What Happened to the Reptiles Class 6 Worksheet English Chapter 8

Q.1. What sort of animals inhabited Pambupatti long-long ago?

Only reptiles like snakes, crocodiles, turtles, lizards and insets, rats and frogs inhabited at Pambupatti. There were no tigers, panthers, or elephants at that time.

Q.2. What did Prem answer when grandfather asked him about the story?

Prem shook his head and told him that he was just thinking whether he could tell the story to his villagers.

Q.3. Why was the time terrible for crocodiles?

Because rats, frogs and insects were increasing in the forest and there was no animal to control them.

Q.4. Why did Makara want tortoises to leave forest?

If tortoises leave the forest, others will have more food, more water and more space.

Q.5. Why did Makara held his nose with big claws?

Because there was foul smell all around. Therefore big Makara clasped his nose with big claws.

Q.6. Who chaired the meeting?

The biggest and powerful crocodile called Makar chaired the meeting.

Q.7. Why did he want to tell the story?

He wanted to tell the story so that it could heal the wound of the villagers.

Q.8. How did the narrator manage to run away?

He picked up some clothes, coins and a little statue of Ganesh and ran away.

Q.9. Rats had a wonderful time How?

Yes, the rats had a wonderful time because they grew in number as there were no snakes in the forest to eat them up. Now they were free to eat up the eggs of the lizards and crocodiles. The rats also destroyed Makara’s nest, containing his eggs. Thus, they had a wonderful time.

Q.10. Name all the reptiles that were ordered to leave the forest one by one.

First of all the tortoises left the forest followed by the snakes and lizards, of the forest.

Q.11. Who looked after Prem when he fainted and how?

An old man, with white hair, white beard and shining black eyes looked after Prem when he regained consciousness. He fed him with his own hands, brought cool sweet water from the stream and also rubbed his feet to relieve him of the pain.

Q.12. What is the message conveyed in the story ‘What happened to the reptiles’ ?

The message is a lesson for humanity. Prem ran away from his village after a communal violence broke out in his village. There was blood shed and people fought with one another and burnt temples and mosques. Prem reached Pambupatti. An old man took care of him. Prem realized that people in Pambupatti were generous and friendly. Neighbors as well as strangers came to see him.
The old man told him a story to make him realize the importance of love and happiness. Prem realized that one can be happy if others are happy. Happiness cant be celebrated all alone. It does not lie in violence and hatred. This is the message that each and every one should learn.

Q.13. What does the old man advice Prem to do if the people of his village don’t listen to him? What moral do we get from this story?

The old man advises Prem that if the people of his village do not listen to him, he must not give up but tell the story of the reptiles again and again to as many people as he can. Some of the people might make fun of him, while some may not believe them at all, but still he should try to make them understand.
This story teaches us that however small or useless a thing or person may appear but everything has a place and importance in this world. God has created everything with a purpose.