Class 6 English Honeysuckle Chapter 3 Question Answers - Taro`s reward

Short Answer Type Questions

Q1: Who was Taro? What was his most endearing quality?

Taro was a young woodcutter. He was poor but hardworking. He wanted to serve his elderly parents and keep them happy. That was his greatest virtue.

Q2: What did Taro’s father wish for one cold day?

Taro’s old father shivered with cold. He wished he had a cup of sake that would warm his body and do good to his heart.

Q3: How did Taro fulfill his father's wishes?

Taro had no money to buy expensive sake. So, he began to work harder at chopping wood. God helped him get free from a waterfall. The father drank it, felt warm and started dancing.

Q4: How did the villagers come to know of the magic waterfall?

The old man offered a cup of sake to a lady and also told her about the discovery of the magic waterfall. She spread the story to the entire village.

Q5: How did the villagers react after tasting the water of the magic waterfall?

They tasted the water and found it plain cold water. They were angry and disappointed. They decided to drown Taro in the stream to befool them.

Q6: How did the Emperor of Japan reward Taro?

The Emperor rewarded Taro with 20 gold coin for his goodness. He also named the most beautiful fountain in the city after Taro.

Q7: Why was there a long procession outside Taro’s house?

A long procession was there outside Taro’s house because people had come to know about the story of the waterfall and the magic sake.

Q8: Why did Taro stop chopping wood?

Taro stopped chopping wood because he heard the sound of rushing water, which he had never heard before.

Q9: Why did the waterfall give Taro's sake and others water?

The waterfall gave Taro sake and others water because he was a thoughtful son who gave respect and obeyed his parents always. He also worked very hard to give them everything they needed, while others were greedy.

Q10: How did Taro work harder?

Taro worked harder by getting up earlier in the morning and going to the forest to chop and cut more and more wood to earn extra money to buy sake for his father.

Long Answer Type Questions

Q1: Bring out some of the sterling qualities of Taro's character.

Give a character sketch of Taro.

Taro was a poor young woodcutter. He lived with his parents on a hillside. He worked very hard but earned very little money. He was deeply devoted to his old parents. One evening, his shivering father wished to have a cup of sake. Taro began to work harder to earn money to buy the expensive drink. God came to help. One day, he found a waterfall. The water tasted like magic sake. Taro gave the sake to his shivering father and became happy to think that he satisfied his father. When the greedy villagers went to the waterfall, they found normal water. The angry villagers wanted to kill Taro for befooling them. But wise, Taro slipped behind a rock. He was duly rewarded by the Emperor of Japan.

Q2: How did Taro meet the demands of his father?

Taro was a young woodcutter. He honoured, loved and obeyed his parents. But he earned very little money. One cold evening, his father wished he had a cup of sake. Taro began to work harder to earn more money and buy sake. He was favoured by fate. He discovered a waterfall, the water of which tasted like sake. He brought a pitcher full of that drink to meet the demand of his father.

Q3: Who was Taro? How do you know that he loved his parents?

Taro was an energetic, hard-working young woodcutter who lived with his parents on a lonely hillside. All day long, he chopped wood in the forest. He earned very little money in spite of working very hard. He loved his parents very much, and he took care of them. He was very worried about getting the sake for his father as it could have provided him warmth and was good for his heart. He was an obedient boy, so he decided to work harder than before to get the expensive sake. He chopped and cut more wood to earn more money.

Q4: Why did the magic waterfall disappoint other villagers? What reward did Taro get, and from whom?

The waterfall was a magic creation by God. It was to reward Taro’s honest labour and devotion to his parents. The cold water tasted like sake for the old man. But it disappointed the greedy villagers. They found it like plain cold water. The story of Taro’s great discovery of a magic waterfall reached the Emperor of Japan. He rewarded Taro with gold coins for serving his parents so sincerely.

Q5: Taro was rewarded by God. What do you think about it? Give reasons to support your answer.

Yes, it was sure that Taro was being rewarded by God as he loved his parents and could do anything to fulfil their wish. When his father wished to have sake, Taro wanted to get the sake, which was expensive, and he could not afford it, so he decided to work harder. But with God’s blessing, he found a beautiful waterfall that was a source of magic for him. He took it for his father and gave it to him. The waterfall gave cold water to those who were selfish and greedy. It gave the sake only to Taro, who was selflessly serving his parents. Thus, we can say that this was God’s way of rewarding Taro for his loyalty to his parents.