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Unit One: Father of the Nation Bangabandhu's Family in 1971 The Tale of Homecoming Bangabandhu at the UN Bangabandhu's Relationship with other countries Unit Two: Pastimes Have You Any Favourite Pastime? Reading Really Helps Change in Pastime Change in Pastimes in Bangladesh Pastimes Vary Unit Three: Events and Festivals Mother's Day May Day International Mother Language Day - 1 International Mother Language Day - 2 Independence Day Pahela Baishakh Unit Four: Are We Aware? The Ferry Boat Are We Too Many? Our Food and Shelter The Story of Lipi Let's become skilled workforce Unit Five: Nature and Environment The Greed of the Mighty Rivers Environmental Pollution Man and Climate Putting Our Fish In Hot Water A Friend of The Earth Unit Six: Our Neighbors Nepal, The Land of Everest Sri Lanka: The Pearl of the Indian Ocean The Maldives India: Unity In Diversity Bhutan: The Land of Happiness Unit Seven: People Who Stand Out Zainul Abedin, The Great Artist The Art Of Silence The Beginning Love For Humanity Love For Humanity The wizard of Apple Job's Childhood Unit Eight: World Heritage The Shat Gambuj Mosque The Somapura Mahavihara The Statue of Liberty Lake Baikal Unit Nine: Unconventional Jobs Jobs That People Do Weired jobs Around Floral Career Unit Ten: Dreams Have a Dream What I Dream to be They Had Dreams (Part- 1) They Had Dreams (Part- 2) Unit Eleven: Renewable Energy Renewable Energy Sources (Part 1) Renewable Energy Sources (Part 2) Unit Twelve: Roots My Roots My Roots 2 The Return Of the Native In Search Of Identity Unit Thirteen: Media and Modes of E-communication Media and Modes Of E-Communication Social Network Sevices E- Learning Unit Fourteen: Pleasure and Purpose Books Two Mothers Remembered The Sands Of Dee Time, You Old Gipsy Man Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening The Purple Jar (Part -1) The Purple Jar (Part -2) The Purple Jar (Part -3) A Pond of Flesh The Three Caskets The Trial

The Purple Jar (Part -2)

নবম-দশম শ্রেণি (দাখিল) - English for Today - Unit Fourteen: Pleasure and Purpose | | NCTB BOOK

A. Read more of the story.
 

This time Rosamond was really disappointed as her mother wanted nothing. However, while they were passing by a chemist's shop, she saw some jars--blue, green, red, yellow and purple-and she seemed to have a fascination for a purple jar. But her mother answered as before, "Of what use would they be to me, Rosamond?"

"Oh, Mamma, I would use it for a flower pot."
"But you have a flower pot and the jar you are dying for buying is not a flower pot."
"Yet, Mamma, I like it so much...!"
Then suddenly she cried, "Ouch! A stone, mamma, a stone has got in my shoe. It hurts!"
"Oh! How did it get there?"
"See, there's a hole in my shoe, Mamma. In fact, my shoes are quite worn out. Would you be so good as to buy me another pair?"
"But, Rosamond, I haven't got money enough to buy shoes, jars, jewellary, buckles and all that you wish to buy."
Rosamond became sad again. Her mind flashed back to all those beautiful
things she had seen that morning.
"But, Mamma, I like the purple jar very much. And now my foot hurts. Could you buy me only these two things --- the jar and a pair of shoes, please?"
"No, Rosamond, you can buy only one thing. However, you may buy the other thing next month. And you have to decide which one you would like to buy now.'
"I need the shoes badly," Rosamond began to argue with herself, but my
heart is in that beautiful jar."
Then looking at her shoes, she told her mother, "These shoes are not so bad, except for the hole in one. I think I can make them last till the end of the month, can't I? Don't you think So, Mamma?"
"I want you to think for yourself, dear."
"Okay, if you please, I would like to have the purple jar.'
"Very well, you will have it."

 

B. Tick the best answer.

  1. Which is the correct statement?
    a. Rosamond saw the chemist's shop from a distance.
    b. She liked the jars of all the colours equally.
    C She had a special liking for a jar of a particular colour.
    d. Her mother found some use of the purple jar.
     

 2. Rosamond wanted to buy
a all the jars.
c. a flower pot.
b.  the purple jar.
d. a useful pot.
 

3. The money Rosamond's mother has can buy only

a. one thing.
C. three things.
b. two things. 

d four things.
 

4. Why did Rosamond persuade her mother to buy her a pair of shoes?
Because -
a. her shoes had become old and ugly.
b. she had no money to buy the purple jar.
C. the shoes in the shop were very beautiful.
d. a stone got in her shoe and was hurting her.
 

5. What made Rosamond finally decide to buy the purple jar?
a. the beautiful size of the jar
b. her mother's inability to buy the shoes 

c. her shoes being not so bad
d. the beautiful colour of the jar

 

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