First Steps in Reading Comprehension

[Chhit]

Chapter 1

Ail, who was working a long way from home, wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter-writer whose name was Nasreddin.

Nasreddin was already in bed. "It is late" he said. "What do you want?" "I want you to write a letter to my wife," said Ali. Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, "Has the letter got to go far?"

"What does that matter?" answered Ali.

"Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money.’

Ali went away quickly.

Questions:
01. What was Ali doing?         
02. Where was he?
03. What did he want to do?
04. Why couldn’t he write the letter himself?
05. When did he look for some body to write his letter?
06. Whom did he find?
07. What was Nasreddin doing?
08. What did Ali say to Nasreddin?
09. How did Nasreddin feel when Ali spoke to him?
10. What did Nasrteddin thin ask Ali?
11. What did Ali reply?
12. What did Nasreddin say then?
13. What did Ali then do?

[Keo Somala]

Haha...that's a very nice funny story indeed. The questions help us remember the story well. Nice!

Thanks.

[Chhit]

Chapter 3

An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was foolish a young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.

"My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will happen to me now?"

"Don’t worry young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be alright again. Wait, and you will feel much happier."

The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?" he asked Nasreddin.

"No, I didn’t mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends."


Questions:
01.   How did the young man get his money?
02.   What kind of man was he?
03.   What happened to the money?
04.   What did the young man’s friends then do?
05.   What did the young man do after that?
06.   Why did he go to Nasreddin?
07.   What did the young man said to Nasreddin?
08.   What did Nasreddin answer?
09.   How did the young man feel then?
10.   What did he asked Nasreddin?
11.   What was Nasreddin’s answer?

[Sokheang Thea]

I've been enjoying your joke. Hope you post more....

[Chhit]

Chapter 4

Once upon a time, in a hug vast country, there was a princess who was very, very beautiful.

“Mirror, mirror one the wall, who is the prettiest of them all?” said by princess. “Of course, that would be you, my lady.” mirror answered.

“Really? Do you think so? If you’re lying, I’ll break you into pieces!” said by princess. “I never lie, my lady. You are the most beautiful. You’re so pretty.” answered by mirror.

Because the princess was so pretty and wise, princes came from over the world to seek her husband. Finally, five princess were left in the final round. In order to choose the best match for her, she gave them a test. She hid her right hand and unfolded one finger. The five princes had to guess which one it was. So that sign came to represent a vow of marriage. The prince and princess couldn’t have been happier. But then the crusades began, and the prince had to go war. The prince promised to come back alive, crossing his pinky with hers. But ten years passed, and the prince didn’t return. She didn’t ever know if he was still alive. But since the princess was still so pretty, many people came to ask her to re-marry. She kept saying no, believing that he’d return, but she couldn’t turn them down any longer. So she decided to marry a man who joined a pinkies with her. But he didn't understand what the princess meant. So the princess was still alone. One day, a filthy beggar came to the palace. Everyone tried to get rid of him, but the princess called him in, saying everyone deserves a chance. That beggar was her lost prince. The truth was, the prince had been killed on his way home. The soul of the dead must depart after 49 days. That day was the 49th day. In order to keep his promise, the prince returned as a ghost. Finally, the princess found the body of the prince. So she decided to kill herself to follow the prince.

Now do you know the meaning of joined pinkies?

[rachada]

Is that about Pinky Promise? Yeah we call that, not join pinky

[Tdol]

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[Chhit]

I got it from WindStruck.