Once upon a time,
there lived a generous and kind-hearted king. But, the people were not happy
with their king. It was because the king was too lazy and would not do anything
other than eating and sleeping.
He spent days and weeks and months in his
bed either eating something or sleeping. The king became a potato couch and the
people started to worry about the king.
Read the text then finish the sentences below.
1. The people were not
happy even the king is generous and
__________ .
2. The king always eating and __________ .
3. The king spent
days and weeks and months in his bed for eating or sleeping until became __________ couch.
4. People started to
worry because __________
5. Hi enemies made
fun of him ‘__________’ because he was very fat.
One morning, an old wise man, visited the
region of the King. He heard about the ill-health of the king and told the
minister to meet him at his place. When the minister met him, he informed the
minister that he could easily cure the king. Hearing these promising words, the
minister became very happy. He requested the king to meet the holy man to get
rid of the ill health.
The old wise man resided at a distant
place. Because the king could not move his body, the fatty king asked the
minister to bring the holy man to the palace, but the old wise man refused and
ordered to come to meet him.
After strenuous efforts, the king met the old
wise man. The old wise man asked the king to come for treatment every day from
the next day. The old wise man also told the king that he would treat the king
only if he came on foot to his place.
6. The old wise man told the minister that
he could __________
7. The minister requested to the king to
meet __________
8. The fatty king
asked the minister to bring the holy man to the palace because __________
9. The old wise man __________ to come to
the palace.
10. The king met the old wise man after
strenuous __________
11. Begun from that
day, the old wise man asked the king to come for treatment __________
12. The old wise man
only would treat the king if he came __________

Very soon, the king regained his health,
and the people were very happy in his kingdom.
Read
the text then answer the following questions.
13. How long had the king come to the old
wise man place?
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14. Did the king ever meet the holy man
when he went there?
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15.
After that, What did the king realize?
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16. What was the
reason the old wise man asked the king to reach his place by walking?
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17. Why people were
very happy again?
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18. Was the king lost
his weight at last?
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19. What lesson can
you learn from this story?
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20.
What is the suitable title for this story?
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