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f. Birbal quietly entered into the Pandit's bedroom and
tickled his ear with a feather. Pandit, half awake,
shouted out words in his mother tongue.

C4.1. The title of the story is “The Scholar’s Mother
Tongue”. Work with your partner and think of some
other suitable titles.

2. suppose you are Birbal in the story. Write a few
sentences on

a. How you would find out the scholar’s mother tongue?
b. What you would use to tickle the Pandit’s ear with
other than a feather?

let's speak

Here is another story that shows Birbal’s wisdom.
With the help of the clues given below, discuss the story
with your friends and narrate it :

One day Akbar asked the courtiers ................
what punishment to be given to the person who pulled
his beard................ courtiers...................... different
opinions............... to kill under the feet of elephant..............
Akbar got bored........... asked Birbal ................ Birbal
said............. you should offer sweets ............. courtiers
surprised ......... Akbar pleased ............. asked Birbal the
reason .......... Birbal explained ............. none other than
the prince would be bold enough to touch his beard ............
Akbar rewarded him.

let's Practise Words :

v1. fill in the blanks with the opposites of the underlined
words :
1. We are in the same class, but have ____ opinions about
the teacher.

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