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God in the MirrorLesson-1

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God in the Mirror

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1. Who was Tenali Ramakrishna ?

Ans. Tenali Ramakrishna was a great writer of funny poems.

2. What did Tenali Ramakrishna say to the King during a conversation ?

Ans. During a conversation, Tenali Ramakrishna told the king that people always lie

whenever they get a chance to.

3. What did Krishnadevaraya challenge Tenali Ramakrishna to prove ?

Ans. Krishnadevaraya challenged Tenali Ramakrishna to prove his theory that there

was no one in the world who had never lied.

4. What did Tenali Ramakrishna ask the King to prove his theory ?

Ans. Tenali Ramakrishna asked the king to give him a thousand gold coins and a

year's time to prove his theory.

5. What did Tenali Ramakrishna do with the money ?

Ans. Tenali Ramakrishna built a large, palatial and beautiful house with the money.

6. Who came to Krishnadevaraya in the disguise of a sage ? What did he tell

the King ?

Ans. Tenali Ramakrishna himself came to Krishnadevaraya in the disguise of a sage.

He told the king that he had a beautiful house in which he stood and prayed

everyday and so God appears before him everyday in one of the rooms.

7. Did the two ministers really see the God in the sage's house ?

Ans. No, the two ministers didn't really see the God in the sage's house.

8. What did the King see in the sage's house ?

Ans. The king saw his own image in the mirror in the sage's house.

9. H ow did Tenali Ramakrishna prove that everyone is a liar sometime or the other ?

Ans. Tenali Ramakrishna told the king that one would see God in his house. The king

visited his house but he could not see anything. He told a lie to Tenali

Ramakrishna that he had really seen the God though he hadn't seen anything.

What have you understood ?A

God in the Mirror

a) Answer the following questions.

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B

1. People always lie whenever they get a chance to, according to Tenali

Ramakrishna.

2. Krishnadevaraya had lied several times.

3. Tenali Ramakrishna wanted a thousand gold coins and two years time to

prove his theory.

4. Tenali Ramakrishna saw God everyday in his new beautiful building.

5. According to Tenali Ramakrishna God is visible to those who had a

righteous life and had never lied in their lives.

T

F

F

F

T

Language in Use

1. Come and meet me if you get time.

Come and meet me whenever you get time.

2. Help the needy if you see them suffering.

Help the needy whenever you see them suffering.

3. Get me a blanket if you go to Srinagar.

Get me a blanket whenever you go to Srinagar.

4. Read this book if you get the time.

Read this book whenever you get the time.

5. Bring me some stamps if you go to the post office.

Bring me some stamps whenever you go to the post office.

1. She (had) completed her homework and went out to play.

Having completed her homework, she went out to play.

2. Mala (heard) a door click shut and looked out of the window.

Hearing a door click shut, Mala looked out of the window.

3. He (looked) terribly worried and boarded the train.

Looking terribly worried, he boarded the train.

b) Write T for True statements and F for False Statements.

a) Rewrite the following pairs of sentences using 'whenever'.

b) Rewrite these sentences. Change each underlined clause into a phrase that begins with

the -ing form of the verbs in brackets.

Workbook PartWorkbook Part

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C

4. Mr. Rao (get) down from the bus and walked slowly towards his home.

Getting down from the bus, Mr. Rao walked slowly towards his home.

5. Ravi (change) his dress and slipped under the covers.

Changing his dress, Ravi slipped under the covers.

6. Meena (took) out a book and started to read it.

Taking out a book, Meena started to read it.

Word Know

1. Shakespeare was a ______ dramatist and a poet.

2. There is a ______ mountain near the river.

3. Srinivas was rewarded for his ___________ conduct.

4. He built a ________ house to live in with all his family members.

5. You can see some __________ flowers if you visit our garden.

6. The interiors were in ___________ designs.

7. The Miss World contest last night was a _________ event.

8. There is a ________ reason for Radha's absence.

1. a beautiful, large, palatial house

a large beautiful, palatial house.

2. attractive and colourful interiors

colourful and attractive interiors.

3. a great and beautiful house

a beautiful and great house.

great certain large palatial

beautiful colourful attractive righteous

great

large

righteous

beautiful

attractive

palatial

colourful

certain

a) Read these phrases. Each phrase has two or more adjectives

followed by a noun at the end. But the adjectives in these

phrases are not in proper order. Put them in proper order.

b) Look at the words given below. They are all describing

words/adjectives.

