REWARD OF A KIND ACT: HUNTER & EAGLE
WHAT DID THE HUNTER CATCH IN HIS NET?
EAGLE
IN THE STORY OF GRANDPA TREE AND BIRDS, WHAT DID ONE BIRD SUGGEST WHEN GRANDPA TREE STARTED GETTING WEAK?
TO LEAVE GRANDPA TREE AND GO LOOK FOR NEW HOME.
WILLIAM TELL WAS SKILLED AT WHICH SPORT?
ARCHERY
WHO WAS THE GURU FOR THE PANDAVAS AND KAURAVAS?
GURU DRONACHARYA
WHO WAS BAKAASUR?
HE WAS A RAAKSHAS (DEMON) WHO WOULD EAT HUMANS AND KILL THEM JUST FOR FUN.
WHY DID THE HUNTER LET THE EAGLE FREE?
BECAUSE THE EAGLE TOLD THE HUNTER THAT HIS CHEEKS WERE WAITING FOR HIM TO BRING FOOD AND HIS WIFE WAS SICK.
WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN IT DOES NOT RAIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS?
DROUGHT
WILLIAM TELL WAS FROM WHICH COUNTRY?
SWITZERLAND
WHAT DID YUDISHTIR, AND OTHER KIDS ANSWER WHEN THEY WERE ASKED DURING THEIR ARCHERY TEST ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD SEE?
THEY DESCRIBE THE SURROUNDINGS, THEY SAW BIRD, TREE BRANCHES, FRUITS, SKY, ETC..
WHAT DEAL DID THE VILLAGERS OF EKACHAKRA VILLAGE MAKE WITH BAKAASUR?
THAT EVERY MONTH THEY WOULD SEND A CART LOAD OF FOOD ALONG WITH A PERSON TO EAT, AS LONG AS BAKAASUR DID NOT COME TO THE VILLAGE AND CAUSE HARM.
WHAT DID THE EAGLE STEAL FROM THE HUNTER?
HUNTER'S HAT
WHY WERE THE WHITE CLOUDS UNABLE TO HELP THE BIRDS?
BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT RAIN CLOUDS.
WHY DID WILLIAM TELL HAVE TWO ARROWS WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO SHOOT THE APPLE ON HIS SON'S HEAD?
BECAUSE IF HE MISSED HE HAD SAVED THE SECOND ARROW FOR GESSLER.
WHAT DID ARJUN SAY WHEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT WHAT HE SAW DURING HIS ARCHERY TEST?
HE SAID HE ONLY SEES THE EYE OF THE BIRD AND NOTHING ELSE.
WHY DID BHIM VOLUNTEER TO GO TO BAKAASUR INSTEAD OF THE BRAHMIN FAMILY?
HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE LOVE OF THE BRAHMIN FAMILY. AND THAT FAMILY GAVE BHIM'S FAMILY PLACE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOUSE, SO BHIM WANTED TO RETURN A FAVOR BY DOING THIS.
WHY DID THE EAGLE KEEP RUNNING FARTHER AND FARTHER UP THE HILL WITH THE HUNTER'S HAT?
BECAUSE HE SAW THAT A FLOOD WAS COMING AND DID NOT WANT THE HUNTER TO GET CAUGHT IN THE FLOOD.
WHO DID THE BIRDS GO TO FOR HELP AFTER GOING TO THE WHITE CLOUDS?
THE DARK CLOUDS (THE RAIN CLOUDS)
WHY WAS GESSLER ANGRY AND READY TO PUNISH WILLIAM TELL?
BECAUSE HE DID NOT BOW DOWN TO HIS HAT, THAT WAS ON THE TALL POLE.
WHY WAS ARJUN ABLE TO SEE JUST THE EYE OF THE BIRD AND NOTHING ELSE?
BECAUSE HE HAD GREAT CONCENTRATION POWER
WHAT ARE SOME QUALITIES OF BHIM?
STRONG, LOVING, SELFLESS, PROTECTOR
WHAT LESSON DID THE EAGLE TEACH US?
TO REWARD THE ACT OF KINDNESS, TO APPRECIATE OTHERS AND BE HELPFUL TO OTHERS.
AT THE END OF THE STORY WHO WAS ABLE TO HELP THE BIRDS FOR THEIR GRANDPA TREE?
THE WIND, BECAUSE WIND WAS NEEDED TO PUSH THE RAIN CLOUDS OVER TO GRANDPA TREE
WHAT QUALITIES DOES WILLIAM TELL EXEMPLIFY?
COURAGE, FEARLESSNESS, STANDING UP FOR TRUTH
WHY DID ARJUN START PRACTICING ARCHERY IN THE DARK?
HE REALIZED THAT IF BHIM COULD EAT IN THE DARK, THEN WITH PRACTICE AND CONCENTRATION HE COULD ALSO DO ARCHERY IN THE DARK SO HE STARTED TRAINING HIS SENSES.
WHAT DID BHIM TRY TO EXPLAIN TO BAKAASUR?
THAT HE SHOULD NOT EAT PEOPLE OR BOTHER THEM. HE SHOULD HELP THEM INSTEAD. ALSO, HE SHOULD NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR FREE. INSTEAD, HE SHOULD WORK FOR WHAT HE WANTS.