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Read the following passage. The town mouse and the country mouse were cousins. They often wrote to each other. Receiving the invitation from the country mouse, the town mouse packed his bags and caught the next train to the countryside. The day was bright and sunny and soon the town mouse began to feel hot in the train.“I wish there was an air-conditioned coach,” he said to himself. “I feel very uncomfortable here”. However, there was nothing he could do about it. So, he grumbled to himself while the train chugged slowly into the country. The country mouse was waiting at the station. “Oh, cousin,” the town mouse said as soon as he got off the train. “The train was dreadful, I feel terribly hot and thirsty. I hope you have something ice cold for me to drink at home.” “Well,’ I have some water,” said the country mouse. “But I can look around for .some coconut water if you like.” “Coconut water?” asked the town mouse in ’horror. “Don’t you have any orange juice or lemonade?”Now, answer the following questions.a) Describe how the town mouse felt in the train. b) Why is the town mouse travelling to the countryside?c) “Coconut water?” asked the town mouse in horror. “Don’t you have any orange juice or lemonade?” Based on the above lines from the passage, what can we say about the town mouse? d) What food was arranged by the country mouse for the town mouse? e) Why was the town mouse feeling thirsty?

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a) The town mouse felt hot and uncomfortable in the train. He wished that there was an air- conditioned coach in the train. But he couldn’t do anything about it. 

b) The country mouse invited the town mouse to visit the countryside. So, the town mouse was travelling to the countryside. 

c) The town mouse was enjoying the varieties of food and luxuries available in the town. It felt strange as the countryside did not have those facilities. The town mouse was not happy and could not adjust with the simple and natural things of country life. He wanted to have all the luxurious items. 

d) A nice piece of root and a tender bit of sugarcane was arranged for dinner. 

e) The town mouse felt thirsty because he had travelled in a train on a sunny day and was feeling hot.



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