Listen to and read the story, The Hen that laid Golden Eggs and answer the questions given below:
Once upon a time, there was a farmer who had a wonderful hen . It laid a golden egg everyday. Each morning , the farmer went to the marketplace and sold the eggs for a great deal of money. Soon the farmer grew rich. However, the richer he grew, the greedier he became. So he fed the hen nice corn with the hope that she would lay two golden eggs everyday. But to the farmer’s utter dismay, the hen laid only one golden egg every day. He tried everything, but the hen continued to lay just one golden egg.
One morning, the farmer thought, “If this hen lays golden eggs, then her insides may be of gold. I must cut her open and get all the golden eggs at once.” And with a sharp knife, the greedy farmer cut the poor hen.
To his utter surprise, the farmer found that his hen’s insides were like any other hen’s.
- What did the farmer have?
- What did it lay everyday?
- What did the farmer do with the golden egg everyday?
- Was the farmer satisfied?
- What more did he want from the hen?
- What did the farmer do to satisfy his greed?
- What did he find inside the hen?
- What do you learn from this story?
Choose the correct word:
- The farmer had a dreadful/wonderful hen.
- It laid a silver/golden egg everyday.
- The farmer sold the egg for a little/great deal of money everyday.
- Soon the farmer grew very poor/rich.
- The farmer became generous/greedy.