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The Clever Farmer

Mkulima Mjanja

56 maneno Ugumu 4/5

Mzee Hamisi had farmed the same land for thirty years. When a long dry season came, his neighbours' crops died, but his maize stayed green. He had dug deep channels and stored rain water in a small pond. 'Patience and planning beat luck,' he often said. If the others had planned, they too would have survived.

Mzee Hamisi alikuwa amelima shamba moja kwa miaka thelathini. Kiangazi kirefu kilipokuja, mazao ya majirani yalikufa, lakini mahindi yake yalibaki ya kijani. Alikuwa amechimba mifereji mirefu na kuhifadhi maji ya mvua kwenye bwawa dogo. 'Subira na mipango hushinda bahati,' alisema mara kwa mara. Kama wengine wangepanga, nao wangenusurika.

Maswali ya Ufahamu

1. Why did Mzee Hamisi's maize stay green?

1 He stored rain water

2 He was lucky

3 It rained on his farm only

2. 'If the others had planned, they too would have survived.' This means they ___.

1 did NOT plan and did not survive

2 planned and survived

3 will plan next year

3. 'beat' in 'Patience and planning beat luck' means ___.

1 defeat / overcome

2 hit with a stick

3 a musical rhythm

4. For how long had Hamisi farmed the land?

1 Thirty years

2 Three years

3 Thirteen years

5. 'his neighbours' crops died' — whose crops died?

1 The neighbours' crops

2 Hamisi's crops

3 Nobody's crops

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