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This story is based on an old Japanese folktale. In Japanese culture, folktales (called 'Mukashibanashi') often feature magical plants or animals to teach moral lessons about greed and honesty.
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This is a funny story about a tired merchant who stays at an inn owned by a wicked couple. The couple usually steals valuables from their guests. Seeing that the merchant only has a small bag, the innkeeper's wife secretly mixes a magical herb called 'Mega' into his soup. This herb makes people forget things. Her plan was to make him forget his bag. However, the plan backfires! The merchant eats the soup and forgets to pay the bill for the night stay and his dinner, taking his bag and leaving early the next morning.
1. Lesson Text & Translation (āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻ āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ)
The Herb 'Mega'
'āĻŽেāĻা' āύাāĻŽā§° āĻŦāύৌāώāϧিāĻŦিāϧ
(Based on a Japanese Folk Tale)
(āĻāĻা āĻাāĻĒাāύী āϏাāϧুāĻāĻĨাā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāϧাā§°িāϤ)
(It is the story of a poor merchant and the wicked innkeeper couple.)
(āĻāĻāĻো āĻāĻāύ āĻĻুāĻীāϝ়া āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী āĻā§°ু āĻāĻšাāϞ āĻĻুāώ্āĻ āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻাāĻšিāύী।)
Long ago, a poor merchant was once coming back home from work.
āĻŦāĻšুāĻাāϞ āĻāĻāϤে, āĻāĻāύ āĻĻুāĻীāϝ়া āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী āĻāĻĻিāύ āĻাāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āĻāĻšি āĻāĻিāϞ।
He lived in a far away village.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāύ āĻĻূā§°ৈā§° āĻাঁā§ąāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
He still had to walk some more miles when the sun set and it grew dark.
āĻŦেāϞি āϞāĻšিāϝ়াāĻŦāϞৈ āϧ⧰া āĻā§°ু āĻāύ্āϧাā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤো āϤেāĻঁ āĻā§°ু āĻেāĻāĻŽাāĻāϞāĻŽাāύ āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়িāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻāĻিāϞ।
Luckily he saw a village inn. He decided to stay there for the night.
āϏৌāĻাāĻ্āϝāĻ্ā§°āĻŽে āϤেāĻঁ āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻāĻāύ āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύা (āĻāϞāĻšীāĻā§°) āĻĻেāĻিāϞে। āϤেāĻঁ ā§°াāϤিāĻোā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤাāϤ āĻĨāĻাā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞ'āϞে।
How could he know that the innkeeper and his wife were wicked?
āϤেāĻঁ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻাāύিāĻŦ āϝে āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻী āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী āĻĻুāώ্āĻ āĻāĻিāϞ?
Though they served tasty meals, they stole money and valuables from the customers.
āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϏুāϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻু āĻāĻšাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻ্ā§°াāĻšāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āϧāύ āĻā§°ু āĻŽূāϞ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ āϏাāĻŽāĻ্ā§°ী āĻুā§°ি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
(The merchant approached the inn and knocked on the door.) KNOCK KNOCK.
(āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ীāĻāύে āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻৈ āĻĻুā§ąাā§°āϤ āĻোāĻā§° āĻŽাā§°িāϞে।) āĻāĻ āĻāĻ।
Innkeeper's wife : Who's there? (She opens the door) Oh! Good evening mister! How can I help you?
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী: āĻোāύ āϤাāϤ? (āϤাāĻ āĻĻুā§ąাā§°āĻāύ āĻোāϞে) āĻ '! āĻļুāĻ āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝা āĻŽāĻšাāĻļāϝ়! āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ো?
Merchant: Good evening. I would like to book a room for tonight.
āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী: āĻļুāĻ āϏāύ্āϧ্āϝা। āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻি ā§°াāϤিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻা āĻোāĻ া āϞ'āĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ো।
Innkeeper's wife : It's our pleasure. Please come in! (She takes him to a room upstairs.) You can stay here comfortably.
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী: āĻāϝ়া āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻāύāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻāĻĨা। āĻ āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ি āĻিāϤ⧰āϞৈ āĻāĻšāĻ! (āϤাāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻšāϞাā§° āĻāĻা āĻোāĻ াāϞৈ āϞৈ āϝাāϝ়।) āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻā§°াāĻŽেā§°ে āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।
Merchant: It's very kind of you. I am exhausted and I want to have my dinner as soon as possible and quickly go to bed.
āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী: āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻĻāϝ়া। āĻŽāĻ āĻŦā§° āĻাāĻā§°ি āĻĒā§°িāĻোঁ āĻā§°ু āϝিāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą āϏোāύāĻাāϞে ā§°াāϤিā§° āĻāĻšাā§° āĻাāĻ āϞ⧰াāϞ⧰িāĻৈ āĻļুāĻŦāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ো।
Innkeeper's wife: As you wish. The dinner will be served in an hour from now. Please make yourself at home. Do you want anything else?
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী: āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāĻ্āĻা। āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻāĻŖ্āĻাā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ ā§°াāϤিā§° āĻāĻšাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āĻā§°া āĻš'āĻŦ। āĻ āύুāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ি āĻāϝ়াāĻ āύিāĻā§° āĻā§° āĻŦুāϞিāϝ়েāĻ āĻাāĻŦāĻ। āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻāύ āĻিāĻŦা āϞাāĻে āύেāĻি?
Merchant: No, thank you.
āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী: āύাāϞাāĻে, āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ।
(The lady leaves the room and quietly closes the door behind her.)
(āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻā§°াāĻী āĻোāĻ াāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϞাāĻ āϝাāϝ় āĻā§°ু āϞাāĻšেāĻৈ āĻĻুā§ąাā§°āĻāύ āĻāĻĒাāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়ে।)
She hastily enters the kitchen.
āϤাāĻ āĻā§°āĻেāĻĻাāĻৈ āĻĒাāĻāĻā§°āϤ āϏোāĻŽাāϝ়।
Innkeeper : Another new guest, I guess?
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻী: āĻā§°ু āĻāĻāύ āύāϤুāύ āĻāϞāĻšী, āĻŽāĻ āĻ āύুāĻŽাāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻোঁ?
Innkeeper's wife: (Chuckling crookedly) Yes, but he does not have a lot of valuables with him.
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী: (āĻুāĻিāϞāĻাā§ąে āĻšাঁāĻšি) āĻšāϝ়, āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤেāĻঁā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻŦেāĻি āĻŽূāϞ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āύাāĻ।
He has been carrying on his back only a bag, not so big.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒিāĻ িāϤ āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻāĻা āĻŦেāĻ āĻāĻĸ়িāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύিāĻে, āϝিāĻো āĻŦā§° āĻĄাāĻā§° āύāĻšāϝ়।
It is difficult to steal from those who have very little.
āϝিāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻāĻŽ āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻĨাāĻে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻুā§°ি āĻā§°াāĻো āĻāĻ িāύ।
(She starts preparing the dinner which includes a delicious tomato and mushroom soup, chicken noodles, baked potatoes and boiled beans.)
(āϤাāĻ ā§°াāϤিā§° āĻāĻšাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°ে āϝ'āϤ āĻĨাāĻে āϏুāϏ্āĻŦাāĻĻু āĻŦিāϞাāĻšী āĻā§°ু āĻাāĻ āĻĢুāϞাā§° āĻূāĻĒ, āĻুāĻুā§°া āĻŽাংāϏ⧰ āύুāĻĄāϞāĻ, āϏেāĻা āĻāϞু āĻā§°ু āϏিāĻোā§ąা āĻŦীāύ।)
Innkeeper: I've got an amazing idea! (He took out a small packet of some green leaves from the big bag hanging on the kitchen wall.)
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻী: āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻা āĻāĻā§°িāϤ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧি āĻĒাāϞোঁ! (āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒাāĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻŦেā§°āϤ āĻāϞāĻŽি āĻĨāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻŦেāĻāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āϏেāĻāĻীāϝ়া āĻĒাāϤ⧰ āϏ⧰ু āĻĒেāĻেāĻ āĻāĻা āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύিāϞে।)
Innkeeper's wife: What's that?
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী: āϏেāĻāĻো āĻি?
Innkeeper: The Herb 'Mega' Yes! Now put some of the 'Mega' leaves in your soup and mix it well.
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻী: 'āĻŽেāĻা' āĻŦāύৌāώāϧি। āĻšāϝ়! āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻূāĻĒāϤ āĻ āϞāĻĒāĻŽাāύ 'āĻŽেāĻা' āĻĒাāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻŽিāĻšāϞোā§ąা।
After he enjoys the soup, he will forget everything. He will leave his bag and will go away.
āĻূāĻĒāĻিāύি āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ, āϤেāĻঁ āϏāĻāϞো āĻĒাāĻšā§°ি āϝাāĻŦ। āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻŦেāĻāĻো āĻā§°ি āĻĨৈ āĻুāĻি āϝাāĻŦ।
(The 'Mega' herb is said to have the power of making people forgetful, if eaten.)
