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1.2. Discuss the following questions with your friends and teacher.

a. What’s the use of wealth?

b. When is wealth best utilized?
c. Who wins in the long run, those who accumulate wealth or

those who utilize wealth for good works?
d. Is extravagance good during festivals?

1.3. Say which of the following you think is more satisfying.

a. Smriti had a grand party on her birthday. She spent Rs. 40,000

in it. But, Sahara spent only Rs 10,000 in her birthday party
and donated Rs. 20,000 to an orphanage.

b. Mr. Agrawal ordered his servants to carry on their work on
Holy and he enjoyed the festival very much. But, Mr. Golchcha

declared a holiday for the servants, did his work himself for
the day and enjoyed the festival.

c. Simran and Shreya both had Rs. 2,000 to spend on lunch.
Simran went to a Five Star and had a superb lunch with it. But,

Shreya went to an ordinary hotel, had her lunch for Rs. 500 and
bought some food with the remaining 1,500 and distributed to

the street children.

2 Reading Time

Read the story given and do the activities.

TiNy TiM

THERE was once a man who did not like Christmas. His name was Scrooge,
and he was a hard sour-tempered man of business, intent only on saving

and making money, and caring nothing for anyone. He paid the poor, hard-
working clerk in his office as little as he could possibly get the work done

for, and lived on as little as possible himself, alone, in two dismal rooms.

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