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Read the following passage.“I am afraid not, “ replied his cousin. “But I found a very nice piece of root today and a tender bit of sugar-cane. I’m sure you will enjoy that.” “Root? Sugar-cane?” the town mouse exclaimed. “But I don’t eat raw food like that.” The country mouse said, “This is what we eat in the country. So, I’m afraid you too have to eat this. Try it. It’s not bad.” The town mouse did not enjoy his dinner at all. He nibbled at the root and the sugar-cane and then said he wanted to sleep. The country mouse showed a corner in the mouse hole and said, “There you are; you can sleep there.” “On the ground?” asked the town mouse. “Do I have to sleep on the ground?”“Yes, this is how we sleep in the country,” his cousin answered. As the town mouse lay down on the hard, cold ground, he suddenly thought of something. “Cousin,” he called out. “Yes, what is it?” the country mouse asked.“Why is it so quiet here? Where are all the cars and lorries? Where are the radios and the televisions? Where are all the lights ?” “This is how it is in the country,” his cousin replied. “It’s always quiet in the country. Sometimes it is quieter than today. My grandfather says that our village is the quietest among all the villages in our district.” “Oh! Is it? The country is a strange place,” said the town mouse. But he said to himself, “I don’t think I like this place.”Now answer the following questions: a) What did the country mouse eat in the country? b) What does the clause ‘I am afraid’ here mean?c) Where did the country mouse sleep? d) What did the town mouse worry about? e) Why did the town mouse not like the country?

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a) The country mouse used to eat raw food like roots and sugar-cane. 

b) ‘I am afraid’ here means ‘sorry’. It is used to express apology; 

c) The country mouse used to sleep on the ground. 

d) The town mouse worried why it was so quiet in the country, why there were no radios and televisions, why there were no cars and lorries, in the country. 

e) There was no delicious food such as bread, jam, fruits and chocolates in the country. There was no comfortable bed to sleep There were no buses and lorries and there was no busy life in the country. Hence the town mouse did not like the country.



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