Chapter 17: The Inheritors

 The Inheritors

SUMMARY

A poor farmer has two sons, named Azam and Mozzam. Mozzam was younger than Azam.

When their father died, the boys inherited their property which was consisted of a cow, a date palm tree and a blanket.

Azam the elder brother was very greedy and Mozzam the younger brother was very simple and innocent.

Azam suggested that they should divide the property left by their father. Mozzam agreed and they started to divide the property.

As elder brother was very clever so he kept for him better parts of the property and useless parts were given to his younger brother. For instance the rear part of the cow  and the top of the date palm tree and the blanket at the night was kept by Azam and the front part of cow the trunk and the blanket the day time was given to Mozzam.

This was injustice Mozzam was very trust-worthy so he thought that it was fair distribution.

After distribution Mozzam use to feed the cow and watered the date palm tree and shivered at the night time. On the other hand Azam milked the cow, eat the dates and use to sleep comfortably at the night.

An old man then advised Mozzam that he should be clever too. The advice of the old man had a great affect on Mozzam and he was became alert.

When Azam comes to milk the cow he disturbed her, when Azam climbed the date palm tree he started to cut the trunk, and when Azam came to take the blanket he soaked it. In this way Mazzam compelled his elder brother to feed the cow, water the tree and use blanket jointly at the night.

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q1: What property did two brothers inherited from their father?

Ans. The property which two brothers inherited from their father was consisted of a cow, a date palm tree and a blanket.

Q2:What was suggestions of Azam about the distribution of the property?

Ans. Azam suggested Mozzam they should divide the property verbally.

Q3: Why was Mozzam agreed to the distribution of property?

Ans. Moazzam was very innocent and not clever like Azam so he thought that it was a fair division.

Q4: Who feed the cow and who got the milk?

Ans. Mozzam fed the cow while Azam got the milk.

Q5: Why Azam not give dates to Mozzam?

Ans. Azam did not give dates to Mozzam because the top of the date palm tree belong to him.

Q6: Was blanket of any use to Mozzam?

Ans. No. The blanket was not of any use to Mozzam during the day time.

Q7: What did Mozzam do when Azam milk the cow?

Ans. Azam was milking the cow, Mozzam came and started to hit the cow with a short stick.

Q8: What did Mozzam do when Azam started to pick the fruit from date palm tree?

Ans. When Azam climbed the date palm tree and started to pick the fruit from the tree Mozzam started to cut the trunk with an axe.

Q9: What did Mozzam do to the blanket?

Ans. Moazzam soaked the blanket.

Q10: What did Azam say to Mozzam about the blanket?

Ans. Azam said to Mozzam about the blanket that from the next night they would share it at the night.

            SOLVED EXERCISES FORM THE BOOK

B. Learn the meaning and spellings of the following words form the lesson and use ten of them in your own sentences.

Words	Sentences
Advice	An old man advised Moazzam to become alert.
Axe	Moazzam started to cut the trunk by an axe.
Cheat	Azam cheated Moazzam by doing injustice.
Clever	Azam was very clever brother.
Consists	The property inherited by both the brothers was consisted of a cow, a date-palm tree and a blanket.
Content	He is a contented man.
Date-Palm	Azam used to pick the fruit from date-palm tree.
Delighted	I am delighted to hear the news of your success.
Divide	Both the brothers decided to divide the property inherited from their father.
Division	The British Government announced the division of India on 3rd June 1947.

C. Fill the blanks in the following sentences by choosing the words form the list given below (Use book for the words.).

1. Their Mother had died in their childhood.

2. His younger brother Moazzam was simple and trusting.

3. Azam the elder brother was very clever and greedy.

4. Azam suggested that they should divide the property.

5. We shall divide it verbally.

6. Moazzam was delighted with the generosity of his elder brother.

7. It shall be mine only from Sunset to Sunrise.

8. Now Moazzam would feed the cow and Azam will milk it.

9. He did not offer even a single date to his younger brother.

10. Moazzam was quite content with it.

11. Azam enjoyed a deep sleep under the warm blanket.

D. Make nouns from the following verbs and use them in your sentences.

Verbs	Nouns
Die	Death
Advise	Advice
Divide	Division
Suggest	Suggestion
Agree	Agreement
Feed	Food

E. Make nouns from the following objectives

Adjectives	Nouns
Clever	Cleverness
Greedy	Greediness
Generous	Generosity
Stupid	Stupidity
Innocent	Innocence
Simple	Simplicity
Young	Youth

 

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