the visitor? What does she want to know? What is the fox’s reply? What happens next? Where is the goat? Where is the fox now? What is the goat thinking?
Answer

(i)
The fox is in the well.
She fell into the well by accident.
The fox thinks how to get out of there.
The visitor is a goat.
She wants to know whether the water is sweet.
The fox replies that the water is very sweet and she had a lot of it.
The goat wanted to taste the water.
The goat is dragged into the water by the fox.
The fox comes out of the well.
The goat is thinking of her mother’s advice not to trust any stranger.
(ii)Write the story in your own words. Give it a title.
Answer:
Once a fox fell into a well accidentally. She thought how to get out of the well. A goat arrived there by chance. She looked into the well. She asked the fox if the water was sweet. The cunning fox played a trick. She told a lie that the water was very, very sweet, and she had had enough of it. The foolish goat also wanted to taste the water. The fox invited her into the well. The goat reached there soon. Now the fox rode on the goat’s back and climbed out of the well. Then she thanked the goat for help. The goat was reminded of her mother’s words that she must never go by the advice of a stranger.