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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 9 English Supplementary Chapter 2 Happy Cure
Happy Cure Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes
Text Book Exercises
I. Answer the following questions in about two or three sentences each.
Question 1.
“The King was foolish.” Do you agree with this statement? Justify your answer by quoting one incident from the text.
Answer:
Yes, the king was foolish, the king was suffering from having nothing to do but he said that he was a death’s door.
Question 2.
“Physicians and surgeons are dolts”.
Answer:
Physicians and surgeons came from far and wide. They looked down the King’s throat, they tapped his chest and they felt his pulse. They hemmed, hawed and stroke their beards. But they could find nothing wrong. So the king called them dolts.
Question 3.
What did the simple woman say to the king after she peered into his face?
Answer:
The simple old woman peered into the King’s face for a long time. Then she said . to the king that he was suffering from a strange and rare disease. So rare and strange that no name was there for it.
Question 4.
“You will be cured instantly,” said the simple old woman. What was the cure suggested?
Answer:
“Oh, yes, your majesty, you need sleep but one night in the shirt of a happy man and you will be cured instantly said the simple old woman.
Question 5.
Why did the soldiers and courtiers, messengers and heralds have to travel far and wide?
Answer:
The soldiers and courtiers, messengers and heralds had to travel far and wide to bring the king back the shirt of a happy man.
Question 6.
“I sing from joy,” said the stranger. Why do you think the stranger sang from joy?
Answer:
The stranger said that he loved his fellow-men, he owned but little and wanted less. This made the stranger happy. So, the sang from Joy.
Question 7.
Why did the king hang his head in shame? What did he resolve afterward?
Answer:
The soldiers found a happy man in the little stable boy, but the boy was not wearing a shirt. So the king hung his head in shame. He resolved then and there to be a good king, to help his people, to rule wisely and well.
Question 8.
Do you think the title of the story is appropriate? Give reasons.
Answer:
The title of the story ‘The happy cure’ is appropriate. The king appeared foolish in the beginning. At the end he realized his folly. He never fancied himself ill again. He resolved himself to be a good king and ruled wisely. His fancied disease was cured in a simple way from the example of a happy man. So the title is suitable.
Question 9.
“People who have nothing to do are bored to death.” Explain this statement.
Answer:
People who have nothing to do are always doing some nonsense. They always create problems and give trouble to others. They fancy various things about themselves and act foolishly. They do not believe the good and right suggestions. They consider good things and good suggestions to be wrong. They look at matters in a different way. Sometimes they accept the wrong suggestions. Many times they take wrong decisions. People get confused with them. They could not solve their problems easily. So, people who have nothing to do are bored to death.”
Question 10.
Suggest another title to the story.
Answer:
(1) The Foolish king
(2) The shirt of a happy man.
Happy Cure Additional Questions and Answers
I. Choose the correct answers:
Question 1.
The King was.
(a) Wise
(b) Foolish
(c) Intelligent
(d) Happy.
Answer:
(b) Foolish
Question 2.
The king called the physicians and surgeons as:
(a) Foolish
(b) Stupids
(c) Dolts
(d) Idiots.
Answer:
(c) Dolts
Question 3.
The king scolded the plain and ordinary doctors as:
(a) Foolish
(b) Stupids
(c) Dolts
(d) Idiots.
Answer:
(d) Idiots.
Question 4.
The person who said that king was suffering from a strange and rare disease was a:
(a) Simple old woman
(b) Rich young woman
(c) Physician
(d) Surgeon.
Answer:
(a) Simple old woman
Question 5.
The King summoned the captain of the guard, soldiers, courtiers, messengers and heralds and ordered them to bring back the:
(a) Shirt of a happy man
(b) Shirt of a rich man
(c) Shirt of a poor man
(d) Shirt of a foolish man.
Answer:
(a) Shirt of a happy man
Question 6.
The person who found a happy man was the:
(a) Soldier
(b) Messenger
(c) Captain
(d) Stable boy.
