Chapter 3 Taro's Award Important Questions Class 6 Honeysuckle English
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1. Why was ‘the most beautiful fountain’ named after Taro?
Answer
The most beautiful fountain was named after Taro to encourage all children to respect and obey their parents.
Question 2. How did the Emperor of Japan reward Taro?
Answer
The Emperor rewarded Taro with 20 pieces of gold for his goodness. He also named the most beautiful fountain of the city after Taro.
Question 3. Why did the villagers want to drown Taro?
Answer
The villagers wanted to drown Taro because they thought he had tricked them.
Question 4. Why did Taro stop chopping wood?
Answer
Taro stopped chopping wood because he heard the sound of rushing water which he had never heard before.
Question 5. What was the plan of Taro to arrange sake’ for his father?
Answer
Taro decided to work harder to arranged sake’ for his father.
Question 6. Why was Taro sadder than ever?
Answer
Taro was sadder than ever because he earned very little and therefore he was unable to buy the expensive drink, sake for his father.
Question 7. What does Taro do to earn his living?
Answer
Taro was a woodcutter. He earned his living by chopping of woods.
Question 8. Who was Taro? What was his most endearing quality?
Answer
Taro was a young woodcutter. He was poor but hardworking. He honestly wanted to serve his old parents, and keep them happy. That was his greatest virtue.
Question 9. Why were the people angry and disappointed?
Answer
The people were angry and disappointed because the water that they had filled in their pitchers did not taste like sake’. They felt that they had been cheated.
Question 10. Why did Taro hide himself?
Answer
Taro hid to save himself from the anger of the villagers.
Question 11. Why was there a long procession outside Taro’s house?
Answer
A long procession was there outside Taro’s house because people had came to know about the story of the waterfall and the magic sake.
Question 12. How did Taro’s father show his happiness after drinking sake’?
Answer
Taro’s father stopped shivering and did a little dance in the middle of the floor. Thus he showed
his happiness.
Question 13. What did Taro’s father wish for one cold day?
Answer
Taro’s old father shivered with cold. He wished he had a cup of sake which would warm his body and do good to his heart.
Question 14. What was the wish of the father to save himself from cold?
Answer
Taro’s father wished to drink sake’ to save himself from cold.
Question 15. What was the demand of Taro’s father?
Answer
The demand of Taro’s father was a cup of sake which could provide him warmth and benefit his heart.
Question 16. What was the reward of Taro’s good news?
Answer
Taro received twenty pieces of gold for his kindness.
Question 17. How did Taro manage to meet the demand of his father?
Answer
Taro had no money to buy expensive sake. So he began to work harder at chopping wood. God helped him in getting sake free from a waterfall. The father drank it, felt warm and started dancing.
Question 18. Why did the waterfall give Taro sake’ and others water?
Answer
The waterfall gave Taro sake’ and others water because he was a thoughtful son who gave respect and obeyed his parents always. He also worked very hard to give them everything they needed while others were greedy.
Question 19. What are the qualities of Taro as a good son?
Answer
When his father wished for sake, Taro worked very hard. He was a thoughtful son and wanted to give his parents everything they wanted. Such qualities made him a good son.
Question 20. How did Taro work harder?
Answer
Taro worked harder by getting up earlier in the morning and going to the forest to chop and cut more and more wood to earn extra money to buy sake for his father.
Question 21. How did villagers got to know about source of sake’?
Answer
When a neighbour, visited Taro’s house and was offered sake’, she’asked about the source of it. Taro’s father told her the truth and then she spread the news in the village.
Question 22. How did the villagers come to know of the magic waterfall?
Answer
The old man offered a cup of sake to a lady and also told her about the discovery of the magic waterfall. She spread the story throughout the whole village.
Question 23. Why did the old woman leave Taro’s hut in a hurry?
Answer
The old woman wanted to tell the whole village about the magical waterfall therefore, she left Taro’s hut in a hurry.
Question 24. Why did Taro run in the direction of the stream?
Answer
Taro ran in direction of the stream because he was thirsty, and he had never heard before the sound of falling water in that area.
