6.1 The main character in this story is the elephant.
6.2 Direct-speech sentences:
- "Please stop"
- "You should not be nasty with other animals"
- "This is how others feel when you hit them"
6.3 The elephant spread a trunk full of water on the ants.
6.4 The lesson we learn from this folktale is that pride and arrogance never go unpunished.
Questions 6
Read the folktale above 'The Elephant' and answer the questions.
They once lived an elephant in a jungle . He was arrogant and short - tempered . The other animals fear team a lot . He always other animals .
In the jungle , they also lived a family of and in tiny hole . One day , when the Ants were a way to collect food , the elephant stopped them and spread a trunk full of water on them .
The Ants decided to learn the elephant a lesson and said : " you should not be a nasty with other animals". They slowly crept under his trunk and spread to his ears and started biting him . The elephant shouted : "Please stop", but the ants continued to bited him . When they were sure that he has learned his lesson , they let him go and said "This is how others feel when you hit them". The elephant never troubled anyone again . Pride and arrogance never got unpunished .
Questions :
6.1 who is the main character in this story?
6.2 use your pen and underline three direct - speech sentences.
6.3 what did the elephant do to the ant?
6.4 what lesson do we learn out of this folktale?
Answer the questions in short short sentence .
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