ENGLISH • PETALS-5 • CLASS 5
CHAPTER 6
🌾 THE CLEVER FARMER
Cleverness • Farming • Crops • Grammar • Landforms
Let us Read — The Clever Farmer
🌾 The Clever Farmer 🌾
👨🌾 🌾 🐂 🐂
This is a story of a clever farmer,
who lives on the hillside where farmers
do terrace farming.
Once a farmer bought a field near a
hillside
.
He then bought a pair of
bullocks
and began
ploughing
his field happily.
Hardly had he ploughed half of the field when a tall man came and cried out angrily , “Hey, you there, my house is at the foot of this hill. What are you doing on my terrace ?”
Hardly had he ploughed half of the field when a tall man came and cried out angrily , “Hey, you there, my house is at the foot of this hill. What are you doing on my terrace ?”
“Please do not get angry, be
calm
,”
replied the farmer.
He said further,
“I am ploughing the field to
sow
the seeds.
When I grow the
crop
,
I shall share the
harvest
with you every year.
One year you take what grows below
the ground and the next year you take
what grows above the ground.”
The tall man was
pleased
.
He had no idea of the farmer’s plan
of
fooling
him.
The first year, the farmer
sowed
wheat.
He took all the wheat as it grew
above the ground and gave the roots
to the tall man which were below
the ground.
The tall man got
angry
.
He told the farmer that the next time
he would take the part which would
grow above the ground.
The farmer agreed.
The next year the farmer grew
groundnuts
.
When the crop was ready, the farmer
took all the groundnuts as it grew below
the ground.
The poor tall man got only the leaves
which were above the ground.
In this way the tall man was
fooled
by the farmer again.
🌟 Moral of the Story
Cleverness is not wisdom.
कहानी की सीख:
केवल चालाकी को बुद्धिमानी नहीं कहा जा सकता।
सरल हिंदी भाव
एक किसान ने पहाड़ी के पास एक खेत खरीदा।
उसने बैलों की एक जोड़ी खरीदी और खेत जोतने लगा।
एक लंबे आदमी ने उसे अपने खेत की सीढ़ीदार जमीन
पर काम करने से रोका। किसान ने शांत होकर उससे
फसल बाँटने की बात कही। पहले वर्ष किसान ने गेहूँ
बोया और ऊपर का भाग अपने पास रखकर जड़ें उसे दे दीं।
अगले वर्ष किसान ने मूँगफली उगाई और जमीन के नीचे
उगने वाली मूँगफली अपने पास रख ली, जबकि ऊपर के
पत्ते उस आदमी को दे दिए। इस प्रकार किसान ने उसे
फिर चकमा दिया।
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किसी भी शब्द पर क्लिक करें और जानें: Pronunciation • Hindi Meaning • Easy Usage
Comprehension Questions
a
Where did the farmer live?
The farmer lived on the hillside where
farmers did terrace farming.
किसान उस पहाड़ी क्षेत्र में रहता था जहाँ
किसान सीढ़ीदार खेती करते थे।
b
Which type of farming is done on the hillside?
Terrace farming is done on the hillside.
पहाड़ी क्षेत्र में सीढ़ीदार खेती की जाती है।
c
Why was the tall man angry?
The tall man was angry because he thought
the farmer was working on his terrace.
लंबा आदमी इसलिए नाराज़ था क्योंकि उसे लगा
कि किसान उसकी सीढ़ीदार जमीन पर काम कर रहा था।
d
Who pleased the tall man and how?
The farmer pleased the tall man by promising
to share the harvest with him every year.
किसान ने हर वर्ष फसल बाँटने का वादा करके
लंबे आदमी को प्रसन्न कर दिया।
e
Who was cleverer, the farmer or the tall man?
Give reasons.
The farmer was cleverer because he planned
carefully and fooled the tall man twice.
किसान अधिक चालाक था क्योंकि उसने सोच-समझकर
योजना बनाई और दोनों वर्षों में लंबे आदमी को
चकमा दिया।
f
The farmer bought ________.
g
Name two crops which grow above the ground
and below the ground.
Wheat grows above the ground, while
groundnuts grow below the ground.
गेहूँ जमीन के ऊपर उगता है, जबकि मूँगफली
जमीन के नीचे उगती है।
Word Power — Fill in the Blanks
Word Bank:
clever • fooled • crop • sowed • pair
a.
The farmer ______ seeds in the soil.
b.
He taught his dog some ______ tricks.
c.
The rice ______ was damaged by the flood
this year.
d.
Rohan purchased a ______ of gloves
from the market.
e.
I am not going to be ______ once again
by the shopkeeper.
Language Practice — Helping Verbs
Fill in the blanks with the correct helping verbs: is / am / are.
a. This
Mrs. Cow's classroom.
b. Two bunny rabbits
sitting on the first bench.
c. The calf-elephant
sitting on the last bench.
d. “I
the monitor,” says the puppy.
e. The piglet and the cub
punished by Mrs. Cow.
f. They
punished for not doing their homework.
g. Mrs. Cow
writing alphabets on the board.
h. “I
sorry,” says the kitten when she drops
her bag.
Grammar Tip:
“is” का प्रयोग सामान्यतः एक व्यक्ति या वस्तु
के साथ, “am” का प्रयोग “I” के साथ और
“are” का प्रयोग बहुवचन subjects के साथ किया जाता है।
Activity — Different Landforms
Draw the images of different landforms given below on a chart paper.
Valley
घाटी
Mountain
पर्वत
Island
द्वीप
Plateau
पठार
Hill
पहाड़ी
Plain
मैदान
गतिविधि:
चार्ट पेपर पर अलग-अलग landforms के चित्र
बनाइए और उनके नाम लिखिए।
Quick Revision
1. Where did the farmer buy a field?
किसान ने खेत कहाँ खरीदा था?
2. Which animals did the farmer buy?
किसान ने कौन-से जानवर खरीदे?
3. Which crop did the farmer grow in the first year?
किसान ने पहले वर्ष कौन-सी फसल उगाई?
4. Which crop did he grow the next year?
अगले वर्ष उसने कौन-सी फसल उगाई?
5. What is the moral of the story?
कहानी की सीख क्या है?