Summary & Question-answers of The Chapter : 1- A Tale of Two Birds with the concerned video

A Tale of Two Birds Summary

This story is all about a mother bird and her two newborn birds. The mother died in a storm and the sons got separated from each other in the thunderstorm. Due to the strong wind the tall tree that they lived on also fell and they were blown away to the other side of the forest. One of them reached near a gang of robbers and the other one landed near the Rishi’s ashram.

One day, a king got exhausted while following a deer. He came and sat under the tree near the cave of robbers. There, the king heard a big brown bird’s voice. It was calling the robbers to rob the king. The king hurriedly got up from there and rode away. He reached near the Rishi’s ashram.

Here,again he heard the bird’s voice. But it was a complete contrast to what he heard earlier. This  bird asked the king to take rest inside the ashram and wait for the Rishi to come.The King was amazed to see the similar appearance of the birds but this voice was too gentle. The bird  told the king that his brother had learnt that language from the robbers.When the Rishi came ,the king  shared the story of the birds with him.The Rishi smiled and said that it was the impact of the company that was being reflected on the behaviour of the birds.That bird was not at fault .He was just repeating what he had heard and the forest was full of varied surprisesPage No 3:

Question 1

How did the two baby birds get separated?

Answer

During a terrible thunderstorm, the two baby birds were blown away by the strong winds to the other side of the forest. Both fell at different places; as a result, they got separated.

Question 2

Where did each of them find a home?

Answer

One of the birds found its home near a cave where a gang of robbers lived. The other found its home in a rishi’s ashram

Question 

What did the first bird say to the stranger?

Answer

The first bird cried out, “Quick! Hurry up! There’s someone under the tree. Come and take his jewels and his horse. Hurry, or else he’ll slip away.

Question 

What did the second bird say to him?

Answer

The second bird said to the king, “Welcome to the ashram, Sir. Please go inside and rest. The rishi will be back soon. There’s some cold water in the pot. Please make yourself comfortable.

Question 

How did the rishi explain the different ways in which the birds behaved?

Answer

The rishi explained that the first bird had always heard the talk of robbers. So it imitated them and talked about robbing people. The second bird had repeated what it had always heard in the ashram. So it welcomed people to the ashram.