IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

 Question and Answers of the Poem Fable by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Class 10

Q.1 What is fable?

Ans : Fable is not just a story about a fact. It gives us a moral lesson. It helps to focus on the knowledge of morality.

Q2. Who is called 'Little Prig' and why?

Ans : The squirrel is called little prig because it is small in size and according to the mountain it speaks about moral matters.

Q3. According to Squirrel, what should be done to make up a year and a sphere?

Ans : According to Squirrel, all sorts of things and weather must be taken together to make up a sphere and a year.

Q4. What is not disgrace to the squirrel and why?

Ans : The squirrel does not fell any disgrace to occupy his little place because it believes that as he is a small animal, he should live in a small space. It is natural to the squirrel.

Q5. " I will not deny you"- Who will not deny and what?

Ans : The squirrel will not deny that the mountain makes a pretty squirrel track.

Q6. According to squirrel, what qualities does the mountain have?

Ans : According to the squirrel, the mountain has many qualities that re different from his own. the mountain is very big in size. It makes a pretty track for a squirrel. It can carry the forests on its back.

Q7. What is the difference between the mountain and the squirrel?

Ans : There are many differences in talents between the mountain and the squirrel. The mountain is very big and large. It is not half spry like a squirrel. It has also abilities of making a pretty squirrel track and carrying forests on its back. on the other side, squirrel inspite of being a small animal it is so spry and it can crack a nut.

Q8. What is the moral lesson of the poem "Fable"?

Ans : The poem "Fable" provides us a simple but an effective message that every non-living and living benig has their own individual qualities. Everyone plays an important role and all are indispensable in this universe.