M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

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M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

This lesson intends to help the children

•Read English language rapidly and understand the contents. They must also respond to the queries based on the content.

•Learn some new words

•Identify Nouns

•Understand the use of Prefixes

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

My Dear children

I am an old man. I live in a village. Usually people ignore me. But, you know, I am a storehouse of experience, love and wisdom.

Wisdom

StorehouseM K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Why not, my dear, Grandfather ? Open the secrets and let this world know what they have.

You know, my

white hair and

these beards

hide a lot of

secrets. Don’t

you want to

share what they

have?

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

I will definitely tell you something very special but tell me about yourself first.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

How sweet is my village!

Well, I am Prem. I live in a village. People of my village belong to many communities. They don’t live happily. They poke their noses in other’s business. You know, last night what happened ? People of my village went mad. Why ? Because far away in a place a temple and a mosque had been burnt down. And they started fighting with one another here in this village.

Poke noseMosque

Temple

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Oh! What have they done to

my house?

How mad of them! They have

set my village on fire. My

house is burning too.

They fought vehemently. And finally they set fire to the village. Everyone’s house was on fire. All of them ran to save their lives. Only I was left alone in my village. Finally my house was put to fire too.

Vehemently

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Oh! I could save my these clothes only. Well, I need to run away from here now, else they may kill me too.

But I w

ill have

to

run fr

om here ju

st

now, oth

erwise

I

will lo

se m

y life

.

And he ran and ran and ran

till he caught a train and bus

and many more means to go

far away from there. And then

finally he reached to a village

well.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

I shall say them my worries. Will they listen to me ? But before he could say something he…….

Worries

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

FainteFaintedd

Fell

Fell

downdown

and

Lost his

Lost his sensesense

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

I remained there for sometimes in my same condition. Then an old man like you with white hair, white beard and dark eyes came to me. He put some sweets in my mouth and gave a glass of cold water.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

I woke up and found that man near me. He called me his son. How happy I felt, I cannot tell my happiness in words. How

fine this old

man is !

My dear child, love and

sympathy

bring kindness and peace

on earth .

My son, I hope now you are fine.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Then he took me to his house.

He gently rubbed my legs. The pain of my legs was gone. I felt relieved.

He asked me

about my

whereabouts.

I told him

truthfully

everything.

He was shocked to listen to my story.

RubbedRelievedShocked

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

and all who saw me came to visit me.

Neighbour

s Strangers

Villagers

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Tell me, grandfather,

why do people fight with those who

pray to another gods

in my village ?

I have never

seen people like

the villagers

here in my life!

But here……this seems a very strange place !

Prem, I will tell you a story of

Pambutatti. You can take this

story back to your village. May be it

will heal the wounds of the people of your

village.

Heal

Wound

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Oh, Grandfat

her, don’t say

that. I never

want to go back to my

village. But that’s exactly why you must go

back.

I won’t argue him now. I want to hear his story.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

It happened a long, long ago.

So long ago that there were no schools and

no teachers. Children lived in caves with their parents. At that time

there were no tigers or

elephants in Pambupatti

forest. There were only reptiles.

The old man narrates

the story.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Reptiles have scales on their bodies and they lay eggs.

Reptiles

Turtle Snake

Crocodil

e

Turtle

Turtle

Crocodile

LizardLizard

Crocodile

Lizar

d

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Grumpy

Every month the reptiles of

Pambupatti had a big meeting.

Everyone came in this meeting.

They looked all grumpy because they were all out

of water. The President of these

meetings was Makra, the

biggest crocodile of the forest.

Makar

a

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

The President of the Reptiles

Mr Makara

Too

Proud

Too Selfish

Too Foolish

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

One day he

calle

d out a

meeting of

the re

ptiles.

Mr Turtle A Message for

youLeave out the

forest within a

week because you

are too slow. You

don’t match with

our community.

And no ifs and

buts. Do as I command you.

