Unseen Passage for Class 3: The Monkey and the Coconut

  • 149 words
  • 5 questions
  • Ages 8–9
  • With answers

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A monkey sat in a palm tree watching the people on the road below. One child threw a coconut at the tree. The monkey picked it up and bit into the shell, but it was too hard.

A farmer came along carrying coconuts in a basket. The monkey climbed down. When the farmer was not looking, the monkey took a coconut from the basket and started to run.

The farmer saw him and threw a rock. The monkey held the coconut so tightly in both his arms that he could not hold onto the tree branches as he climbed. He lost his footing and fell with a thump onto the ground.

The monkey sat up slowly, picked himself up, and looked at the coconut in his arms. He dropped it and went back to sit in the tree, watching more carefully now. That coconut was not worth the climb.

Questions

  1. Why did the monkey not eat the coconut the child threw?

    1. He was not hungry
    2. The shell was too hard to bite
    3. He did not like the taste
    4. The child came back to get it

  2. What did the monkey do when he saw the farmer with the basket?

    1. He climbed higher in the tree
    2. He asked the farmer for a coconut
    3. He took a coconut from the basket when the farmer was not looking
    4. He jumped down and attacked the farmer

  3. Why did the monkey fall from the tree?

    1. The branch broke
    2. The farmer pushed him
    3. He held the coconut so tightly he could not hold onto the branches
    4. He was running too fast

  4. What lesson did the monkey learn?

    1. Coconuts are not good to eat
    2. Farmers are mean
    3. That greed caused him to get hurt, and the coconut was not worth it
    4. Never to go to the ground

  5. In the passage, "lost his footing" means —

    1. took off his shoes
    2. could not find the way
    3. fell or slipped
    4. felt sad

Answers

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  1. The shell was too hard to biteThe monkey bit into the shell, but it was too hard for him to open.
  2. He took a coconut from the basket when the farmer was not lookingThe monkey climbed down and took a coconut from the basket when the farmer was not looking.
  3. He held the coconut so tightly he could not hold onto the branchesThe monkey held the coconut so tightly in both his arms that he could not hold onto the tree branches.
  4. That greed caused him to get hurt, and the coconut was not worth itAt the end he dropped the coconut and went back to the tree, showing he learned that it was not worth the risk.
  5. fell or slippedTo lose your footing means to slip or fall — and the monkey did, landing with a thump.

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