The Seed

Real English Class -5

Answer the questions.

1. How do we know that the emperor had down load?

Ans : The emperor’s dark braid had turned into white colour. So we knew that the emperor had grown old.

2. What did the emperor decide to do when he felt that his heirs were lazy?

Ans : The emperor decided to choose his successor from outside the family, when he realised that his heirs were lazy.                                      

3 . The townsmen were shocked by the emperor’s words. What shocked them.

Ans : The townsmen were shocked by the emperor’s announcement that the next emperor would be one of the townsmen.

4 . What did the emperor give the townsmen? What did he want them to do?

Ans : The emperor gave each of the townsmen a seed to plant and asked them to bring back grown plants to the temple after a year.

5 . What did Chun’s mother give him?

Ans : She gave him a beautiful blue-and-white porcelain bowl.

6 . Why was Chun worried about his seed?

Ans : Chun was worried about his seed because, it did not sprout.

7 . Chun said, I failed;  Had he really failed? Give reasons for your answer.

Ans : No, he did not fail. It was the seed that was boiled and boiled seed could not grow. He was successful and selected as the next emperor by the king.

8 . Do you think the emperor really was a wise man? Give reasons for your answer.

Ans : Yes, the emperor was really a wise man because he gave boiled seed to everyone and wanted to see that who is honest in his town, so that he could choose a successor for his throne.