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Then, the king offered the shepherd a silver forest, a golden lake

and a castle full of diamonds. Each time, the
shepherd refused to say ‘Bless You’ to the king tempting highly attractive
(offer)
for each of the tempting offers. He insisted tenacity determination to
that he would say ‘Bless You’ only on marrying continue what one is doing

the king’s daughter.

Now, the king was greatly impressed by the shepherd’s tenacity. He

would tell the king “No, I refuse to say those words First, I must get
married to the princess.” So, the king agreed to fulfill his demand.

Finally, a huge royal wedding was organised and as wedding presents,
the shepherd got the silver forest, the golden lake and the diamond

palace.

The shepherd’s parents also came to stay in the palace. Henceforth,

whenever the king sneezed, the shepherd would say ‘Bless You’ each
time and he lived happily ever after.

—Adapted from a Hungarian folktale

Read and Understand

A. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

1. The poor boy left and set out to .

2. Whenever the sneezed, were supposed to say ‘Bless You”.

3. The king was when the shepherd asked for his in
marriage.

4. Finally, the agreed and the shepherd got married to .

5. Later, the shepherd’s also came to stay with him in .

B. Read these lines and answer the questions that follow. • Reference to context

1. “The shepherd is nowhere to be seen.”

a. Who said these words and to whom?

b. What was the speaker doing just before these words were spoken?

c. Where did the speaker decide to go next?

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