Lesson 4: A Sad Day for Farabi

Key Words: ruffled, insist

A. Discuss and Answer the Questions.

1. What will you do if your parents do not want you to go on a picnic with your friends?
2. What will you do if you miss the picnic bus?

B. Read and Answer the Questions.

Farabi was sitting, bending his head down. He looked sad. His hair was untidy, ruffled. It was clear he did not brush it at all.

“What happened, Farabi? Are you okay?” asked Flora.

“I’m so shocked, Flora. I don’t want to talk,” said Farabi.

“But you have to. Any pain or sorrow is like a load in the mind. If you tell or share it with your parents or friends, it will be lighter. On the other hand, if you don’t share it, the load will become heavier and more painful. So please tell me what’s wrong,” Flora insisted.

Farabi looked at Flora and said, “One of my friends, Harun, is our school football team leader. Yesterday, he just dropped my name from the coming Interclass Football Tournament. I wanted to know why, but he didn’t even talk to me about it.”

Tick the Best Answer.

1. Which is the correct statement? Farabi was a) standing up. b) looking down. c) looking happy.

2. Why was Farabi bending his head down? Because a) he was unhappy. b) it was his habit. c) he had a headache.

3. His hair was ruffled. Here ‘ruffled’ means a) brushed and tidy. b) clear and smooth. c) not brushed or combed.

4. Farabi didn’t want to talk to Flora because a) something sad happened to him. b) he stopped talking to his friend. c) he was unwell and sick.

5. “Please tell me what’s wrong,” Flora insisted. Here ‘insisted’ means a) scolded. b) demanded. c) shouted.

6. Your pain in the mind will be ______ if you talk about it with your friend. a) heavy b) less heavy c) more heavy

7. Which is the correct statement? a) Farabi was going to play in the Interclass Football Tournament. b) Farabi and Harun were not going to play in the Interclass Football Tournament. c) Farabi and Harun used to play in the Interclass Football Tournament.