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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.

     One day he realized that he could not move his body, unable to move his foot. He became very fat and his enemies made fun of him ‘fatty king’. He called various doctor from all over the kingdom, but no one can help him.

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.

Read the text then finish the sentences below.

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 __________

     This was repeated for two weeks and the king never met the holy man and never had any treatment. Suddenly, the king realized that he felt a lot lighter, lost considerable amount of weight. He realized the reason why the old wise man asked him to reach his place by walking.

     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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