Question 25. How did the villagers react after tasting the water of the magic waterfall?
Answer
They tasted the water and found it plain cold water. They were angry and disappointed. They decided to drown Taro into the stream for befooling them.
Question 26. Why did the emperor reward Taro?
Answer
The emperor of Japan rewarded Taro for being good and kind towards his parents. This was emperor’s way to encourage all children to respect, obey and serve their parents.
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1. Who was Taro? How do you know that he loved his parents?
Answer
Taro was an energetic hard working young woodcutter, who lived with his parents on a lonely hillside. All day long he chopped wood in the forest. He earned very little money inspite of working very hard. He loved his parents very much and he look care of them. He was very worried about getting the sake for his father as it could have provided him warmth and was good for his heart. He was an obedient boy so he decided to work harder than before for getting the expensive sake. He chopped and cut more wood to earn more money.
Question 2. What value can be learnt from the life of Taro?
Answer
Taro is a loving son. His kindness is rewarded by the fountain of sake’, which is a drink to provide warmth to the body. Once his father was feeling cold and desired to drink sake’. So, he decided to work hard to earn more money. His earnest way was rewarded by the king also. He became an ideal son and set example for others.
Question 3. How did Taro meet the demand of his father?
Answer
Taro was a young woodcutter. He honoured, loved and obeyed his parents. But he earned very little money. One cold evening his father wished he had a cup of sake. Taro began to work harder to earn more money and buy sake. He was favoured by fate. He discovered a waterfall, the water of which tasted like sake. He brought a pitcher full of that drink to meet the demand of his father.
Question 4. Taro got the magic sake for his father. How?
Answer
Taro wanted to give sake to his father but being costly, he could not buy it. So he went to the forest and chopped and cut more wood. His mouth was dry and his face was wet with sweat, but he continued to work. All of a sudden, he heard the sound of rushing water and found a waterfall of delicious sake. He at once brought some for his father from the waterfall.
Question 5. How does the reward given to Taro encourage others?
Answer
By reading the inspirational stories of achievers, the sensitive emotions of the reader are touched. The achievement and rewards one receive works as a motivational factor. As sake’ from fountain was rewarded to Taro only and later. The emperor gave him money and also named the fountain after Taro. Such accomplishment of Taro would last forever in the mind of its listeners.
Question 6. Give a character sketch of Taro.
Answer
Taro was a poor young woodcutter. He lived with his parents on a hill-side. He worked very hard but earned very little money. He was deeply devoted to his old parents. One evening his shivering father wished to have a cup of sake. Taro began to work harder to earn money to buy the expensive drink. God came to help. One day he found a waterfall. The water tasted like magic sake. Taro gave the sake to his shivering father and became happy to think that he satisfied his father. When the greedy villagers went to the waterfall they found normal water. The angry villagers wanted to kill Taro for befooling them. But wise Taro slipped behind a rock. He was duly rewarded by the Emperor of Japan.
Question 7. Taro was being rewarded by God. What do you think about it? Give reasons to support your answer.
Answer
Yes, it was sure that Taro was being rewarded by God as he loved his parents and could do anything to fulfil their wish. When his father wished to have sake, He wanted to get the sake which was expensive and he could not afford it so he decided to work harder. But with God’s blessing, he found a beautiful waterfall which was the source of magic sake for him. He took it for his father and gave it to him. The waterfall gave cold water to those who were selfish and greedy. It gave the sake only to Taro who was selflessly serving his parents. Thus, we can say that this was God’s way of rewarding Taro for his loyalty to his parents.
Question 8. Why did the magic waterfall disappoint other villagers? What reward did Taro get and from whom?
Answer
The waterfall was a magic creation by God. It was to reward Taro’s honest labour, and devotion to his parents. The cold water tasted like sake for the old man. But it disappointed the greedy villagers. They found it like plain cold water. The story of Taro’s great discovery of magic waterfall reached the Emperor of Japan. He rewarded Taro with gold coins for serving his parents so sincerely.