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found the saints were still busy chanting hymns. He moved his horse closer but the saints took no notice of the presence of Alexander and his caravan. In order to get their attention, Alexander patted his horse, and coughed. Still no one paid any attention. Alexander got irritated now. He dismounted and proceeded towards the oldest saint. The saint did not notice and Alexander felt totally ignored. Then he approached one of the saints and called, “Fakir, listen, I am the famous Alexander the Great.” The saint looked up and asked coolly and very sweetly, “What do you want, young man? What can I do for you?” Alexander was taken aback with the question. He paused. “Well...well, I don’t want anything from you. I am Alexander the Great, I have conquered your Hindustan.” Alexander announced proudly. He continued, “When I saw you people naked in this cold weather, I brought woollen blankets and clothes for all of you.” The saint threw a sharp glance at Alexander. He came closer and put his hand on Alexander’s shoulder. “Young man, so you are the famous Alexander, who conquers the countries by robbing them?” The saint gave a loud laugh and asked, “Tell me, my child, how can a robber be a conqueror and a giver?” And the saint looked deep into Alexander’s eyes. Alexander turned pale, not knowing what to say. He stood still like a statue. The saint continued, “Well, my child if you really want to conquer the world, first win the hearts of the countrymen with love. As for us, we have renounced the world and we do not need anything. Whatever is left with us now, we can give that too. Now tell me, what do you want?” Alexander could not believe his ears. He had never seen or heard things like this. The feeling of guilt made him sad suddenly. He saluted the saint. Without saying a word, he mounted his horse and went back to his camp. The caravan followed the master. It was dawn and Alexander could hear the chattering of birds. He had come to his decision, and, he stopped his forward march. He released King Puru and put off his future plans to conquer other parts of India. - Deepawali Debroy 8 Textbook
Glossary victory /'vIktJri/ success terrain /tJ'reIn/ piece of land, considered especially as a place for a battle wail /weIl/ cry out with grief caravan /'k&rJv&n/ company of travellers across the desert pat /p&t/ touch lightly with the flat hand renounce /rI'naUns/ to give up Vocabulary Textbook Exercises A. Find words in the lesson which have the meanings given below : 1 large fire made out of doors for pleasure or to burn dead leaves in a garden 2 got down from a horse 3 part of the body between the neck and the top of the arm 4 success in battle or in a game 5 cloth shelter as used by soldiers B Refer to a dictionary and find out the meanings of the following. Use them in sentences. You can use the sentences given in the dictionary as models. countryside, winter, chanting, taken aback, dawn C Notice the past tense of verbs ending with ‘-ed’ are pronounced in three different ways /t/, /d/ and /id/. Examples : asked /A:skt/ 9
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