CLASS 11 Chapter 6 The Tale of Melon City

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CLASS 11 Chapter 6 The Tale of Melon City

In the city of which I sing There was a just and placid King. The King proclaimed an arch should be Constructed, that triumphally Would span the major thoroughfare To edify spectators there. The workmen went and built the thing. They did so since he was the King. The King rode down the thoroughfare To edify spectators there.

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
cityसिटीशहर
singसिंगगाना
justजस्टन्यायसंगत
placidप्लैसिडशांत
Kingकिंगराजा
archआर्चआर्क
constructedकन्स्ट्रक्टेडनिर्मित
triumphallyट्राइम्फलीजीत के साथ
spanस्पैनफैलाना
majorमेजरप्रमुख
thoroughfareथरोफेयरमुख्य मार्ग
edifyएडीफाईशिक्षा देना
spectatorsस्पेक्टेटर्सदर्शक
workmenवर्कमेनमजदूर
builtबिल्टबनाया
thingथिंगचीज़
rodeरोडसवारी करना
downडाउननीचे

Under the arch he lost his crown. The arch was built too low. A frown Appeared upon his placid face. The King said, ‘This is a disgrace. The chief of builders will be hanged.’ The rope and gallows were arranged. The chief of builders was led out. He passed the King. He gave a shout, ‘O King, it was the workmen’s fault’ ‘Oh!’ said the King, and called a halt

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
archआर्चगुम्बद
lostलॉस्टखो दिया
crownक्राउनमुकुट
builtबिल्टबनाया था
lowलोकम
frownफ्राउनमुँह चिड़ाना
uponअपॉनपर
placidप्लासिडशांत
faceफेसचेहरा
Kingकिंगराजा
disgraceडिस्ग्रेसअपमान
chiefचीफमुखिया
buildersबिल्डर्सनिर्माता
hangedहैंग्डफांसी लगाई
ropeरोपरस्सी
gallowsगैलोजफांसी
arrangedअरेंज्डव्यवस्थित
ledलेडले गया
passedपास्डगुजर गया
gaveगेवदिया
shoutशाउटचिल्लाहट
workmen’sवर्कमेन्समजदूरों का
faultफॉल्टदोष
Oh!ओह!हाय
calledकॉल्डबुलाया
haltहॉल्टरुको

 To the proceedings. Being just (And placider now) he said, ‘I must Have all the workmen hanged instead.’ The workmen looked surprised, and said, ‘O King, you do not realise The bricks were made of the wrong size.’ ‘Summon the masons!’ said the King. The masons stood there quivering. ‘It was the architect…’, they said, The architect was summoned.

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
proceedingsप्रोसीडिंग्सप्रक्रिया
justजस्टन्यायसंगत
placiderप्लैसिडरशांततम
saidसेडकहा
mustमस्टहोना चाहिए
workmenवर्कमेनमजदूर
hangedहैंग्डफांसी लगाई
insteadइंस्टेडबजाय
lookedलुक्डदेखा
surprisedसरप्राइज्डहैरान
realiseरियलाइजसमझना
bricksब्रिक्सईंट
wrongरॉन्गगलत
sizeसाइजआकार
Summonसमनबुलाना
masonsमेसन्समजदूर
stoodस्टूडखड़े रहे
quiveringक्विवरिंगकाँप रहे
architectआर्किटेक्टवास्तुकार
summonedसमन्डबुलाया

 ‘Well, architect,’ said His Majesty. ‘I do ordain that you shall be Hanged.’ Said the architect, ‘O King, You have forgotten one small thing. You made certain amendments to The plans when I showed them to you.’ The King heard this. The King saw red. In fact he nearly lost his head;

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
architectआर्किटेक्टवास्तुकार
His Majestyहिस मेजेस्टीउनका महाराज
ordainऑरडेननियमित करना
hangedहैंग्डफांसी लगाई
saidसेडकहा
Oओहे
Kingकिंगराजा
forgottenफॉरगॉटनभूल गया
oneवनएक
smallस्मॉलछोटा
thingथिंगचीज़
madeमेडबनाया
certainसर्टेननिश्चित
amendmentsअमेंडमेंट्ससंशोधन
plansप्लांसयोजना
showedशोडदिखाया
heardहर्डसुना
sawसॉदेखा
redरेडलाल
factफैक्टतथ्य
nearlyनियर्लीलगभग
lostलॉस्टखो दिया
headहेडसिर

But being a just and placid King He said, ‘This is a tricky thing. I need some counsel. Bring to me The wisest man in this country.’ The wisest man was found and brought, Nay, carried, to the Royal Court.

