1. A Very Warm and Gracious Good Morning Dear friends M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

2. An Old Man and the Child A Story of Love and Hatred Presented by M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India M K Mishra TGT English

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 nose Mosque Temple M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

8. 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

9. 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 will have to run from here just now, otherwise I will lose my 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

10. 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

11. Fainted Fell down and Lost his sense M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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. Rubbed Relieved Shocked M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

15. and all who saw me came to visit me. Neighbours Strangers Villagers M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

16. 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

17. Oh, Grandfather, 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

18. 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

19. Reptiles have scales on their bodies and they lay eggs. Reptiles Turtle Snake Crocodile Turtle Turtle Crocodile Lizard Lizard Crocodile Lizard M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

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

21. The President of the Reptiles Mr Makara Too Proud Too Selfish Too Foolish M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

22. One day he called out a meeting of the reptiles. Mr Turtle A Message for you Leave 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

23. Clumsy Mr Lizard A Message for You Leave out the forest tomorrow because you look too clumsy. You too don’t match with our community. Next time he did the same with the lizards. M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

24. Mr Snake A Message for You Leave 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 there was the turn of the snake. M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. One of the old relatives of Makara suggested him . Makara, call all the reptiles back into the forest again. Otherwise we too cannot survive without them M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

29. Makara realised his mistake and passed an order immediately. My Dear reptiles I 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

30. Life in the forest became normal. They all started living happily again. Turtle Snake Crocodile Turtle Turtle Crocodile Lizard Lizard Crocodile Lizard M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. Here are some of the examples of prefixes. Words Prefixes un timely im im possible un dis dis able Won’t you like to do some more exercises on Prefixes ? M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

36. Thank You All & Have a Nice Day M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

37. Wisdom The ability to make good judgment Saraswathi is the goddess of wisdom . M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

38. 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

39. Mosque A 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

40. Vehemently This child shows his anger so vehemently. Cruelly, fiercely, violently M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

41. Worries Doubts, 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

42. Clumsy awkward This lizard looks very clumsy. I don’t like clumsy reptiles . M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

43. 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

44. Heal to 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

45. Relieved to 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

46. Rub Massage 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

47. Shocked Upset Something bad has happened with this chimpanzee. So he looks shocked . M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

48. Storehouse Storeroom This is a storehouse where many types of articles can be stored. M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

49. 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

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51. Wound Cuts, Injury, Sore This wound looks very deep. M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

52. Try Again M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India

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

54. 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

55. M K Mishra, TGT English J N V Borai, Durg, India Thrilled Feeling intense pleasurable excitement, excited, overjoyed, elated She felt thrilled when she got the message of her selection in Medical.