Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow in your words:

Without water no creature can survive. In desert regions the greatest threat to life is drying up. But many creatures are able to make use of the little water that exists in arid areas. One of nature’s masterpieces among creatures equipped to cope with desert life is the hardy Camel. Stories range to desert lands far and wide about feats of remarkable endurance of Camels. It is said that Camels can cover a distance of about 800 miles in eight days through continuous travel without taking a single drop of water. The popular belief that Camels store water in the humps is misleading in a way, water is indeed stored there but in the form of fat.

Questions:

(i) What is the greatest threat to life in desert regions?

(ii) Why is the Camel considered as a masterpiece in deserts?

(iii) What type of stories range far and wide about Camels?

 (iv) Describe the reality about the storage of water by Camels.

OR

One Saturday, Ramayana was offering prayers to the lord when he called his son and told him to get some plantains for a rupee. This boy readily ran out and purchased the plantain but on the way back, he saw another boy with his mother. They were very hungry. The young boy felt sorry for the sufferers, he gave the bananas to the mother and iner son and relieved them of their hunger. The two expressed their gratitude in many different ways. The young boy went home empty-handed and told the reason of not bringing the plantains. The father was very happy with his son.

 Questions:

(i) What did the father tell his son to do?

(ii) What did the son see on his way back home?

(iii) What did the boy do?

(iv) Make sentences with: Hungry, Gratitude.