Question and Answer of Chapter 2: The Caliph and the Gardner

Q.1: What did the merchant bring to sell?
Ans:  The merchant brought some diamonds and pearls to sell. He offered these diamonds and pearls to Al Mansour, the Caliph of Cordova, for sale. The Caliph like the jewels and so paid a large sum of money to the merchant.

Q.2: What happened to the merchant's bag of money?
Ans: While the merchant was taking a bath in the river, an eagle appeared and took away the bag of money. It flew in the air with the bag of money in its claws. It flew towards the far off mountain and was out of sight very soon.

Q.3: Why couldn't the merchant get back hi bag of gold?
Ans:  The merchant could not get back his bag of gold because it was taken away by an eagle towards far off mountains. The merchant shouted again and again but all in vain. The eagle flew high into the air and very soon it was out of sight.

Q.4: Why did the merchant come to Al mansour after a year? 
Ans:  The merchant had lost the money, given to him by Al Mansour, for his diamonds and pearls. After that he was in a very miserable condition. After a year he came to Al Mansour with a few jewels which he had reserved as a present for his wife. He wanted to receive some money for the jewels which he presented to Al Mansour.

Q.5: What action did Al Mansour take on hearing the incidence?
Ans: On hearing the incidence, Al Mansour called ten of his officers. He ordered them to go on their horsebacks  towards the Black Mountains. He asked them to inform all the old men, living on the mountains or in the plain area around, to pay him a visit after a week.

Q.6: What did the people tell Al Mansour and what were his orders?
Ans:  A few people told Al Mansour that there was a gardener in their neighborhood who had recently been favored by good luck. At this Al mansour ordered that the Gardner should be brought before him the next day. The merchant was also ordered to appear before him the same day.

Q.7: What did the Gardner tell Al Mansour?
Ans:  The gardner told Al Mansour that a year ago when he was working in hi garden, he happened to see something fall at the foot of a palm tree. he ran towards it. On picking it up, he was surprised to see that it was a bag full of jewels.

Q.8: What did Al Mansour decide about the bag of gold?
Ans:  Al Mansour handed over the bag of gold to its real master, the merchant. he even gave ten pieces of gold to the merchant which the gardener had taken out the bag and spent.

Q.9: How was the merchant rewarded? 
Ans:  The merchant was given back the bag of money. He was also given the ten pieces of gold by Al Mansour which the gardner had taken out of it and spent on buying the necessary items for his family.

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