Page 76 - Moral Stories Vol 6

Think and Answer :
1. Why did everyone in the village love the Peepal tree?
2. Why did the new owner decide to cut down the Peepal tree?
3. What does it mean by below sentence in the story - “There was always a human heart to
fill me with warmth and kindness” ?
4. How did the new owner become best friends with the Peepal tree?
Glossary:
1. Superstition : a widely held but irrational belief in supernatural influences
2. Hurricane : a storm with a violent wind
3. Lurch: make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement
4. Gust: a sudden strong rush of wind
5. Terrified : Feel extreme fear
6. Sway: move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side
7. shudder : (especially of a vehicle, machine, or building) shake or vibrate deep
Illustration : Chinmayee, Class VII, 2019-20
“We are a part of the cycle of this existence or in plain words, we are a part of Nature. We should abide by Nature and not try to beat the Nature.”
- Pujya Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj
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