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    This document contains notes from an English literature chapter about a lesson learned from a beggar. It summarizes the story of a woman named Meena who was always unhappy and cynical until one rainy day she saw a beggar and his granddaughter happily playing in the rain despite being poor and wet. This made Meena realize how much she took for granted in her own life. From that day on, she transformed her attitude and outlook to be more positive and grateful. The document provides context, questions, vocabulary definitions, and exercises related to the story.

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    This document contains notes from an English literature chapter about a lesson learned from a beggar. It summarizes the story of a woman named Meena who was always unhappy and cynical until one rainy day she saw a beggar and his granddaughter happily playing in the rain despite being poor and wet. This made Meena realize how much she took for granted in her own life. From that day on, she transformed her attitude and outlook to be more positive and grateful. The document provides context, questions, vocabulary definitions, and exercises related to the story.

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    This document contains notes from an English literature chapter about a lesson learned from a beggar. It summarizes the story of a woman named Meena who was always unhappy and cynical until one rainy day she saw a beggar and his granddaughter happily playing in the rain despite being poor and wet. This made Meena realize how much she took for granted in her own life. From that day on, she transformed her attitude and outlook to be more positive and grateful. The document provides context, questions, vocabulary definitions, and exercises related to the story.

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    This document contains notes from an English literature chapter about a lesson learned from a beggar. It summarizes the story of a woman named Meena who was always unhappy and cynical until one rainy day she saw a beggar and his granddaughter happily playing in the rain despite being poor and wet. This made Meena realize how much she took for granted in her own life. From that day on, she transformed her attitude and outlook to be more positive and grateful. The document provides context, questions, vocabulary definitions, and exercises related to the story.

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    GRADE 8- ENGLISH LITERATURE

    CHAPTER 8 - A LESSON IN LIFE FROM A BEGGAR

    NOTES

    I. Glossary:

    1. cynicism: belief
    2. pessimistic: expecting bad things to happen
    3. grumbled: complained in a bad-tempered way
    4. drenched: thoroughly wet
    5. dumbfounded: made speechless with surprise
    6. zest: keen interest, enjoyment
    7. chronic: long-lasting

    II. Answer the following questions:


    1. Who was Meena? What was strange about her?
    Ans: Meena was a good friend of the author, Sudha Murthy. She was an LIC
    officer earning a good salary.
    She was very strange as she seemed to be forever unhappy. Whenever the author
    met her, the author felt depressed, Meena’s gloom and cynicism had a way of
    spreading to others. She never had anything positive to say on any topic or about
    any person.

    2. How did the narrator know that Meena had changed completely?
    Ans: Many years later, when narrator met Meena on a rainy day, she looked very
    cheerful and happy and asked the narrator to have tea with her. The author
    grumbled about the weather but Meena did not complain about anything. This
    attitude of Meena was completely unexpected as she was too pessimistic when
    she had met her many years back. As such the author came to know that Meena
    was a completely changed person.

    3. Describe the scene that Meena saw through the window.


    Ans: One monsoon day when she looked out of the bedroom window and started
    cursing the rain, she noticed the beggar and his granddaughter who lived in front
    of her house, playing in the rain on the road because there was no traffic. They
    were laughing, clapping and screaming joyfully, as if they were in the paradise.
    Hunger and rain did not matter. They were completely drenched but totally
    happy. She envied their zest for life.

    4. How did the transformation come about?


    Ans: Meena was astonished by the sight of the beggar and his grand daughter,
    playing in the rain. That scene forced her to look at her own life. She realised that
    she had so many comforts, none of which they had. But they had the most
    important of all assets- they knew how to be happy with life as it was . Meena
    felt ashamed of herself for having been grumpy all the time when she had more
    to be grateful for,than most people could imagine. That day she decided to
    change her attitude and perception towards life and a complete transformation
    took place.

    III. Extra Question:

    1. Pick out some of Meena’s character traits before she decided to change
    her attitude towards life and after the complete transformation of the
    personality.

    IV. Make Sentences:

    1. belittle- Amy belittled her sister’s writing skill whenever she gets a chance.
    2. drenched: We were caught up in the rain and got drenched to the skin.
    3. dumbfounded: They were dumbfounded by looking at all the damages done
    by the storm.

    V. HOTS:
    Narrate any incident that has helped you to bring out changes in your life.(Write
    in your own words.)

    VI. GRAMMAR:

    Question Words (who, whom, what, when,why, where, whose, which, how )
    We can use question words like who, whom, what, when,why, where, whose,
    which, how and so on to ask questions.

    Read the answers and write suitable questions for each, using question words.

    1. I live in the second lane of your area.


    2. I woke up at 9 A.M.
    3. He is great , thanks for asking.
    4. That’s my electronic dictionary.
    5. He works at the LIC Office.
    6. You need to use a pot with water to cook the rice.
    7. I prefer to have Chinese cuisine.
    8. The party will be on Saturday night.
    9. This book was presented by my cousin on my birthday.
    10. The blue one is Ramesh’s bag.

    VII. VITAL

    “Be content with what you have;


    Rejoice in the way things are.
    When you realise there is nothing lacking,
    The whole world belongs to you.’’

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