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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 -3)

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

A. Read the last part of the story to see what happened to Rosamond's beautiful purple jar.


Rosamond and her mother were going back to the chemist's shop. As they were walking, Rosamond had to stop once again to take another stone out of the broken shoe, and she often limped with pain. When they got back to the shop, Rosamond's mother asked her to carefully examine the jar before she bought it. But Rosamond was so excited that she bought it even without looking at what was inside the jar.
Happily she came back home with her mother. Then Rosamond quickly brought some flowers from the garden and was going to put them into the jar. But as soon as she took the top off, she saw something dark inside, which gave off an unpleasant smell.
"What is it, Mamma? I didn't want this black thing and the terrible smell."
"Nor did I, my dear."
"But what shall I do with it?"
"That I can't tell.'
"Okay, Mamma, I must pour it out and fill the jar with fresh water.'
Then she made the jar empty. But to her great disappointment, she found that it was no longer a purple jar it was a plain white glass jar. With its coloured water gone, the jar did no longer look beautiful.
Rosamond cried with tears of disappointment in her eyes. She also cried for her folly. Every day her shoes grew worse and worse, and she could neither run, dance, jump, nor go shopping with her mother.
Thus Rosamond suffered for a whole month and learned a lesson the hard way. She hoped that she would be wiser in future.

Adapted from The Purple Jar by Maria Edgeworth
 

B. Answer these questions.
1. Why didn't Rosamond examine the jar before buying it?
2. What did she take the jar for?
3. How did she come to know that the purple jar was in fact a plain white glass jar?
4. Describe her sufferings and disappointments for buying the purple jar.

C. Read all the three parts of the story again and answer these questions.
1. How did Rosamond try to persuade her mother to buy all the pretty things she saw in the shops?
2. How did her mother try to stop Rosamond from buying all the things she wanted to buy?
3. Write two paragraphs-one about Rosamond and the other about her mother. Use words and phrases from the box below, which are appropriate for each character. You can also use your own words and phrases.

a seven year old girl, use, disappointed, purple, worse, lesson, sufferings, artificial, ornaments, pretty, liking, worn out, persuade, beautiful roses, disheartened, enough, badly, examine, unpleasant smell, stupidity, emotional, practical, decide, limped
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