Problem: Seed of Kindness Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood. When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn't get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him. His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn't know that an unkind work sometimes could cut one's heart like a knife. One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her."Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!"she said kindly, smiling. A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled to his dog happily and went directly to the river nearby. "Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!"he repeatedthe woman's words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog,"You are a nice little dog!"Tige raised its ears as if it understood. "Uhum! Even a dog likes it!"he said,"Well, Tige, I won't say unkind words to you anymore."Tige waved its tail happily. The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw nothing but a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life. After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said,"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great powerit has!"
1. What is Jim's career?
2. True or False: Jim had many friends.
3. How many friends did he have?
4. What was the friend's name?
5. Were they human?
6. What animal, then?
7. What did Jim see the first time he looked in the river?
8. Did he look again?
9. What did he see then?
10. What did the lady drop?
11. True of False: Tige helped the lady.
12. Who did, then?
13. What did the lady call Jim?
Answer: 1. businessman
2. False
3. one
4. Tige
5. no
6. a dog
7. a dirty boy
8. yes
9. a clean nice boy.
10. one of her bags
11. False
12. Jim
13. a nice little boy

Problem: CHAPTER XXXVI.

GRACE CRAWLEY RETURNS HOME.

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About this time Grace Crawley received two letters, the first of them reaching her while John Eames was still at the cottage, and the other immediately after his return to London. They both help to tell our story, and our reader shall, therefore, read them if he so please,--or, rather, he shall read the first and as much of the second as is necessary for him. Grace's answer to the first letter he shall see also. Her answer to the second will be told in a very few words. The first was from Major Grantly, and the task of answering that was by no means easy to Grace.

Cosby Lodge, -- February, 186--.

DEAREST GRACE,

I told you when I parted from you, that I should write to you, and I think it best to do so at once, in order that you may fully understand me. Spoken words are soon forgotten,--

"I shall never forget his words," Grace said to herself as she read this;--

and are not always as plain as they might be. Dear Grace, I suppose I ought not to say so, but I fancied when I parted from you at Allington, that I had succeeded in making myself dear to you. I believe you to be so true in spirit, that you were unable to conceal from me the fact that you love me. I shall believe that this is so, till I am deliberately and solemnly assured by yourself that it is not so;--and I conjure you to think what is due both to yourself and to myself, before you allow yourself to think of making such an assurance unless it be strictly true.
1. What is the name of the chapter?
2. What did Grace get?
3. Did both make it to her before Eames left?
4. Did Grace reply to both letters?
5. Who sent the first letter?
6. In what month?
7. From where?
8. How does he address Grace?
9. True or False: Grace finds his words to be very memorable.
10. Does Grantly think Grace loves him?
11. Till when will he believe this?
12. Does he warn her not to say it unless it is absolutely the truth?
13. Where did Grantly and Grace part ways?
Answer: 1. GRACE CRAWLEY RETURNS HOME.
2. two letters
3. No
4. Yes
5. Major Grantly
6. February
7. Cosby Lodge
8. DEAREST GRACE
9. True
10. Yes
11. til he is assured by her that it is not so
12. Yes
13. Allington

Problem: Narayanan Krishnan was a bright, young, award-winning chef with a five-star hotel group in Switzerland. But a quick family visit home before heading for Europe changed everything. He saw a very old man under a bridge eating his own human waste for food while visiting a friend in the south Indian city of Madurai in 502. Shocked by this, Krishnan gave up his job within the week and returned home for good, convinced of his new cause.

"That inspiration is a driving force still inside me as a flame--to serve all the mentally ill and the people who cannot take care of themselves," Krishnan said. He founded the organization Akshaya Trust in 503. In Hindu mythology , Goddess Annapoorani's "Akshaya bowl" fed the hungry endlessly, never using up its resources. Now 14, he has served more than 1.2 million meals--breakfast, lunch and dinner to India's homeless and the poor.

Krishnan's day begins at 4 a.m. He and his team cover nearly 110 miles, routinely working in temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The hot meals he delivers are simple, tasty vegetarian food he personally prepares, packs and often hand-feeds to nearly 400 people each day.

Krishnan carries the barber's tools and is trained in eight haircut styles that, along with a fresh shave, provide extra dignity to those he serves.

He says many of the homeless seldom know their names or birthplaces, and none has the ability to beg, ask for help or offer thanks. They may be unfriendly or ill-willed because of their conditions, but Krishnan says this only makes him offer help more willingly.
1. Who founded Akshaya Trust in 503?
2. What is his first name?
3. Which Goddess fed the hungry with her Akshaya bowl?
4. Did it ever run out?
5. How many meals has Krishnan served?
6. How many styles can Krishnan cut?
7. What tools does he carry?
8. What purpose does this have?
9. What was his previous profession?
10. In what country?
11. Was he highly regarded?
12. What did he see that changed his life?
13. How much time passed before this encouraged him to quit his job?
14. Who does he hope to care for?
15. When does he start his day?
16. How many people does he serve daily?
17. Over how many miles?
18. Is the weather warm?
19. How warm?
20. Who prepares and serves the meals?
Answer:
1. Krishnan
2. Narayanan
3. Annapoorani
4. No
5. more than 1.2 million
6. eight
7. barber's tools
8. provide extra dignity to those he serves
9. chef
10. Switzerland
11. yes
12. an old man eating his own human waste for food
13. within the week
14. the mentally ill and those who cannot take care of themselves
15. 4 a.m.
16. nearly 400
17. nearly 110
18. Yes
19. over 100 degrees
20. He and his team