Soloman the king of the Jews was famous all over the world
for his wealth and wisdom. His fame reached the wise Queen of Sheba and she
made a long journey to Jerusalem to test his wisdom. The queen of Sheba had
heard that Soloman was very clever in reading riddles and solving problems. She
made up her mind it test his wisdom. One day, when Soloman was sitting in his
court she came in with two garlands of beautiful flowers, which looked alike.
Standing a little away from the king, she held them up and said “One of these
is made of artificial flowers and the other is real flowers”. Tell me which is
which. “The king gazed at the garlands for some time and shouted, “Open the
window”. The window was flung open, bees from the garden entered the room,
buzzed round the Queen and flew about the garland held in the right hand. Then
Soloman shouted with rapture, “The flowers in the right hand are real”.
Questions:
1.) Why did the wise Queen of Sheba make a
long journey?
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2.) What test did the Queen of Sheba set for
king Soloman?
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3.) How did the king solve the riddle?
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4.) Find out the words similar in meaning
to: (a) great joy (b) noise that an insect makes while flying.
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