I must expel out these nonsense fellows from my forest.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Clumsy

Mr Lizard A Message for

YouLeave out the

forest tomorrow

because you look

too clumsy. You

too don’t match

with our community.

Next ti

me h

e did

the

sam

e with

the li

zard

s.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Mr SnakeA Message for

YouLeave out the

forest today itself

because you are

too poisonous. It

is highly risky to

survive with you.

Besides you don’t

match with our

community.

Now ther

e was t

he turn

of the s

nake.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

They all left the forest with their heavy hearts. But they had to follow the orders of Makara, the Leader of the Reptiles.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Now, Makara, with his relatives, lived in the forest happily. There were no other animals.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

But their happiness didn’t last long. Soon the odds started happening.

There were bad smells of the dead bodies in the water. Turtles used to eat them up.

Rats became bold because there was no snake to swallow them up.

Ants started moving here and there. Sometimes an army of ants marched over their bodies.

Life became unbearable for them in the absence of these animals.

Odds

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

One of the old

relativ

es of M

akara

suggeste

d him

.

Makara, call all the reptiles back into the

forest again. Otherwise we too cannot survive

without themM K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Makara realise

d his mista

ke

and passed an order

immediately. My Dear reptilesI repent for my

arrogance. I hereby make a

request from you

all to return back

to your forest again. I promise

you never to abuse. Makara

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Life in the forest became normal. They all started living happily again.

Turtle Snake

Crocodil

e

Turtle

Turtle

Crocodile

LizardLizard

Crocodile

Lizar

d

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

So my dear son, each member of the community is of some value. We must live with cooperation in order to let others also live happily. And this is the secret of life we must never forget. Oh,

what a

great story

!M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Dear son, how touching your story is ! I am really thrilled to listen to it. I will tell about myself some other day. But this has taught me a lesson too.

What lesson, grandfather ?

What you told

right now.

Thrilled

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Now, some talks about the lesson

Find out five nouns from the lesson.Make your own sentence with the word ‘leader’

Why did Makara make the snake out of the forest ?

What do beards of an old man hide ?Why did Prem faint at the village well ?

Why did Makara request all the reptiles to return to forest again ?

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

What moral does this lesson teach us?

We must poke our noses into other’s business.

We must fight with each other.

We must live with cooperation in order to let others also live happily. And this is the secret of life.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Here are some of the examples of prefixes.

Words Prefixes

untimely i

mimpossible

un

disdisable

Won’t you like to do some more exercises on Prefixes ?

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Wisdom

The ability to make good judgment

Saraswathi is the goddess of wisdom.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Poke nose

To create disturbance to others

We must never poke our noses in somebody’s matter.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

MosqueA Place of worship for Muslims

Md Karim everyday goes to mosque for his prayers.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Vehemently

This child shows his anger so vehemently.

Cruelly, fiercely, violently

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

WorriesDoubts, fears

We should not worry about everything.

This man is worried because his car has fallen down in gully.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Clumsy

awkwardThis lizard looks very clumsy.

I don’t like clumsy reptiles.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Grumpy

Irritable, ill-tempered

He is very grumpy. How are you? Are you grumpy too?

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Healto make or become well again, especially after a cut or other injury

It seems his wound is healing now.

Children’s wound heal quickly.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Relievedto provide relief for a bad situation

He may be relived from the headache after this treatment.If somebody rubs our head like such we feel relieved of the headache.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

RubMassage

The old man rubbed the legs of the boy.

Rubbing the legs relieves one for from the leg pain.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Shocked

Upset

Something bad has happened with this chimpanzee. So he looks shocked.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

StorehouseStoreroom

This is a storehouse where many types of articles can be stored.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Temple

A Place of worship for the Hindus

The Hindus worship their gods in the temples.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Wound

Cuts, Injury, Sore

This wound looks very deep.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

Odd Different one

The bird among the four is the odd one because rest three are the reptiles.

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

ThrilledFeeling intense pleasurable excitement, excited, overjoyed, elatedShe felt thrilled when she got the message of her selection in Medical.