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Unit - 2 : Prose

True Friendship

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Warm-up Activity:

Task A : All of us have friends. Who is your close
friend? What is special about your friend?
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Share it with your partner.

Task B: Listen to your teacher, reading the
story of Krishna and Sudhama. (Listening
text on page 22 )

Task C: Remember the story of Krishna and

Sudhama. Underline the words in the given
box that refer to the qualities of a good
friend.

cunning, helpful, angry, understanding, bad,
generous, kind, rude, sensitive, impatient

Once upon a time in the city of Syracuse lived two

friends, Damon and Pythias. Both of them were lovers of
truth. However, their king, Dionysius was an evil-minded
ruler. One day, the king heard that Pythias had called him
cruel and had said something against him. So he got very

angry. He announced that Pythias would be punished for
this and hanged.

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