Que.1 what type of 'environment'was there in the city of fools?
Answer. 1. The environment in the city of fools was that everyone was either sleeping or lazing around in the afternoon.
Que.2 What happened to the thief when he broke into the rich merchant's house?
Ans-One bright day, a thief broke into a rich merchant's house by making a whole on the wall. When he was coming out carrying the loot, the wall collapsed on his head killing him on the spot. His brother rushed to the king and complained that the merchant should be punished for not building a strong wall.
Que.3 What advice did the guru give to the disciple before going out of the city?
Answer 3 - The Guru told his disciple that it was dangerous to stay in a Kingdom of fools. He said that there was no justice only foolish, unpredictable behaviour. According to him the kingdom would not last long.
Que.4- Why could the rich merchant not be executed?
Ans 4-The rich merchant was thjB real culprit. He had inherited everything from his criminal father. He was too thin to be properly executed on the newly made stake. The worried king started searching foolishly for a fat man to fit the stake and the merchant escaped the punishment.
Que.5 Why did the servant of the king catch the disciple?
Answer-When the guru and disciple started arguing that who would die first, the king got confused. He asked the guru that why did he want to die. They had caught the disciple because he was fat and they wanted a fat man who could be executed with the stake.
Que.6 why did the guru and the disciple start fighting?
Ans-The guru appeared at his disciple's prayers, and took control of the situation. He asked the'king to put him in the stake before his disciple, because he was the guru and therefore greater than the disciple. The disciple jumped into the fray and started arguing that he should be put on the stake first.
Que.7 why did the king and the minister decide to die?
Ans- The King was not keen to lose his kingdom to someone else, even in the next life. Thus, he decided to die instead of the guru. He then made his minister agree to go along with him so he could continue to be his minister in the next life as well.
Que.8 what things were different in the kingdom of fools?
Ans-Two things that were different in the Kingdom of fools vwere that the people worked in the night and slept during the day. Everything was sold at the same price. A 'Dudu' could buy a mass of rice as well as a bunch of bananas.
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