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NAME THE CHARACTERS OF THE STORY?
HERMIT
KING
THE BEARDED MAN
GIVE 2 ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING THE HERMIT?
FRAIL,WISE
WHO KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?
MAGICIANS
WHEN(IN WHICH TIME) DO WE HAVE ANY POWER?
PRESENT
GIVE MEANING
UNFASTENED
OPENED
GIVE MEANING
EXCUTED
KILLED
GIVE MEANING
COUNCILLORS
ADVISORS
GIVE MEANING
INTENTLY
CAREFULLY
According to the various learned men, who were the most important people?
Councillors, priests, doctors and warriors were some of the most important people, in
the opinion of different learned men.
What arrangements did the king make to meet the hermit?
The king put on simple clothes, left his horse and bodyguards behind, and went alone to meet the hermit.
How did the king help the stranger?
The king washed and bandaged the large wound in the stranger’s stomach several times till the blood ceased flowing.
‘Now rest awhile and let me work a bit.’
Who was the speaker and what was the listener doing?
The hermit was the speaker. The listener was helping the hermit to dig up the beds.
How did the hermit answer the three questions?
According to the hermit, if the king had not pitied his weakness and dug those beds, but had gone his way, that man would have attacked him. So, the most important time was when the king was digging the beds. The hermit was the most important man. To help the
hermit was the king’s most important business.
What surprising confession did the stranger make?
The stranger confessed that he was an enemy of the king who had sworn to revenge himself on him, because the king had executed his brother and seized his property. He knew he had gone alone to see the hermit and resolved to kill the king on his way back. But the day passed and the king did not return. So he came out from his hideout to find him. He came upon the king’s bodyguards, who recognised him and wounded him. He escaped from them and would have bled to death had the king not dressed his wound.
What were some of the answers offered for the first question?
In reply to the first question, some learned men said that one must draw up a table ofdays, months and years, and live strictly according to it. Others declared that it wasimpossible to decide beforehand the right time for every action; one should be attentive to allthat was going on and do what was most needed. Some said that the king should have acouncil of wise men to help him decide the proper time for everything. Yet others said therewere things one had to decide at once, for which one must know beforehand what was goingto happen. Since only magicians knew that, one must consult magicians.
Why did the king speak the lines Below?
‘I do not know you and have nothing to forgive you for.’