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
justजस्टन्यायसंगत
placidप्लैसिडशांततम
Kingकिंगराजा
trickyट्रिकीचालाक
thingथिंगचीज़
needनीडआवश्यकता
counselकाउंसलसलाह
Bringब्रिंगलाओ
wisestवाइसेस्टसबसे बुद्धिमान
manमैनआदमी
countryकंट्रीदेश
foundफाउंडमिला
broughtब्रॉटलाया गया
Nayनेनहीं
carriedकैरीडले जाया गया
Royalरॉयलशाही
Courtकोर्टअदालत

He could not walk and could not see, So old (and therefore wise) was he — But in a quavering1 voice he said, ‘The culprit must be punished. Truly, the arch it was that banged The crown off, and it must be hanged’. To the scaffold2 the arch was led When suddenly a Councillor said 

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
walkवॉकचलना
seeसीदेखना
oldओल्डपुराना
wiseवाइजबुद्धिमान
voiceवॉयसआवाज़
saidसेडकहा
culpritक्रुपलिटदोषी
punishedपनिश्डसज़ा दी
trulyट्रूलीसचमुच
archआर्चगुम्बद
bangedबैंग्डचढ़ाई
crownक्राउनमुकुट
hangedहैंग्डफांसी लगाई
scaffoldस्कैफोल्डफांसी की ताक
ledलेडले गया
suddenlyसड़क्लीअचानक
Councillorकौंसिलरसलाहकार
saidसेडकहा

 How can we hang so shamefully What touched your head, Your Majesty?’ ‘True,’ mused the King. By now the crowd, Restless, was muttering aloud. The King perceived their mood and trembled And said to all who were assembled — ‘Let us postpone consideration Of finer points like guilt. The nation Wants a hanging.

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
hangहैंगफांसी लगाना
shamefullyशेमफुल्लीलज्जाजनकता से
touchedटच्डछू गया
headहेडसिर
Trueट्रूसच
musedम्यूज्डविचार किया
Kingकिंगराजा
crowdक्राउडभीड़
Restlessरेस्टलेसअशांत
mutteringमटरिंगशिकायत कर रहा
aloudअलाउडबाहर
perceivedपर्सीव्डपता चला
moodमूडमनोभाव
trembledट्रेम्बल्डकांप गया
saidसेडकहा
assembledअसेंबल्डइकट्ठा हुए
postponeपोस्टपोनस्थगित करें
considerationकंसिडरेशनविचार
finerफाइनरउत्कृष्ट
pointsपॉइंट्सबिंदु
guiltगिल्टअपराध
nationनेशनराष्ट्र
wantsवांट्सचाहता है
hangingहैंगिंगफांसी चाहिए

 Hanged must be Someone, and that immediately.’ The noose was set up somewhat high. Each man was measured by and by. But only one man was so tall He fitted. One man. That was all. He was the King. His Majesty Was therefore hanged by Royal Decree 

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
hangedहैंग्डफांसी लगाई
Someoneसमवनकोई
immediatelyइमीडिएट्लीतत्कालता से
nooseनूसफांसी का फंदा
setसेटसेट किया
upअपऊपर
somewhatसमवन्तकुछ
highहाईऊँचा
Eachईचहर एक
manमैनआदमी
measuredमेजर्डमापा गया
byबायद्वारा
onlyओन्लीकेवल
tallटॉललंबा
fittedफिटेडमेल खाता
allआलसब
Kingकिंगराजा
His Majestyहिस मेजेस्टीउनका महाराज
thereforeथेरफोरइसलिए
Royalरॉयलशाही
Decreeडिक्रीआदेश

