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Check Your Comprehension

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1. What thought came to the king?

2. Write the three questions for which the king wanted to
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3. Was the king satisfied with the answers? If ‘yes’,
why? If ‘no’, why?
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4. Who did the king decide to seek advice from?

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4. One hour passed, then another. The sun went down behind
the trees, and at last the king stuck the spade into the
ground and said, “I came to you, wise man, for answer to
my questions. If you can give no answer, tell me so and I
will return home.”
5. “Here comes someone running,”
said the hermit. The king turned
round and saw a bearded man
running towards them. His hands
were pressed against his stomach,
from which blood was flowing.
When he reached the king, he fainted and fell to the ground.
The king and the hermit removed the man’s clothing and
found a large wound in his stomach. The king washed and
covered it with his handkerchief, but the blood would not
stop flowing. The king re-dressed the wound until at last
the bleeding stopped.

6. The man closed his eyes and lay quiet. The king, tired by his
walk and the work he had done, lay down on the floor and
slept through the night. When he woke up, it was several
minutes before he could remember where he was or who
the strange bearded man lying on the bed was.

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