MP Board Class 12 English Unseen Passages
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- Passage 1
Once upon a time, there lived a queen in the city of Benaras. Her name was Khema
and she was the wife of King Bahuputtaka. One night, the Queen had a dream of a
beautiful golden goose that spoke with great wisdom, almost as if he was a sage.
She told her husband that she desperately wanted to see a bird just like the one in
her dream. So the King asked his ministers to find out all that they could about a
bird such as this. He was told that such a bird did exist but was extremely rare and
difficult to find. They advised him to build a beautiful lake on the outskirts of
Benaras so that he may attract such a rare and lovely creature to reside there. In
this way, the queen might have her wish. Towards the north, on Mount Cittakuta,
there lived about ninety thousand wild geese headed by a beautiful golden goose
called King Dhatarattha. He got to hear of this exquisite lake surrounded by water
lilies and lotuses floating on the surface. The King had invited all the birds to come
and live on it; promising that none of them would ever be harmed. Corn was
scattered on a daily basis in order to attract the birds. So a couple of geese went
up to their King, the golden goose and told him that they were quite tired of living
up on the mountains and would like to see this wonderful lake where they had been
promised food and protection. The king agreed to their request and took the flock
down towards Benaras. Meanwhile, at the lake King Bahuputtaka had placed
hunters all around in order to capture any golden goose that happened to pass by.
So the next morning, when the headhunter saw this flock of geese approaching he
was very excited to see their golden leader. He immediately went about setting up
a snare amongst the water lilies and lotuses, as he knew that the leader would
definitely be the first to alight. The whole flock came flying down in one mighty
swoop and as expected it was the King‘s foot that touched the water first. He was
ensnared and could not escape. Seeing this, the other geese flew into a panic. But
none had the courage to try to free their king and so flew back to Mount Cittacuta
for safety. All except one. He was the chief captain, Sumukha. King Dhatrattha
entreated him to fly to safety too, as he would surely be captured if he stayed by
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