Long, long ago, in a dense forest there were thousands of tall and beautiful trees. They were happy, but____ of themselves. Among them there also a(an) ____ tree whose branches were badly twisted. All the trees made ______ of that ugly tree.

“How are you, hunchback?” the other ____ always shouted and their laughter made the ugly tree ____. The ugly tree thought, “I wish I were as ____ as the other trees. Why did God do this to me? Neither can I provide shade to the travelers. Nor can the ____ make their nests on me. Nobody needs me.”

One day, a woodcutter came to the____. He took a look at the trees and said, “These trees are lovely. I must ____ them.” As soon as he picked up his axe, the trees became ____. “Chop, Chop, Chop” went the woodcutter’s axe and one by one the trees started to fall.

“None of us is going to ____,” screamed one of the beautiful trees.

But when the woodcutter came near to the ugly tree. He had just raised his axe when suddenly he noticed how ____ the ugly tree was. “Hmm! This crooked tree seems to no ____ to me.”, he thought. Then he moved towards another beautiful tree. The ugly tree breathed a huge sigh of ____. He realized that by making him ugly, God had actually given him a boon. From that day on, the ugly tree never ____. He was happy with his crooked branches. He never forgot how he had escaped from the woodcutter’s axe, only because he was crooked and ugly.

1. A. proud B. short C. tired D. full

2. A. strong B. ugly C. thin D. straight

3. A. light B. fun C. sense D. use

4. A. directions B. persons C. trees D. animals

5. A. surprised B. angry C. sad D. moved

6. A. short B. long C. hard D. beautiful

7. A. fish B. pets C. hens D. birds

8. A. forest B. shop C. office D. hospital

9. A. cut B. put C. bring D. take

10. A. puzzled B. frightened C. amused D. satisfied

11. A. appear B. escape C. remove D. lie

12. A. soft B. flexible C. bent D. tall

13. A. doubt B. harm C. use D. way

14. A. desperation B. anger C. sorrow D. relief

15. A. complained B. grew C. spoke D. waited

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