Now complete the following sentences with the words above.

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D

Syllable is a word or a part of word which has at least one vowel sound.

Now divide the remaining words above as shown in the examples. Mark the

stress in each word.

The division of words into several parts help us to pronounce the word easily.

The parts thus divided are called syllables.

Syllables - Stress

attached engaged

conversation affixed

chance beautiful

conver'sation = con.ver.sa.tion

situation disguise

challenge righteous

a'ttached = at. tach.ed

Read these words aloud.

chance = 1 syllable

engaged = en - gaged

affixed = af - fixed

beautiful = beau - ti - ful

situation = sit - u - a - tion

challenge = chal - lenge

disguise = dis - guise

righteous = right - eous

Writing Skills

A stranger - comes - Tenali Ramakrishna's house - claims - lost relative - Tenali -

not remember - but - let him stay - guest.

F

Here is a set of hints on how clever Tenali Ramakrishna is. Use the hints to

write a story in three paragraphs titled 'Choose your Death'.

Suddenly - Tenali had to go - another town - a few days - stranger - spy from

neighbouring kingdom - intention to kill Krishnadevaraya - sends - fake note to King

- in Tenali's handwriting.

King rushes Tenali's house - on reading note - the spy attacks - alert King saves

himself - gets angry with Tenali - harbouring a spy - punishes Tenali to death - asks

Tenali to choose - how do you want to meet your death ? - wish to meet death only in

old age - King and courtiers burst into laughter

One day a stranger came to Tenali Ramakrishna’s house. He claimed to be a

lost relative of Tenali. Tenali did not remember him exactly but let him stay in his

house as a guest.

Suddenly, Tenali has to go to another town for a few days. The stranger, who

was actually a spy from a neighbouring kingdom, intentended to kill

Krishnadevaraya, so, he sent a fake note to king in Tenali’s handwriting.

Choose your seath

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On reading the note, king Krishnadevaraya rushed to Tenali’s house. Using

this chance, the spy attacked the king, but the alert king saved himself. He got

angry with Tenali and punished him to death. He asked Tenali to say how he

wanted to meet his death. Tenali cleverly replied that he wanted to meet death

only in old age. The kind and courtiers burst into laughter on hearing these words.

G Speaking Skills

Form into groups of four students each. Role play the

characters in the story you have just read.

Tenali Ramakrishna : Your Majesty, people always lie whenever they get a chance

to.

King : How can you say that, Tenali ? I have been a king for so many

years, but I have never lied. As far as I know, people lie under

certain situations. They do not lie always as you said.

Tenali : Your Majesty, I have a point that there is no one in the world

who has never lied.

King : Tenali, you are generalising. I, being a king, have never lied

and can never lie.

Tenali : I can prove otherwise, Your Majesty.

King : If so, then I challenge you.

Tenali : Your Majesty, I need a thousand gold coins and a year's time to

prove my theory.

(One year passed. Tenali built himself a beautiful house. He went to King's palace

in the disguise of a sage. Nobody could recognise him)

Tenali : Your Majesty, I have a beautiful house for myself. I stay and

pray there. My devotion has impressed the God. He appears

before me everyday in one of the rooms. I request you to feel

free to see the God for yourself. But he is only visible to those

who had led a righteous life and had never lied in their lives.

Minister : Your majesty, the sage is correct. I saw the God in the wall. I am

so overwhelmed with emotions.

Second Minister : Oh, Your Majesty ! It was a wonderful experience.

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King : Hmm... now I must go and check the truth.

( The king went to the sage's house and stood before the mirror. He too was faced

by his own reflection.)

King(to himself) : According to the sage, only a person, who has never lied, can

see the God in this wall. Now, if I tell him that I haven't seen the

God, he will think that I am a liar.

(He came out of the room and said to the sage: You were right. I saw the God in the

wall. I am feeling so blessed.

Tenali : Your Majesty, are you sure you saw the God ?

King : Yes, I did.

Tenali : You saw God in that wall of the room, didn't you?

King : How dare you suspect my answer ? If you not had been a sage,

I would have killed you.

Tenali : Your Majesty, you had insisted that you as a king would never

lie. Your ministers were liars, but you too behaved like them.

Now do you accept that everyone is a liar sometime or the other ?

( pulling off his

false beard)

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