IV English chapter 9

Dream Palace

Word meaning 1. Marvellous _ wonderful 2. Glittering _ shining brightly 3. Spectacular _ very special 4. Hesitantly _ speaking slowly because of fear .5. Severely _ in a strict way 6. Justice _ fair treatment 7. Looted _ money and valuable objects have been stolen.

Sentence formation 1. Jester _ Tenali Raman was the jester in the court of king Krishnadevaaya.2. Summon _ The king summons all his ministers to the court. 3. Unreasonable _ King's wish of making dream palace was very unreasonable.

Answer the following questions. 1. Who was Tenali Raman ? Why was he well known ?* Tenali Raman was the jester in the court of king Krishnadevaraya. *He was well known as he was very clever and played tricks on everyone.

2. What was king Krishnadevaraya's dream about? * King Krishnadevaraya dreamed about a beautiful palace that floated in the air and was made ofglittering stones.

3. Why did king Krishnadevaraya order one of his ministers to leave the court? *Because he said that the palace the king had dreamed about could not be built in reality. It wasonly a dream palace.

4. What did the ministers ask Tenali Raman to do ?* The ministers told Tenali Raman that he must think of a plan to make the king understand thatit was impossible to build such a palace.

5. Why did the old man say that the king Krishnadevaraya had looted him? * The old man said that the king had looted him because he had dreamed that the king and hisministers had stolen his five thousand gold coins.

6. Why did king Krishnadevaraya laugh at the end? *King Krishnadevaraya laughed at the end because Tenali’s clever trick had made him realisehow unreasonable his wish was.