Class 9 English Unit 2 Health is Wealth Notes

A. Answer these questions:

a. Why did people not like the king though he was kind? 

= The people not like the king though he was kind because he was very lazy and wouldn't do anything other than eating and sleeping.

b. Why were the specialists called to the palace and offered huge prizes?

= The specialists were called to the palace and offered huge prizes to make king fit and health.

c. Why did the minister become so happy?

= The minister became so happy because he met a holy man who could cure the king easily.

d. Why did the holy man tell the king to come to his place on Foot For treatment?

= The holyman told the king to come in his place on Foot for treatment because it was the part of his plan to make him walk and get physically involved.

e Why did the holyman disappear after the first meeting with the king?

= The holyman disappear after the first meeting with the king so that king could go looking after him everyday by foot.

f. How did the king recover his health?

= The king recover his health by walking everyday.

g. What lesson did you learn from the story?

= From the story, we learnt that to gain something we have to work hard for it, there is no shortcut for success, to gain, we must be ready to bear pain as well.