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Once upon a time, there lived a poor man in Gaurigaun. His name was Dhan Bahadur. He
was all alone in this world. He had neither relatives nor friends in this universe. He used to
beg for his living. Whatever food he got as alms, he used to eat.

One day, a generous person gave him 5 liters of milk and told him to do better for his
livelihood from it. The poor man brought the milk home and kept it beside him. Then, he
started to make a plan. He would make curd and sell it in the market. Then, he would earn
good money and start a business.

After some time, he went to sleep on his stone-made bed and fell asleep. He began to see
a beautiful dream. He was no longer a poor beggar. He wore beautiful clothes and
expensive jewels. He was the owner of a big dairy, and he himself was its manager.
Hundreds of customers came to his office. He used to sit in the office in the tie and suit. He
purchased many buffaloes and cows. Very soon, the buffaloes and cows had their young
ones. Those young ones grew and became buffaloes and cows. The buffaloes and cows
gave milk. He made a lot of butter and curd from the milk. He sold butter and curd in the
market. Soon, he became richer than ever before. He built a big house for himself. Then he
married a beautiful girl. Soon they had children. The children played around all day making
a noise. He scolded them and asked them to keep quiet. But they wouldn't listen, so he
picked up a stick and ran after them.

Dhan Bahadur began to move his legs rapidly while he was still asleep. In doing so, he hit
the milk pot with one of his legs. The pot which was full of milk broke, and the milk spilled
all over the floor. He woke up and found himself in a pool of milk. He could not think for
a while. He was confused about whether it was a dream or a reality. Was he rich in dream
or reality? Was the milk spilled all over the floor in dream or reality? Very quickly, he came
to know that his castle of dream had crashed. Putting both his hands on his forehead, he
started to weep. All this happened because of his daydreaming.

Ways with words

1. Read the text above and fill in the gaps with the correct word from the list below.

dairy jewels purchased scolded spilled crashed

(a) Bimala ……. a beautiful house.

(b) In her wedding ceremony, she was full of ………

(c) Milk and curd etc. are ……. products.
(d) Karuna ……… her son when he failed in six subjects out of seven.

(e) The car ……….when it collided with a bus.

(f) The water ………. all over the floor since the water tank was leaking.
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