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SECTION - III
“Is this story going to end with a moral?” you ask me suspiciously. No, little one, but there is something to learn from everything we see and hear; so hush, while I come to end of the tale.
Explanation:
There came along a poor farmer. He did not have a great life and rains had often failed his crops. During summers, he had to travel great distances to get water for his crops. Even after that much difficulty, his produce was very less. One day after the recent rains, he raised up from his back aching work and saw that the land was becoming dry and brown again. When he saw the whole area view, he spotted the green patch, right next to his miserable land. When he went near the hole to inspect the area, he fell on the ground thankfully, on seeing the green patch with vegetation. The land looked like a bowl of green grass. He had found water for his crops as well, so close to his land. He forgot all his exhaustion and went home swiftly to get his tools like axe and spade. Sometime later, the buffaloes spot had become a neat small pond.
One might think that the story ends here with a moral. But the author says, we have something new to learn from everything that we see and hear. He further says that we will have to wait till he reaches the end of the story.
Meanings of difficult words:
No. | Words | Meanings |
1 | tilled | prepare and cultivate (land) for crops |
2 | meagre | lacking in quantity or quality, scanty |
3 | horizon | the line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet |
4 | verdant | green with grass or other rich vegetation |
5 | raced | move or progress swiftly or at full speed |
6 | pickaxe | a tool consisting of a long handle set at right angles in the middle of a curved iron or steel bar |
Reference:
State Council of Educational Research and Training (2019). Term-3 English Standard-6. Who Owns the Water (pp 71-80). Published by the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation.
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