HPPS 2024 Prelim Editing

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Once, there was a very hardworking farmer. He was (1) renound for raising exceptionally large and plump chickens. All the people in the land called him “King of Poultry”. The king of the country was very angry when he came to (2) knew that someone else had also used the title of ‘King’. He was (3) envyious that everyone admired the farmer so he ordered his (4) soilders to bring the farmer to him.

When the farmer appeared (5) after the king, the angry and jealous king said, “How dare you call yourself a king? If you are really a king, I want you to bring me a rooster that can lay eggs. If you can’t, you will die!”

The farmer returned home, feeling (6) angcious. When his ten-year-old grandson saw this, he asked his grandfather what (7) is wrong. The farmer told his grandson everything. The boy told his grandfather not to worry. He asked his grandfather to stay at home (8) where he himself went to see the king on his behalf.

At the palace, the king asked the boy, “Where is your grandfather?”

“My grandfather is at home,” the boy replied. “He is giving birth to a baby.”

The king was (9) baffeled. “How can your grandfather, a man, give birth to a baby?” he asked. The boy answered, “(10) Unless a man cannot give birth to a baby, then how can a rooster lay eggs?”

The king was (11) inpressed with the boy’s clever answer. He let the boy go and pardoned the farmer (12) from the same time. The farmer was thankful that his grandson had saved his life.

Adapted from: https://www.com/stories/inspirational-story-of-farmers

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