64. Reading Skills Comprehension: BEGGING

161. Reading Skills Comprehension: BEGGING

BEGGING

Long ago there was a blind beggar in Vienna. Every evening he begged in the streets. He loved playing his violin. Every evening he stood in a street and began singing and playing his violin. His dog sat by him. It held a cap in its mouth. People enjoyed listening to music. They felt pity for the blind beggar and dropped coins into the cap. In this way, the blind beggar made his living, and he and his dog were quiet, happy. But one night the beggar played for a long time and got nothing. He said to him, “All my singing and begging has brought me nothing today. People have stopped listening to my music and they have no pity. How can I make my living in this city?” He felt very sad and stopped playing the violin

Answer the following questions briefly:

1. What did the blind beggar do every evening?

2. Where did his dog sit?

3. What did the dog do while the beggar played his violin?

4. How did the blind beggar make his living?

5. Why did the blind beggar stop playing the violin?

6. Find from the passage the opposite of ‘cruelty’.

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