Unit 1 — Fables and Folk Tales

Chapter 1: A Bottle of Dew

📖 Story Class 6 NCERT Poorvi

📖 Chapter Summary

Rama Natha, a lazy farmer, dreams of getting rich quickly. A sage tells him that a banana plantation can produce a bottle of dew worth huge money — but only if the bananas are watered with his own sweat for seven years. Rama Natha works hard, and the plantation flourishes. However, there is no dew. When he goes back angrily to the sage, he learns the real lesson — hard work is the true bottle of dew that brings wealth. The story teaches that there is no shortcut to success.

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✅ NCERT Exercise Solutions

Q1. What did Rama Natha believe would make him rich?

Ans: Rama Natha believed that a magic potion — a bottle of dew — would make him rich overnight.

Q2. What did the sage ask Rama Natha to do?

Ans: The sage asked him to plant banana trees and water them with his own sweat for seven years.

Q3. Did Rama Natha find the bottle of dew?

Ans: No, he did not find any bottle of dew. But his hard work produced a rich banana plantation.

Q4. What is the moral of the story?

Ans: Hard work is the real key to success. There are no shortcuts to wealth.

❓ Important Questions

Q1. Why did Rama Natha's wife believe in the sage's words?

She hoped that the bottle of dew would end their poverty quickly.

Q2. How did the sage teach Rama Natha a lesson?

The sage made him work for seven years, and the resulting banana plantation itself became his real reward.

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Rama Natha was a lazy farmer who lived in a small village.

रामा नाथ एक आलसी किसान था जो एक छोटे से गाँव में रहता था।

He always dreamed of becoming rich overnight.

वह हमेशा रातों-रात अमीर बनने का सपना देखता था।

One day, a wise sage came to his village.

एक दिन उसके गाँव में एक बुद्धिमान साधु आए।

The sage told him that banana plants could produce a bottle of dew worth a lot of money.

साधु ने उसे बताया कि केले के पौधे बहुत कीमती शबनम की बोतल बना सकते हैं।

But there was one condition.

लेकिन एक शर्त थी।

He had to water the plants with his own sweat for seven years.

उसे सात साल तक अपने पसीने से पौधों को सींचना था।

Rama Natha worked very hard for seven years.

रामा नाथ ने सात साल तक बहुत मेहनत की।

The banana plantation grew beautiful and rich.

केले का बागान सुंदर और समृद्ध हो गया।

But there was no bottle of dew.

लेकिन शबनम की कोई बोतल नहीं मिली।

When Rama Natha went back angrily, the sage smiled.

जब रामा नाथ गुस्से में वापस गया, तो साधु मुस्कुराए।

The sage said, your hard work is the real bottle of dew.

साधु ने कहा, तुम्हारी मेहनत ही असली शबनम की बोतल है।

The story teaches us that there are no shortcuts to success.

यह कहानी हमें सिखाती है कि सफलता का कोई शॉर्टकट नहीं होता।