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6. The old woman gathered the roots of the dandelions to make __________ for the sick people.

(a) tea (b) juice (c) cake (d) snacks

B. Fill in the blanks.

1. As the weather changed, many trees showed their pink and white __________.

2. __________ was the only valuable thing in the world, according to the apple blossom.

3. The apple blossom asked a __________ what its name was.

4. The apple blossom thought that the __________ did not have a beautiful name.

5. The old woman sold leftover dandelion roots to buy __________ for the children.

C. Write T for true and F for false statements.

1. This story of the apple blossom is set in the month of May.

2. When the weather changed, trees started shedding their flowers.

3. The apple blossom really liked the dandelion and became friends with it.

4. A dandelion is a little, common, yellow flower.

5. An old woman came into the field to gather the roots of dandelions.

D. Answer the following questions.

1. Who rode by a beautiful orchard?
2. Why did she stop?

3. What were the apple blossom and sunbeam arguing over?
4. Who emerged more beautiful in the display of beauty?

5. Why did the old woman gather the roots of the dandelions?
6. Do you agree with the fact ‘a thing of beauty is a joy forever’?

E. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

And then some little children came tripping across the field. The youngest laughed when they
saw the dandelions and kissed them with delight. The older children made wreaths and dainty
chains of them. They picked carefully those that had gone to seed, and tried to slow the
feathery down off with one breath, making joyous wishes. By and by, an old woman came into
the field. She gathered the roots of the dandelions, out of which she made tea for the sick,
and she sold others to buy milk for the children.

1. In the context of this passage, what does the word ‘tripping’ mean?

2. What did the young children do when they saw the dandelions?

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