Madhu’s Wish
Madhu loved food. He always wanted to eat different kinds of food and snacks. He was never tired of eating. Every day, at noon, he would sit under a banyan tree and eat his lunch. One day, as he was eating, an old man came.
Madhu felt sorry for him and shared his food with him. The old man was so happy that as he was leaving, he said, “My child, you have been so kind. In return, you can wish for anything from this tree and it will be granted.” Madhu felt very happy.
He thought, I can ask for different types of food, and enjoy them forever. He sat there and closing his eyes said, “Oh tree, let me have different types of food. Nothing else.”
What do you think Madhu will do now?
He heard a voice from the tree. “You don’t want anything else? Think it over.” Without thinking, Madhu said, “Nothing else”. First, he asked for laddoos. At once, a basket full of laddoos appeared.
What do you think will happen now?
He happily started eating it. After some time, he got bored. Then he thought of colourful fruits. Immediately, fruit in baskets appeared. He started eating them. There were grapes, mangoes, apples, bananas, jackfruit, melons, guavas, oranges and many more. Then he got bored eating only fruits. He asked for savouries. Immediately savouries like matri, samosas, kachori, potato chips and vada appeared in huge baskets. He happily started eating them.
As he was eating, he suddenly got hiccups. He wanted water. He looked around. There was food everywhere but no water! He asked for water but the tree said, “You wanted only food not water.”
“So what if I don’t get water I will have sharbat, kheer and badam milk for my thirst,” thought Madhu. Soon, all these appeared in jugs. Madhu drank them all but the hiccups did not stop. They became louder. He was now desperate for water.
He prayed to the tree, “May all this food disappear, and let me have water instead.” “Are you sure?” the voice from the tree asked. “Yes, I am sure. Now I know the importance of water. No other drink can replace water. Please give me just water.”
A jug of water appeared. Thirsty, Madhu drank as though he had never seen water. His hiccups stopped. He was no longer thirsty.
A. Answer the following.
B. Think and say.
A. Put the items in the correct basket.
Help Box: banana, kheer, melon, guava, kachori, potato chips, laddoo, vada, jackfruit, samosa
| Fruits | Sweets | Salty snacks |
|---|---|---|
|
banana melon guava jackfruit |
kheer laddoo |
kachori potato chips vada samosa |
B. Words that tell us about someone or something.
C. Choose a word from the box.
brave • polite • selfish • lazy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Pramod doesn’t share his toys with anyone. | selfish |
| 2. The woman saved the boy from the robber. | brave |
| 3. Advait is always lying in bed and doing nothing. | lazy |
| 4. Prerna always wishes everyone in the morning. | polite |
D. Join sentences using and or but.
Listen carefully and tell what happened after that.
๐️ Listen & Repeat
A. Complete the following story.
She lives with her father, mother, grandmother and grandfather in a small village.
Each day _________________________________________________
B. Complete the sentences with because.
B. Notice the first letter.
| Pattern | Answer |
|---|---|
| Carrots → Cut Carrots → Chandu Cut Carrots | C |
| Apples → Ate Apples → Anu Ate Apples | A |
C. Make your own similar sentence.
Example: Riya Reads Red Roses.
Neha Needs New Notes.
Rahul Reads Red Roses.
Materials needed
- An A4 sheet paper
- Pictures of various fruits and vegetables
- Bits and pieces of coloured papers
- Glue
- A pencil or a sketch pen
Steps
- On the A4 sheet, draw fruits or vegetables of your choice like an apple, a mango or a pear.
- Take the sheet of red coloured paper. Make small bits by tearing it.
- Stick the bits of papers on the apple picture you made.
- Likewise, stick the yellow paper or the colour you like in the mango picture.
- You can cover it with any plastic sheet available in your house.
- Your table mat is ready!
Why do we use “because”?
because links an action or statement with its reason or cause.
Draw your favourite fruit for your table mat.
You can draw an apple, mango, pear or any fruit you like.
Click any coloured English word in the chapter, or any word below.
Madhu loves food and enjoys eating different kinds of dishes and snacks.
One day, he shares his food with an old man. The old man is pleased and tells Madhu that he can wish for anything from the tree.
Madhu wishes only for different kinds of food. The tree gives him laddoos, fruits and savouries.
Later, Madhu gets hiccups and wants water. Other drinks do not stop his hiccups.
Madhu finally understands the importance of water and asks for water. His thirst and hiccups stop.
Message: We should understand the value of important things and think carefully before making a wish.
เคฎเคงु เคो เคाเคจा เคฌเคนुเคค เคชเคธंเคฆ เคฅा। เคตเคน เค เคฒเค-เค เคฒเค เคช्เคฐเคाเคฐ เคे เคญोเคเคจ เคเคฐ เคจाเคถ्เคคे เคाเคจा เคाเคนเคคा เคฅा।
เคเค เคฆिเคจ เคตเคน เคฌเคฐเคเคฆ เคे เคชेเคก़ เคे เคจीเคे เคญोเคเคจ เคเคฐ เคฐเคนा เคฅा। เคเค เคฌूเคข़ा เคต्เคฏเค्เคคि เคตเคนाँ เคเคฏा। เคฎเคงु เคจे เคเคธเคे เคธाเคฅ เค เคชเคจा เคญोเคเคจ เคฌाँเคा। เคช्เคฐเคธเคจ्เคจ เคนोเคเคฐ เคฌूเคข़े เคต्เคฏเค्เคคि เคจे เคเคธे เคชेเคก़ เคธे เคोเค เคญी เคเค्เคा เคฎाँเคเคจे เคा เค เคตเคธเคฐ เคฆिเคฏा।
เคฎเคงु เคจे เคेเคตเคฒ เค เคฒเค-เค เคฒเค เคช्เคฐเคाเคฐ เคे เคญोเคเคจ เคी เคเค्เคा เคी। เคเคธे เคฒเคก्เคกू, เคซเคฒ เคเคฐ เคจเคฎเคीเคจ เคीเคें เคฎिเคฒीं।
เคฌाเคฆ เคฎें เคฎเคงु เคो เคนिเคเคी เคเคจे เคฒเคी। เคเคธे เคชाเคจी เคाเคนिเค เคฅा, เคฒेเคिเคจ เคตเคนाँ เคชाเคจी เคจเคนीं เคฅा। เคเคธเคจे เคถเคฐเคฌเคค, เคीเคฐ เคเคฐ เคฌाเคฆाเคฎ เคा เคฆूเคง เคชिเคฏा, เคซिเคฐ เคญी เคนिเคเคी เคจเคนीं เคฐुเคी।
เค ंเคค เคฎें เคฎเคงु เคจे เคชाเคจी เคฎाँเคा เคเคฐ เคธเคฎเค เคเคฏा เคि เคชाเคจी เคा เคोเค เคฆूเคธเคฐा เคชेเคฏ เคตिเคเคฒ्เคช เคจเคนीं เคนो เคธเคเคคा। เคชाเคจी เคชीเคจे เคे เคฌाเคฆ เคเคธเคी เคนिเคเคी เคฐुเค เคเค।
เคฎुเค्เคฏ เคธंเคฆेเคถ: เคนเคฎें เคเคตเคถ्เคฏเค เคीเคों เคा เคฎเคนเคค्เคต เคธเคฎเคเคจा เคाเคนिเค เคเคฐ เคोเค เคญी เคเค्เคा เคเคฐเคจे เคธे เคชเคนเคฒे เค เค्เคी เคคเคฐเคน เคธोเค-เคตिเคाเคฐ เคเคฐเคจा เคाเคนिเค।