Three Questions
Follow the solved example to complete this cause and effect chart, based on the events in the story
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Cause
The king was not satisfied with
the answers he received to
each
To find answers to three
questions, the King decided to
consult a hermit who was
known for his wisdom but who
lived in a forest which he never
left and he welcomed only
common folk.
The hermit was frail and was
tired. Hence the king offered a
help in digging.
The king was very tired from his
walk to hermit’s cottage and
the work of digging which he
had done for the wise hermit.
The wounded man was an
enemy of the king who wanted
to take revenge with the king
for wrongly taking away his
property. As he knew that the
king had gone alone to see the
hermit, he planned to ambush
him on his way back.
Effect
The king did not give the
reward to anyone.
The king dressed in ordinary
clothes, left his horse and
bodyguards behind and walked
alone to the hermit's cottage.
The king took the spade from
the hermit and began digging
The king fell asleep on the
threshold of the hermits
cottage
The wounded man asked the
king to forgive him.
Q6. Describe the changes in the wounded man’s feelings for the king. What brought about this
change?
The wounded man was an enemy of the king and wanted to take revenge with the king for wrongly
taking away his property. However, while running away, he fell down and was wounded. The king
nursed him and the man realised that he would have bled to death, had the king not nursed him.
Although he wished to harm the king, the king saved his life and with a sense of gratitude, the man
decided to serve him faithfully for his entire life.
Q7. In the story it says that the hermit was renowned for his wisdom. Would you agree that the
hermit was a wise man? Support your answer with close reference to the story.
The hermit was indeed a wise man because he gave appropriate answers to the king for all his three
questions. He explained to the king that the most important time is our present because it is the
only moment when we have the power to act. Secondly, the most important person is ourselves
because the future is unpredictable and the third thing that we need is to do good to others because
we have been sent in this world to serve this noble cause.
Q 8Stories are narrated. Every Story has a narrative point of view. If a story is told by a character
the story we call it the first person point of view. If the story is narrated by a narrator who is part
of the story then we call it the third person point of view. Which narrative point of view does the
story "Thc Three Questions' have: first or third?
The story Three Questions has a the third person point of view.
Seeing the king, he greeted him and went on digging
a. Who went on digging?
b. What was this person digging?
c. Why had the king approached this person?
Answer
a. The wise hermit went on digging.
b. The hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut.
c.As the hermit was known for his wisdom, the king decided to consult the hermit to get
answers for his three questions. .