(āĻোā§ąা āĻšāϝ় āϝে 'āĻŽেāĻা' āĻŦāύৌāώāϧি āĻাāϞে āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āϏ্āĻŽৃāϤিāĻļāĻ্āϤি āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻĨাāĻে।)
Innkeeper's wife: That's brilliant!
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী: āϏেāĻāĻো āĻŦāĻĸ়িāϝ়া!
(She adds it to the soup, and serves the dinner to the merchant. The hungry man happily starts eating his meal. First the soup, then all the other items. He is satisfied and offers his thanks to the lady.
(āϤাāĻ āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻূāĻĒāϤ āϝোāĻ āĻā§°ে, āĻā§°ু āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ীāĻāύāĻ ā§°াāϤিā§° āĻāĻšাā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āĻā§°ে। āĻোāĻাāϤুā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻāύে āĻāύāύ্āĻĻেā§°ে āĻāĻšাā§° āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°ে। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽে āĻূāĻĒ, āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻāύ āϏāĻāϞো āĻŦāϏ্āϤু। āϤেāĻঁ āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻ āĻšāϝ় āĻā§°ু āĻŽāĻšিāϞাāĻā§°াāĻীāĻ āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻāύাāϝ়।)
Merchant: Thank you for this wonderful meal. Specially the soup!! I have never had such mouth watering soup before.
āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী: āĻāĻ āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ। āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻৈ āĻূāĻĒāĻো!! āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻāϤে āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύে āĻŽুāĻā§°োāĻāĻ āĻূāĻĒ āĻোā§ąা āύাāĻ।
Now, I want to go to bed. I will leave early tomorrow morning.
āĻāϤিāϝ়া, āĻŽāĻ āĻļুāĻŦāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ো। āĻŽāĻ āĻাāĻāϞৈ ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা āϏোāύāĻাāϞে āϝাāĻŽ।
There's a surprise for you Madam, but I will tell you in the morning.
āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻা āĻāĻĒāĻšাā§° (āĻā§°āĻĒ্ā§°াāĻāĻ) āĻāĻে āĻŽেāĻĻেāĻŽ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা āĻāĻŽ।
Innkeeper's wife: Oh really! I would love to get the surprise!!
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী: āĻ ' āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে! āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻšাā§°āĻো āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻŽ!!
Good night.
āĻļুāĻ ā§°াāϤ্ā§°ি।
(She leaves...)
(āϤাāĻ āĻুāĻি āϝাāϝ়...)
Merchant: (Says to himself), "I will pay them double the bill. They are good people."
āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ী: (āύিāĻāĻে āĻāϝ়), "āĻŽāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āĻŦিāϞ⧰ āĻĻুāĻুāĻŖ āĻĒāĻāĻা āĻĻিāĻŽ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻাāϞ āĻŽাāύুāĻš।"
He immediately falls asleep.
āϤেāĻঁ āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āĻļুāĻ āĻĒā§°ে।
The next morning, the innkeeper's wife gets up from bed and right away comes to see the guest.
āĻĒিāĻāĻĻিāύা ā§°াāϤিāĻĒুā§ąা, āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী āĻŦিāĻāύাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻ ি āĻĒোāύে āĻĒোāύে āĻāϞāĻšীāĻāύāĻ āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻšে।
Innkeeper's wife: Whoa! Where is he? The room is empty. The guest and his bag are not here.
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী: āĻā§°ে! āϤেāĻঁ āĻ'āϤ? āĻোāĻ াāĻো āĻাāϞী। āĻāϞāĻšীāĻāύ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦেāĻāĻো āĻāϝ়াāϤ āύাāĻ।
The front door of the inn is also flung open!
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻā§° āĻĻুā§ąাā§°āĻāύো āĻোā§°েā§°ে āĻোāϞা āĻāĻে!
She is now sure that he has left. She rushes to her husband and tells him everything.
āϤাāĻ āĻāϤিāϝ়া āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻুāĻি āĻৈāĻে। āϤাāĻ āϞ⧰াāϞ⧰িāĻৈ āϤাāĻā§° āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীā§° āĻāĻā§°āϞৈ āϝাāϝ় āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻ āϏāĻāϞো āĻāĻĨা āĻāϝ়।
Innkeeper: Hasn't he forgotten his bag? I am sure he has!
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻী: āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻŦেāĻāĻো āĻĒাāĻšā§°ি āϝোā§ąা āύাāĻāύে? āĻŽāĻ āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤ āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒাāĻšā§°িāĻে!
