KSEEB Class 9 · English (2nd language) · KTBS Revised 2024-25
The Happy Cure
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Karnataka Board Class 9 English.
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Folk tale retold (supplementary reader). A hypochondriac king believes he is dying until a wise woman prescribes sleeping one night in a happy man's shirt - leading to discovery that happiness is spiritual, not material.
Summary
A foolish king imagines rare diseases and languishes in bed though physicians find nothing wrong - hypochondria rules the palace.
A foolish king imagines rare diseases and languishes in bed though physicians find nothing wrong - hypochondria rules the palace.
A simple woman peers at him and names a strange disease: he must sleep one night in the shirt of a truly happy man to be cured.
A simple woman peers at him and names a strange disease: he must sleep one night in the shirt of a truly happy man to be cured.
Captains scour east, west, north, south - reports return: people are overtaxed, overworked, or neglected; none call themselves happy.
Captains scour east, west, north, south - reports return: people are overtaxed, overworked, or neglected; none call themselves happy.
A stranger hears a boy singing while mucking stables. Asked why he is happy, the boy says he loves his fellow men, owns little, wants less - but has no shirt.
A stranger hears a boy singing while mucking stables. Asked why he is happy, the boy says he loves his fellow men, owns little, wants less - but has no shirt.
Messengers demand his shirt; he laughs - he owns none. He enters the palace and tells the king the cure was always near: happiness is inward.
Messengers demand his shirt; he laughs - he owns none. He enters the palace and tells the king the cure was always near: happiness is inward.
Ashamed, the king decides to rule wisely, stops fancying illness, and busies himself with good governance until a ripe old age.
Ashamed, the king decides to rule wisely, stops fancying illness, and busies himself with good governance until a ripe old age.
Hard words & meanings
| hypochondriac | person obsessed with being sick though healthy |
| contentment | peaceful happiness with what one has |
| courier | one sent to carry news or orders |
| taxed | made to pay heavy government charges |
| folly | lack of good sense |
| prescribe | to recommend treatment |
| stable | building for horses and grooms |
| ashamed | pained by recognition of wrong |
| governance | way a leader governs people |
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