Fill in the blanks with words from the box.

A _____ woodcutter lived on a ______ hillside. He was a ______son who worked ______ but earned _____ money. One day he saw a _____ water fall hidden behind a rock. He tasted the water and found it _____.

“This, said the emperor, was to encourage all children to honour and obey their parents.”

‘This’ refers to

Arrange the words below in pairs that rhyme.

Example: young - lung

money - sunny

Find these sentences in the story and fill in the blanks.

1. This made Taro ______ than ever. (3)

2. he decided to work ______ than before. (3)

3. Next morning. Taro jumped out of bed ______ than usual. (4)

4. He began to chop even ______. (4)

5. Next morning, Taro started for work even ______ than the morning before. (10)

Speak the following sentences clearly but as quickly as you can. Learn them by heart.

(i) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood.

(ii) Betty bought a bit of butter, but the bit of butter was a little bitter so she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better.