Q1.
Complete the table given below based on your understanding of Part II of the story. One example has been done for you. — Cause: 1. A woman cut the cherry tree while cutting grass. / Effect: (i) Grandfather scolded the woman. — Cause: 2. ______ / Effect: (ii) Rakesh was thinner but stronger when he came back. — Cause: 3. A hairy caterpillar started eating the leaves of the cherry tree. / Effect: (iii) ______ — Cause: 4. ______ / Effect: (iv) Rakesh and Grandfather gazed at the tree as though it was a miracle. — Cause: 5. Rakesh tasted one of the small cherries during summer. / Effect: (v) ______
Answer
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1. A woman cut the cherry tree while cutting grass. | (i) Grandfather scolded the woman. (given) |
| 2. That monsoon Rakesh went home to his village to help his father and mother with the planting, ploughing and sowing. | (ii) Rakesh was thinner but stronger when he came back. (given) |
| 3. A hairy caterpillar started eating the leaves of the cherry tree. | (iii) Rakesh removed it quickly, dropped it on a heap of dry leaves and told it, 'Come back when you're a butterfly.' |
| 4. On a sunny winter morning Grandfather found a pale pink blossom at the end of a branch and called Rakesh to come and look. | (iv) Rakesh and Grandfather gazed at the tree as though it was a miracle. (given) |
| 5. Rakesh tasted one of the small cherries during summer. | (v) He spat it out, saying 'It's too sour' — and Grandfather promised, 'They'll be better next year.' |
How to fill a cause–effect table: Work backwards from the effect and ask 'what had to happen first?' Row 2 is the clearest example. Being thinner but stronger is what a whole monsoon of ploughing and sowing does to a boy — so the missing cause is the visit to his parents' village, not anything to do with the tree at all.
Tip: Notice that Rakesh's answer to the caterpillar is not to kill it. He moves it. That single line tells you more about how the boy has changed than a paragraph of description would.