The boys started picking up stones and hitting at the branches.
The branches were very high. They kept missing the mangoes.
One stone fell very close to the monkey and slightly touched it. The monkey jumped on to another branch. Two mangoes fell down with its movement.
The boys shrieked with joy. One of the girls noticed the monkey.
She was scared. She thought it would be angry with them. She told the others about the monkey.
All the children looked at the monkey. The monkey looked back at them.
Answer the following questions
1 What did the boys pick up?
(a) marbles (b) fruits (c) stones (d) none
2 Why were the boys hitting stones at the branches?
(a) to get apples (b) to get mangoes (c) to get coconuts (d) none
3 One stone slightly touched the __.
(a) monkey (b) bear (c) sparrow (d) parrot
4 Who noticed the monkey on the tree?
(a) boy (b) teacher (c) girl (d) peon
5 Give the plural of ‘monkey’.