 Thank Goodness we found someone,’ said The Ministers, ‘for if instead We had not, the unruly town Might well have turned against the Crown.’ ‘Long live the King!’ the Ministers said. ‘Long live the King! The King is dead.’ They pondered the dilemma; then, 

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
foundफाउंडमिला
someoneसमवनकोई
saidसेडकहा
Ministersमिनिस्टर्समंत्रियों
unrulyअनरुलीअनियंत्रित
townटाउनशहर
turnedटर्न्डमुड़ गया
againstअगेंस्टखिलाफ
Crownक्राउनताज
Longलॉंगलंबा
liveलाइवजीवित रहो
Kingकिंगराजा
Ministersमिनिस्टर्समंत्रियों
ponderedपांडर्डविचार किया
dilemmaडिलेमादुविधा
thenथेनफिर

 Being practical-minded men, Sent out the heralds to proclaim (In His [former] Majesty’s name): ‘The next to pass the City Gate Will choose the ruler of our state, As is our custom. This will be Enforced with due ceremony.’ A man passed by the City Gate. An idiot.

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
practical-mindedप्रैक्टिकल-माइंडेडव्यावहारिक बुद्धिमान
menमेनलोग
Sentसेंटभेजा
heraldsहेरल्ड्ससूचक
proclaimप्रोक्लेमघोषणा करें
Majestyमजेस्टीमहाराज्य
nameनेमनाम
nextनेक्स्टअगला
passपासपार करें
Cityसिटीशहर
Gateगेटद्वार
chooseचूज़चुनें
rulerरूलरशासक
stateस्टेटराज्य
customकस्टमरीति
Enforcedएनफोर्स्डप्रवर्तित
dueड्यूयोग्य
ceremonyसेरेमनीसमारोह
manमैनआदमी
passedपास्डगुज़र गया
Cityसिटीशहर
Gateगेटद्वार
idiotइडियटमूर्ख
CLASS 11 Chapter 6 The Tale of Melon City

 The guards cried, ‘Wait! Who is to be the King? Decide!’ ‘A melon,’ the idiot replied. This was his standard answer to All questions. (He liked melons.) ‘You Are now our King,’ the Ministers said, Crowning a melon. Then they led (Carried) the Melon to the throne And reverently set it down.

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
guardsगार्ड्सगार्ड
criedक्राइडचिल्लाया
Waitवेटरुको
Kingकिंगराजा
Decideडिसाइडनिर्णय करें
melonमेलनतरबूज
idiotइडियटमूर्ख
repliedरिप्लाइडजवाब दिया
standardस्टैंडर्डमानक
answerआंसरउत्तर
questionsक्वेश्चंसप्रश्न
likedलाइक्डपसंद थी
ledलेडले गए
Carriedकैरीडले जाया गया
Melonमेलनतरबूज
throneथ्रोनगद्दी
reverentlyरेवरेंटलीसम्मानपूर्वक
setसेटरखा
downडाउननीचे
CLASS 11 Chapter 6 The Tale of Melon City

This happened years and years ago. When now you ask the people, ‘So — Your King appears to be a melon. How did this happen?’, they say, ‘Well, on Account of customary choice. If His Majesty rejoice In being a melon, that’s OK With us, for who are we to say What he should be as long as he Leaves us in Peace and Liberty?’ The principles of laissez faire Seem to be well-established there.

English WordPronunciation (Hindi)Hindi Meaning
happenedहैपेन्डहुआ
yearsयीयर्ससाल
agoअगोपहले
askआस्कपूछें
peopleपीपललोग
appearsअपियर्सप्रकट होता है
melonमेलनतरबूज
happenहैपनहोना
Accountअकाउंटखाता
customaryकस्टमरीरिवाजी
choiceचॉइसचुनाव
Majestyमजेस्टीमहाराज्य
rejoiceरिजॉइसआनंदित होना
melonमेलनतरबूज
OKओकेठीक है
Peaceपीसशांति
Libertyलिबर्टीस्वतंत्रता
principlesप्रिंसिपल्ससिद्धांत
laissez faireलैसेज़ फेयरस्वाधीनता और स्वतंत्रता
well-establishedवेल-एस्टाब्लिश्डमान्यता प्राप्त
CLASS 11 Chapter 6 The Tale of Melon City

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