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Hofus The Stone Cutter Questions & Answers
Question 1: Match these columns to complete the sentences.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Hofus lived | a. always worked hard |
| 2. Hofus the stone-cutter | b. and gave too much rain |
| 3. Hofus saw | c. granted his wishes |
| 4. The Mountain Spirit | d. in a little stone hut |
| 5. Hofus became a cloud | e. many beautiful things in the rich man’s house |
Question 2: What did Hofus do every day?
Answer: Hofus used to go to the mountainside every day to cut large blocks of stone.
Question 3: What did Hofus wish for after he saw the rich man’s house?
Answer: After Hofus saw the rich man’s house, he wished to be as rich and powerful as him. He wanted a bed as soft as feathers in a room with silk curtains. He also wished that he had guards to look after him and do as he commanded.
Question 4: What did Hofus realize as he walked in the garden?
Answer: As he walked in the garden, Hofus saw that the flowers were dropping and that the grass was dry and brown. When he felt the sun burn down on him, he realized that the sun was more powerful than he was.
Question 5: Did Hofus stay happy as the sun? Why?
Answer: No, Hofus did not stay happy as the sun because he felt that a cloud was more powerful because it was not affected by the sun’s burning heat.
Question 6: Why did Hofus wish to be a stone-cutter again?
Answer: Hofus wished to be a stone-cutter again after he realized that a stone-cutter could break down a mighty rock.
Question 7: Read these lines and answer the questions:
1. When he went back to his mountain he could not think of anything else.
(a) Who was ‘he’?
Answer: ‘He’ was Hofus.
(b) What was he thinking of?
Answer: He was thinking of the many beautiful things he had seen at the house of the rich man.
2. Immediately, he became the great sun.
(a) How did he become the sun?
Answer: Hofus became the sun after he expressed his wish to be the sun and the Mountain Spirit granted it to him.
(b) What did he do after he became the sun?
Answer: After Hofus became the sun, he felt powerful and shone brighter. The heat burnt the grass and the rice fields. It also dried up streams. Everyone suffered from the terrible heat.
3. “Oh my! If only I could be a rock!”
(a) Why did Hofus want to be a rock?
Answer: He wanted to be a rock because as a cloud he saw that only a rock could stand strong in the heavy rain and floods that he caused.
(b) What did he say after he became a rock?
Answer: After he became a rock, he said that no one was mightier than he was.
Question 8: What did you learn from the story of Hofus the stone-cutter?
Answer: We learnt from the story that it is best to be happy with who you are and what you have.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.