The Thirsty Monkey

What is the moral of the story "The Thirsty Monkey?"

• Hard-work is a mere a job

• Hard-work is what matters

• There is no moral

• Getting an answer is easy, just work hard-work

Answer explanation

This story refers to hard-work in such way as it can solve your problems.

Why does the author uses words like thirsty, sad, disappointed and happy in the story?

• Adjectives help us to paint a picture of the character.

• Author employs these words to talk about different emotions

• To tell reader about all the emotions

• No significance

Answer explanation

Using these adjectives to modify the noun and as well to talk about the feelings. Thirsty: parched, sad: not happy, disappointed: discouraged and happy: contentment.

Why did the author mentioned that the monkey was getting weak?

• To express monkey's state: being thirsty and weak

• To invoke that the monkey is unfortunate

• So that the reader infer that the monkey is ill

• To talk about monkey's inability to take care of itself

Answer explanation

In the story, the author makes you understand that the monkey is unable to find water; hence it talks about monkey's infortune.

What made the author write this story?

• Author wanted to educate children about the hardship

• To talk about The Thirsty Monkey

• To express the monkey's sad life

• Author only wanted to help others to work hard.

Answer explanation

The author talks about the hard life and talks about the hard-work being the important aspect of it: if you want to succeed in your goal.

Explain in your own language the story "The Thirsty Monkey?" Why do you think it is a good story to educate youngsters about the hardship?

Answer explanation

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