Innkeeper's wife: No, he has not forgotten his bag.
āϏ⧰াāĻāĻাāύাā§° āĻā§°াāĻীā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী: āύāĻšāϝ়, āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦেāĻāĻো āĻĒাāĻšā§°ি āϝোā§ąা āύাāĻ।
But 'Mega' is powerful, so he has forgotten to pay the bill of the night stay and dinner.
āĻিāύ্āϤু 'āĻŽেāĻা' āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী, āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āϤেāĻঁ ā§°াāϤি āĻĨāĻা āĻā§°ু āύিāĻļাā§° āĻāĻšাā§°ā§° āĻŦিāϞ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒাāĻšā§°ি āĻৈāĻে।
And also the surprise!!!
āĻā§°ু āϞāĻāϤে āĻāĻĒāĻšাā§°āĻোāĻ!!!
2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)
3. Comprehension Solutions
a) Where was the merchant coming back home from?
Ans: The merchant was coming back home from work.
b) Where did he decide to stay for the night?
Ans: He decided to stay at a village inn for the night.
c) How were the innkeeper and his wife?
Ans: The innkeeper and his wife were wicked.
d) What did they do with their customers?
Ans: They stole money and valuables from their customers.
e) What did the lady prepare for dinner?
Ans: The lady prepared a delicious tomato and mushroom soup, chicken noodles, baked potatoes, and boiled beans for dinner.
f) What did she mix with the soup?
Ans: She mixed some 'Mega' leaves with the soup.
g) What power does 'Mega' have?
Ans: 'Mega' has the power of making people forgetful if eaten.
h) What was the 'surprise' mentioned by the merchant?
Ans: The surprise was that the merchant wanted to pay them double the bill because he thought they were good people.
i) What did the merchant forget?
Ans: The merchant forgot to pay the bill for the night stay and dinner, and also forgot to give the surprise.
a) Q: The innkeepers served ........ (tasty/smelly/stinky) meal to their customers.
Ans: The innkeepers served tasty meal to their customers.
b) Q: The merchant was ........ (relaxed/active/exhausted)
Ans: The merchant was exhausted.
c) Q: The merchant did not have a lot of ........ (money/vegetables/valuables)
Ans: The merchant did not have a lot of valuables.
d) Q: The innkeeper's wife mixed some Mega leaves in the ........ (soup/boiled beans/chicken noodles)
Ans: The innkeeper's wife mixed some Mega leaves in the soup.
e) Q: The merchant forgot ........ (his bag/to pay the bill/to eat his meal)
Ans: The merchant forgot to pay the bill.
4. Activities Solutions & Grammar
Grammar Tip: Wh- Words
We use 'Wh-' words to ask questions. For example: Who (for a person), Where (for a place), When (for time), Why (for a reason), and What (for things).
- a) What is your favourite colour?
- b) Whom did you invite to your birthday party?
- c) Who came to your house yesterday?
- d) Which is your book?
- e) Where does your uncle live?
- f) Which book do you want, this or that?
- g) When do you get up in the morning?
- h) Why are you crying?
- i) How many marbles do you have?
- j) How much water do you drink daily?
Correct Order of "The Thirsty Crow" Story:
- It was a hot day.
- A crow felt thirsty.
- It didn't find water to drink.
- It flew to a village where it saw a pot.
- There was only a little water in the pot.
- Then it saw some pebbles nearby.
- It picked up the pebbles one by one.
- Then it dropped them into the pot.
- At last the water came up.
- It drank and flew away happily.
5. Build Up Your Vocabulary
Everyday Words and Actions (āĻĻৈāύāύ্āĻĻিāύ āĻাā§°্āϝāĻāϞাāĻĒā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)
6. FAQs on the Chapter
Q. What is the herb 'Mega' famous for in the story?
Ans: According to the story, the herb 'Mega' is famous for its magical power to make anyone forgetful after they eat it.
Q. Why did the innkeeper's wife mix the 'Mega' herb into the merchant's soup?
Ans: The wicked innkeeper's wife mixed the 'Mega' herb into his soup hoping that he would forget his bag so that she could steal his valuables.
Q. What did the merchant actually forget after eating the 'Mega' herb?
Ans: The herb made him forgetful, but instead of forgetting his bag, he forgot to pay the bill for his stay and his dinner, and he also forgot to give the surprise payment to the wicked innkeepers.
Final Thoughts
This funny Japanese folktale shows us how wicked plans can sometimes backfire in the most unexpected ways! We hope these Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 4 English Lesson 15 notes have helped you understand the story of The Herb 'Mega'. If you have any questions or doubts, feel free to drop a comment below!
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