CLASS - 3|| SUBJECT - ENGLISH || LESSON - 9|| THE STORY OF SILK||

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LESSON 9

THE STORY OF SILK


1.  Where was silk discovered?

The silk was discovered in China

 

2.  What did the girl who became an empress do to fill her time before she got married?

She worked from dawn to night, surrounded by friends and family who exchanged news and Gossip as they worked.

 

3.  Why was the empress sad?

The empress was sad because she missed her busy life and the company of her family and friends

 

4.  What did the emperor do to try and make the empress happy?

The emperor tried to make the empress happy by bringing her grand clothes, jewels, and artefacts, threw elaborate parties, hired the best musicians of the land to amuse her.

 

5.  Where was the empress when she discovered silk and what was she doing?

The empress was in her garden sipping hot water from a cup.

 

 

6.  What was the great idea that the empress had?

The great idea that the empress had was to use the threads from many silk cocoons to weave soft, strong cloth from them.

 

7.  What type of people wore silk?

It was the cloth that only royalty could wear, and much in demand in lands as far away as Rome.

 

8.  Where did the princess who took the knowledge of how to make silk out of China hide the cocoons?

She had hidden the cocoons in her long, elaborate hairdo. No one thought of looking there.

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