THREE QUESTION, by Leo Tolstoy
WORD MEANING
1. avoid – escape, ignore
2. convinced – believed, certain
3. reward – prize, gift
4. necessary – need, require
5. advance – before, early
6. declare – to say, announce
7. absorbed – engrossed, submerged
8. essential – basic, necessary, urgent
9. decide – ascertain, think, judge
10. councillor – administrator, advisor
11. occupation – work, job, profession
12. warfare – battle, fight
13. wisdom – knowledge
14. dismounted – got down, descended
15. hermit – priest, holy man
16. spade – tool with which one digs ground
17. struck – hit
18. resumed – continued, start once again
19. stretched – extended, spread
20. awhile – for sometime
21. drove (drive) – cast
22. fainted – became unconsciousness, weakened
23. moaning – making noise in deep pain
24. feebly – weak, tired
25. unfastened – untied
26. gazing – looking at, staring
27. swore (swear) – promise, oath
28. revenge – reaction, hit back
29. executed – put to death
30. seized – grabbed, taken, looted
31. recognized – realized, understood, identified
32. glad – happy
33. gained – obtained, profited
34. sowing – planting
35. approached – came, appeared
36. escape – avoid, run away
37. pitied – mercy, showing sympathy
38. proclamation – announcement, declaration
39. frail – weak, feeble
40. recovered – returned to life from illness, restored
41. intently – with full attention
42. resolved – determined, committed
43. ambush – trap, a hidden position from which a surprise attack is made
44. crouching – squatting, sitting on one’s heels
A. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
1. What were the three questions that the King asked?
He asked these three questions.
What is the right time.
Who is the right person.
What is the right job.
2. What did he do to find the answers to his questions?
He, announced reward to
anyone who could answer his questions correctly and when he was not convinced
by any of those answers, he decided to consult a hermit who lived in the
forest.
3. Was he satisfied with the answers he received? Why/ Why not?
No, he was not satisfied because
they all answered his questions differently and and he was not able to come to
any conclusion.
4. Whom did the King finally approach for the answers?
The King finally, in a simple clothes, approached to an old hermit who was living in the forest.
5. Describe the train of events that took place when the King was
waiting for he answers.
He helped the hermit digging the ground and nursed the strange bearded man hoping to get the answer.
B. CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTIONS TO COMPLETE
THESE SENTENCES.
1. The bearded man fainted because
a. he was tired of running too long.
b. he was badly wounded in the stomach. (✔)
c. he was frightened when he saw the King.
d. all of the above
2. The bearded man wanted to kill
the King because
a. the King had taken away his kingdom.
b. the King had abducted his wife.
c. the King had executed his brother. (✔)
d. all of the above
3. The hermit answered the King’s
questions
a. by giving him a suitable example from his own life. (✔)
b. as soon as the King came to the hut.
c. in the night before the King fell asleep.
d. none of the above
C. THINK AND ANSWER.
1. “You have already been answered!” Explain this statement.
Rather than getting the answers of his questions from the hermit, the King actually experienced his own answers when faced by different situations. In different situation he acted differently with different persons.
2. How did the hermit teach the King a lesson? What was this lesson?
The hermit tells the King that all the answers are within himself. By helping the wounded man and by spending time with the hermit he gets to know the answer to his questions which he got through self-realization. He learned to do good to others without thinking about own-self.
3. What was your reaction to this story? Did you enjoy it? Would you recommend it to a friend? Why?
(EVERYONE MUST ATTEMPT HIS/HER OWN ANSWERS)
4. What opinion have you formed about the bearded man, the King's
enemy?
The bearded man, although represented here as King's enemy, is infact a good person. He wanted to revenge his brother's killing by killing the King. I do not think anything is wrong in that. Anyone would do the same for loss of the loved ones. But his greatness lies in his ability to understand the kindness of the King and his willingness to serve the King, who has saved him from dying.
D. DISCUSS IN THE CLASS.
1. Based on this story, what do you think is the important of
empathy and compassion in one's life?
After reading this story I understand the importance of empathy and compassion in our life. They can melt hatred into love and harmony; revenge into friendship. The old bearded man, filled with avenging his brother's killing, had come to kill the King. The same man, ultimately we find, is willing to serve the King, because he has experienced the empathy and compassion of the King. Such is their power.
2. Do you think that the present is the most important time? Why/
Why not?
The present time is the most important time because only in the present time we can do and act upon something to effect the future. Our present performance can change everything in the future.
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