The Fowler and the Quails

From Jataka Tales

Glossary

Word	Meaning	Urdu Meaning
Quail	A small bird	بٹیر۔ تیتر کی قسم کا ایک ننھا سا پرندہ
Fowler	A hunter who catches birds	پرندوں کا شکاری
Note	Sound ( of an animal)	چڑیا کی آواز
At the head of	Leading ( a group, etc)	سربراہی کرنا، لیڈ کرنا
Prey	An animal that is hunted and killed for food	شکار
Havoc	Confusion	افرا تفری
Morrow	The next day	اگلے دن
Device	Trick	طریقہ، چال
Thorn brake	A thorny bush	جھاڑی
Underneath	Beneath	نیچے سے
Disentangle	Seperate, unfold	الگ کرنا، کھولنا
Bicker	Quarrel	لڑائی جگڑہ
Bag	Catch	بڑی تعداد میں پکڑنا
Alight	Land on something	نیچے اُترنا
Trod	Walked (past form of tread)	ٹکرانا
Banday	Exchange words argumentatively; discuss an idea or rumour in a casual way	ایک دوسرے کو بُرا بھلا کہنا، جھگڑنا
Wrangle	Quarrel	لڑنا، جھگڑنا
Moult	Shed feathers, hair or an outer layer periodically	بھال جھڑ جانا، بہت سے جانوروں میں ایک مخصوص معدت کے بعد بھال جھڑ جاتا ہیں اور نئے اُگتے ہیں
Whilst	While; a period of time	مقررّہ معدت کے بعد

Thinking about the Text

(A) Answer the following questions

1. How did the fowler catch the quails?

Answer: The fowler used to imitate the note of a quail till the birds had been drawn together. Then he used to flung his net over them and whip the sides together to catch a lot of quails.

2. What trick did the quails play on the fowler?

Answer: The quails lifted up the net, and let it down on a thorn brake so as to escape from underneath.

3. What did the fowler's wife tell him when he returned home empty-handed?

Answer: The fowlers wife told him, " Day by day you return empty-handed. I suppose you have got a second establishment to keep up elsewhere."

4. Why did the quails wrangle?

Answer: Because one of the quails in alighting on their feeding ground, trod by accident upon another's head.

5. Why did the leader quail decide to leave?

Answer:  Because the quails were not united now as before. They started to wrangle, and leader quail observed that they would no longer lift up the net and the fowler will get his opportunity.

6. What made the fowler successful in the end?

Answer: The division and quarrel between the quails led fowler to succeed in the end.

(B) Who said the following and to whom?

Sentence	Who Said	To Whom
1. "This fowler is creating havoc among our kinsfolk."	__________	___________
2. "Day by day you return empty-handed."	__________	___________
3. "I've no second establishment to keep up."	__________	___________
4. "Who trod on my head?"	__________	___________
5. "There's no safety with one who is quarrelsome."	__________	___________

Answer:

Sentence	Who Said	To Whom
1. "This fowler is creating havoc among our kinsfolk."	Leader quail	Quails
2. "Day by day you return empty-handed."	Fowler's wife	Fowler
3. "I've no second establishment to keep up."	Fowler	His wife
4. "Who trod on my head?"	Quail	Other quail
5. "There's no safety with one who is quarrelsome."	Leader Quail	Quails

(C) Fill in the blanks with the right word given in the brackets:

(a) We _____________ to God. (prey/pray)

Answer: Pray

(b) We should not _____________ rules. (brake/break)

Answer: Break

(c) My grandmother told me an interesting _____________ (story/storey)

Answer: Story

(d) Have you read the Jataka _____________? (tails/ Tales)

Answer: Tales

(e) The boy is playing in the lawn at the _____________. (movement/moment)

Answer: Moment.

(D) Find from the lesson words which mean the following:

a) to try to follow the manner, style, character, etc.

Answer. Imitate

b) a distinctive vocal sound, as of a species of bird or animal.

Answer. Note

c) to strike a thing with several strokes of a strap, rod, etc.

Answer. Huddle

d) force into a container with more than it can hold.

Answer. Cram

e) the next day.

Answer. Morrow

Language Work

Give one word for the following. The first one has been done for you:

1) popular, often for a short period; trendy

Answer. Fashionable

2) area of a city where there are factories I ———- t ———– l

Ans. Industrial

3) pretty to look at B ———- t ———- l

Answer. Beautiful

4) kind and thinks of others T———– t ——– l

Answer. Thoughtful

5) well known F ——— u ———-

Answer. Famous

6) something or someone you can trust T ———– t ———— y

Answer. Trustworthy

7) people with nowhere to live are H ——— l ———- s

Answer. Homeless

8) something that saves your money is E ———– m ————- l

Answer. Economical

Grammar Work

You have read in Class IV about the sentence and its kinds. Now rearrange the following words into meaningful sentences in the space provided and also say what kind of sentences they are as shown in the example below:

i. Give your me please pen?

Answer. Give me your pen please (Imperative Sentence)

1. Sky the blue is.

Answer. The sky is blue. (Assertive-affirmative)

2. In read I standard fifth.

Answer. I read in fifth standard. (Assertive-affirmative)

3. Under cat table the is.

Answer. The cat is under the table. (Assertive-affirmative)

4. Did this where you from get?

Answer. From where did you get this? Or Where did you get this from? (Interrogative sentence/Question)

5. Go you should to a doctor good.

Answer. You should go to a good doctor. (Imperative sentence )

6. A great idea what is it!

Answer. What a great idea! (Exclamatory sentence)

7. Do you where live?

Answer. Where do you live? (Interrogative sentence/Question)

8. What beautiful house is it a!

Answer. What a beautiful house it is! (Exclamatory sentence)

9. Wish I a were writer!

Answer. I wish I were a writer! (Optative sentence)

10. May live long you!

Answer. May you live long! (Optative sentence)

Let's Talk

Why do you think the fowler succeeded in catching the quails? Share your views with the class.

Answer: The fowler was successful in catching the quails as there was no unity among the quails anymore. As long as the quails were united and following the advice of the leader quail, they were safe but when they began to bicker, the fowler was ready to grab the opportunity and he did the same.

Let's Write

The moral of the story is 'United we stand, divided we fall' or 'Union is strength'. What are the disadvantages of non cooperation?

Answer: There are many disadvantages of non cooperation. As we saw in the story that non cooperation led to the great destruction for quails, it is true for we humans as well. The quail is not so big, but due to cooperation they were able to lift up the big net of fowler, the work that seems impossible. But unity and cooperation made this possible. Therefore unity carries great strength and power. Through unity and cooperation we can achieve great success in every field. We can avert great distruction by virtue of unity.