Page 33 - English Class 05

Other women joined them soon. Some supported Akulya’s mother. Some

supported Malasha’s mother. The two fighting groups became bigger and bigger. The
men also joined in the fighting. The quarrel became never ending.

At that time, the grandmother of Akulya came

out of the house. She told the men and
the women not to fight. “It is festival
time. People should not quarrel,” she

told them. No one listened to her.
No one cared for her words. In the

meantime, Malasha and Akulya
forgot about their quarrel. They
became friends again. They moved

away from the fighting crowd.
They started sailing paper boats in

the running water. Now, the old
woman said to the fighting groups.

“Look at the children. They
have forgotten their quarrel. They

have started playing again. They
have become friends again. But you,

men and women, still keep quarrelling. Are
you not ashamed of your tendency ?”

The men and the women looked at the little girls. They felt ashamed. They went
back to their houses quietly. Children forget and forgive very easily. The elders learnt

this lesson from the little girls.

in the mean time : while something else is happening
What is ‘figh ng’ according to you? tendency : likelihood of certain condition or character

Draw UP
Draw UP
Draw UP
Inculcate in yourself positive attitude to always forgive and forget any bad
happening or a quarrel and tell the same to your friends as well.

English-5 33