Caught Sneezing- adapted from Oscar Wilde

1. Who was Hubert? He was a boy.
2. How old was he? fourteen years.
3. What did he do one day? travelled on his horse thorough a lonely road.
4. How was the road? infested( filled) with thieves and robbers.
5. Who waylaid him? Three hefty  big and heavy men.
6. What did they do? They  beat him black and blue and took away his horse.
7. Where did he go limping?to a palatial mansion.
8. Why did he go there? to get some help.
9. What did he do there? tried to knock the door, but the door was already open.
10. What did he do? He painfully staggered,walked with difficulty.
11. What did he find there?He was shocked to find and hear the voices of those thieves.
12. What made the inmates of the house go outside? The thieves made a huge noise and the inmates were anxious to know what the noise was and where it came from.
13. What did the robbers do? They entered the house soon and they hid themselves in a cupboard.
14. Why did they do this? To wait till night and then plunder or rob the household.
15. Why did Hubert suppress his crying? he was afraid of being thrashed again.
16. Where did he hide himself? Hid in the narrow space under the staircase.
17. What was he yearning for? to warn the household of the thing likely to happen and  the impending danger.
18. What did he notice? An old couple and their visiting sons daughters gathered there for a family function.
19. What did Hubert do then? He meekly appeared in front of them.
20. Were they all shocked to see him? yes
21. What did Hubert do? he told  his story,how he happened to be there.
22. Who believed him?  The kind old man.
23. What did the old man do? asked his servants to offer him food.
24. Why was Hubert wracking his brain?to find a way to forewarn the family of the impending danger,lurking that is present but hidden in the cupboard.
25. How did he do that? he offered to demonstrate a few magic tricks to the family.
26. What did he do? he went near the cupboard and asked the old man to give his snuff-box.
27. What did he do there? he emptied all the snuff through the narrow opening along the upper edge of the door by standing on a stool.
28. What did they all hear? there emerged a suppressed sneeze from inside the cupboard.
29. What did Hubert ask for? some more snuff
30. Wha happened then? they heard more sneezes and they realised that there are people inside the cupboard.
31. What did they all do? with the help of their servants they opened the cupboard . They caught the exhausted thieves who had almost fainted, because they needed more air and ventilation.
32. What did Hubert retrieve or got back? His horse.
33. What did the family appreciate and what did they do?
34. They were wondering the strategy ,the plan of the boy to catch the thieves and helping them.They thanked him for this.The old man was very happy.
35. Hubert set off on his way with the goodwill and the gratitude of the old man and his family.
36. What is the moral of this story?
37. Hubert has proved that Wisdom did not seek only the AGED to express itself.
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39. Answer these questions? Was Hubert sick?
40. Did the thieves plan to divert the attention of the family?
41. Did they plan to go on a tour?
42. Did the old man believe Hubert?
43. Did Hubert empty the snuff in the dustbin?
44. Did the thieves have cold and they sneezed?
45. Were the thieves caught by the thoughtful act of Hubert?
46. Was  Hubert became one of the family members?
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48. Are age and wisdom related?
49. The class was on. The students were all listening to the teacher. One boy in the last bench did not care. He was looking out of the window.
50. The teacher told him,"" at the end of this stick there is a fool."
51. The boy got up and asked the teacher,"Which end,Sir?"
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