REARRANGEMENT

1.   

(i) The grocer sent his son with the fruit-seller.

(ii) “Just the same way as mice can eat away the balance and weights," said the fruit-seller.

(iii) Then one day, the fruit-seller said to the grocer, "I am going to the town to do some shopping."

(iv) “You liar, how can a crow carry away such a big boy?"        

(v) After a few days, the fruit-seller asked the grocer to return his balance and weights.

(vi) The next day the fruit-seller came back alone from the town.

(vii) The grocer shouted angrily.   

(viii) One day, a grocer borrowed a balanced and weights from a fruit-seller.
(ix) But he checked his temper.
(x) Please send your son with me to carry my things.

(xi) The grocer said, "The mice ate away your balance and weights. So I can't return them."

(xii) Where is my son?" Asked the grocer.

(xiii) The lame excuse of the dishonest grocer made the fruit-seller very angry.

(xiv) A crow carried your son away," replied the fruit-seller.

2.   

(i)     The grasshopper  said, '' Brother ant, give me a morsel of food."

(ii)     It was a frosty winter day.

(iii)   The grasshopper went away being sad.

(iv)   The ant had stored them during the summer.

(v)    The ant said, "Since you sang all summer, it seems you have to dance all winter."

(vi)   A grasshopper, half-dead with hunger, came limping by. 

(vii)  Saying this the prudent ant locked his granary door.

(viii) The ant asked what he was doing during the summer.

(ix)   He was singing all day long during the summer.

(x)   An ant was taking out of his granary some grains   of wheat.

(xi) The grasshopper saw what the ant was doing.

(xii)  Hearing this the ant smiled grimly.   

(xiii)  The grasshopper replied that he was not idle.

(xiv)  During summer the ant was gathering the grains.

3.   King lear

(i)   He made up his mind to step down the throne and divide his kingdom.

(ii)  Goneril diclared, "Sir, I love you more than I can say".

(iii) But first he wanted to know how much they loved him.

(iv) Lear was satisfied.

(v)  He called for the map of his kingdom and drew his finger round one-third of it.

(vi) He was tired of ruling and needed rest.

(vii) Then it was the turn of Cordelia, the youngest and most loved daughter.

(viii) Lear was shocked and said, "Nothing will come of nothing".

(ix) When asked, his second daughter Regan said, 'My love for you shall never change.’

(x)  At first Lear asked his eldest  daughter, "How much do you love me?"

(xi) He had three daughters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.

(xii) Lear was pleased and gave her a third of his kingdom.

(xii) When asked Cordelia said, "Nothing".

(xiv) Long ago there was a mighty old king of England named Lear.

4. Androcles

(i)   Androcles was very much afraid.

(ii)  So, one day he crept into a cave and fell fast asleep.

(iii) His master was cruel and unkind.

(iv) He became very weak and sick for want of food.

(v)  A lion had entered the cave roaring loudly.

(vi) Once there was a slave named Androcles.

(vii) He felt sure that the beast would kill him.

(viii) He thought that he might die.

(ix) It was crying for pain in his leg.

(x)  He held himself in a forest many days.

(xi) After a while, a great noise woke him up.

(xii) One day he fled away from his master's house.

(xiii) Soon he realized that the lion was not angry.

(xiv) Androcles removed a thorn from the lion's paws.