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The astrologer muttered a few incantations and replied: “All right. I will speak But will you give me a
rupee if what I say is convincing? Otherwise I will not oper my mouth, and you may do what you like.”
After a good deal of haggling, the othe agreed. The astrologer said: “You were left for dead. Am I right?”
“Ah, tell me more.”
“A knife has passed through you once?” said the astrologer.
“Good fellow!” He bared his chest to show the scar. “What else?”
“And then you were pushed into a well nearby in the field. You were left for dead.”
“I should have been dead if some passer-by had not chanced to peep into th well,” exclaimed the other,
over-whelmed by enthusiasm.
“When shall I get at him?” he asked, clenching his fist. “In the next world,” answered the astrologer. “He
died four months ago in a far off town. You will never see any more of him.” The other groaned on
hearing it. Th astrologer proceeded :
“Guru Nayak-“
“You know my name!” the other said, taken aback.
“As I know all other things. Guru Nayak, listen carefully to what I have to say Your village is two days’
journey due north of this town. Take the next train and be gone. I see once again great danger to your
life if you go from home.” He took out c pinch of sacred ash and held it to him. “Rub it on your forehead
and go home. Never travel southward again, and you will live to be a hundred.”
“Why should I leave home again?” the other said reflectively. “I was only going away now and then to
look for him and to choke out his life if I met him.”
AL. Arrange the sentences according to the sequence in the extract.
(1) The astrologer called the client by the name Guru Nayak.
(2) Guru Nayak believed the astrologer and said that now his enemy was dead he had no reasons to
leave his home.
( 3) The astrologer told his customer that the man who wanted to kill him was dead. (4) The astrologer
haggled for money with his customer.
Ans(4) The astrologer haggled for money with his customer.
(3)The astrologer told his customer that the man who wanted to kill him was dead
(1) The astrologer called the client by the name Guru Nayak.
(2)Guru Nayak believed the astrologer and said that now his enemy was dead he had no reasons
to leave his home.
A2.
Complete the following.
The astrologer advised Guru Nayak to……
(1)____________________
(2)____________________
Ans:-
(i) Take the next train and be gone.
(ii) Never travel southward again .
A3. Complete the table to bring out the contrast in the characters of the Astrologer and Guru Nayak.
behaviour on meeting him again.
Ans
I will feel very agitated and became angry, I might kill him but thinking of my future I will control myself
and ignore him.
A5. Grammar
(i) “A knife was passed through you once?’ asked the astrologer. (Choose the correct alternative to
change the sentence into ‘Indirect Narration.”)
(a) The astrologer declared a knife was passed through him.
(b) The astrologer commented on the knife which was once passed through him.
(c) The astrologer was surprised because a knife was passed through him.
(d) The astrologer asked him whether a knife had passed through him once.
Ans :- (d) The astrologer asked him whether a knife had passed through him once.
(ii) He took out a pinch of sacred ash and held it to him. (Choose the correct alternative to make the
sentence ‘Simple.’)
(a) He held a pinch of sacred ash.
(b) He was taking a pinch of sacred ash and holding it to him.
(c) Taking out a pinch of sacred ash he held it to him.
(d) Taking out a pinch of scared ash and holding it to him.
Ans :- c) Taking out a pinch of sacred ash he held it to him.
A-6- Match the words in table A with their meaning in table B.