Answer:
(d) Stable boy.
II. Answer the following:
Question 1.
What did the king threaten to do to the next examiner, if they could find nothing wrong with him?
Answer:
The king said that the next one who examines him and finds nothing wrong, would have his ears cut off and his nose shortened.
Question 2.
What was the report given by the persons who went east?
Answer:
The people in the east might be happy if the king did not tax them so heavily.
Question 3.
What was the report given to king by the persons who went west?
Answer:
The people in the west might be happy if they did not have to work so long and so hard. So they might have a little time to enjoy singing and dancing.
Question 4.
Why did the happy man burst into laughter?
Answer:
The stable boy, meeting a happy man finally asked him for his shirt to cure their king. But the hapy man burst into laughter as he had no shirt at all, to give.
III. Match the following:
| 1. groan | a. stupid Persons |
| 2. moan | b. look closely |
| 3. dolts | c. decide |
| 4. peer | d. painful sound |
| 5. resolve | e. make sad sound when in pain |
Answer:
1 – (e), 2 – (d), 3 – (a), 4 – (b), 5 – (c).
Happy Cure Summary in English
A foolish king lay dying. He imagined and said that he was at death’s door. But the truth of the matter was that he was suffering from having nothing to do. He was being bored to death. He would not admit this. He groaned and moaned and complained of sharp stabs in every muscle and sticking pains in every bone in his body. Physicians and Surgeons came from far and wide. They checked him up. But they could find nothing wrong with him.
But the king told that the Physicians and Surgeons were- dolts. He asked the minister to bring ordinary doctors. Ordinary doctors came from hither and yon. They checked him up. But even they could find nothing wrong in his health. King told in rage, that ordinary doctors were idiots. He threatened that the next one to examine him and find nothing wrong, would have his ears cut off and his nose shortened. This did not stop the coming of the doctors and the surgeons and the physicians. The people were in despair. Such an epidemic of heads without ears and faces with shortened noses were never seen.
Finally, a simple old woman came to see the king. She peered into the king’s face for a long time. She said that king was suffering from a strange and rare disease. So rare and strange, that no name existed for it. King was very happy that he was a sick man. He asked the^old woman if there was any medicine for his sickness. The old woman suggested the king that he needed sleep for one night in the shirt of a happy man and he would be cured immediately.
The King summoned the Captain of his guard, his bravest soldiers, best courtiers, messengers and heralds and commanded them to bring him the shirt of a happy man, and they should not return without it.
His men traveled far and wide, from east to west, from north to south, across seas and deserts, through cities and over mountains, from one end of the kingdom to the other. But nowhere could they find a happy man. They sent long reports to the King.
The long reports said that the people in the east might be happy if the king didn’t tax them so heavily; The people in the west might be happy if they didn’t have to work so long and so hard; The people in the north might be happy if the King was interested in them and their welfare. The people in the south might be happy if the King would notice their industry and faithfulness and would reward them. The king read the reports hastily and threw them away.
One day a little stable boy came across a stranger who was happily singing. The boy asked the stranger what made him sing so merrily. He replied that he was singing from joy. He loved his fellow-men. He owned but little and wanted less. He was a happy man and he was singing. The boy told him about the sickness of the king. He told that their King could be cured if he could sleep one night in the shirt of a happy man. So, he asked the stranger to give him his shirt. The man burst into laughter and said that he did not possess a shirt. He gathered his tattered coat about him and walked off.
The little stable boy ran to the King and said. “The cure was right here all the time- right at hand – right on the palace grounds. I found him-he said that he loved his fellow-men, owned but little and wanted less. But he didn’t possess a shirt.”
Then the King hung his head in shame. He told himself that he could cure his own folly. He resolved then and there to be a good King, to help his people, to rule wisely and well. He never fancied himself ill again for he became too busy for such folly, and he lived to a ripe old age.
Happy Cure Summary in Kannada
