Once a king thinks that he will become successful if he _________ (knew, know, knows,
known) answer to three questions. So he sends message through messengers throughout
his kingdom that if anyone ______ (gives, give, gave, given) correct answer to all the
three questions, he/she will _______ (reward, rewarded, be rewarded, be rewarding) with
huge sum of money. Many wise men ____________ (comes, come, came, has come) with
varied answers, but the king cannot not _____________ (become, becomes, became,
becoming) satisfied and hence gives no reward to anyone. So he __________ (decide,
decides, decided, has decided) to go to a wood to meet a hermit who people
____________ (believe, believes, believed, believing) to be a wise and knowledgeable
person. The king goes to ____________ (meet, meets, met, meeting) the hermit in very
simple / ordinary clothes as he (the hermit) meets only simple people. ____________
(keep, keeps, kept, keeping) his horse with his body guard at a distance the king
approaches (comes near) the hermit. At this time he (the hermit) ___________ (dig, digs,
dug, is digging) ground in front of his hut with an axe.
The king _____________ (is greet, is greeted, is greeting) by the hermit appropriately.
Now the king ________ (tells, told, tell, telling) the hermit the reason for his
_____________ (come, comes, came, coming) there. The hermit gives him no reply and
_________________ (continue, continues, continuing, continued) digging. The king helps
him ________________ (digs, dug, digging) two flower beds too. Hours later, when it
becomes evening they ___________ (see, sees, seeing, saw) a bearded man
________________ (come, comes, came, coming) towards them.
Posted by Priyadarshni Rath
3 years, 6 months ago
