(xxiii) Read the accompanying passage carefully and answer the inquiries given at the end

(xxiii) Read the accompanying passage carefully and answer the inquiries given at the end. 

A tailor ran a shop in a bazaar. An elephant used to go to the stream through that bazaar. The tailor gave him a bun everyday. One day the tailor pricked a needle into the storage compartment of the elephant. The elephant became angry yet left. On return he filled his trunk with sloppy water. On reaching the shop of the tailor he put his trunk into it and squirted the grimy water into the shop of the tailor. All the fine and new dresses of his clients were ruined. He was extremely upset for annoying the elephant however it was no utilization crying over split milk.

QUESTIONS

Where did the elephant go everyday?

What did the tailor give him?

What mistake did the tailor make one day?

What did the elephant do after drinking water?

How did the elephant rebuff the tailor for his mistake?

What is the moral of the story?

ANSWERS

The elephant used to go to the stream everyday.

The tailor gave him a bun everyday.

The tailor pricked a needle into the storage compartment of the elephant one day.

After drinking water, the elephant filled his trunk with sloppy water.

On reaching the shop of the tailor, the elephant put his trunk into it and squirted the filthy water on the fine and new dresses of the tailor's clients.

(I) As you sow, so shall you reap

(ii) Tit for tat

(iii) It is pointless to cry over spilt milk.