Class VICLASS VI Seen

Chapter : Three; Future Lies in Present

One day a cowboy with a few cows started to get them to the nearest field. On his way, he met an old wise man with an umbrella.

āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻ• āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻ—āĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻŸāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ“āĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹āĨ¤āĻĒāĻĨāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹āĨ¤

He was a unique man. He used to give advice to the villagers. The villagers came to him regularly for advice.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻ° āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€āĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋā§ŸāĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ¤

Seeing the man, the cowboy asked him for advice for his future. While talking to the man, the cowboy lost his concentration on the cows and therefore, they got scattered (running here and there) in different directions.

āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻ˛ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ° āĻ“āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§, āĻ“āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ ā§¯āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻ“āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻā§Œā§œā§‡) āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛āĨ¤

The old man smiled and said, “Take care of the cattle before you seek advice.” But the cowboy couldn’t understand.

āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, “āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻšāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻļā§āĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ“āĨ¤” āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

“Would you please explain it,” he asked the wise man. The wise man told the cowboy that his present led him to the future.

āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ā§€āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛, “āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨?” āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ˛āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Vocabulary

Words Bengali Meaning Synonyms/ Meaning Antonyms
Cowboy (n) āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ˛ One who tends cattle, cattlemen  
A few (adj.phr) āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻ•, āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ Some, not many Many, plentiful
Wise (adj) āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ā§€, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻœā§āĻž Learned, knowledgeable Stupid, foolish
Unique (adj) āĻ…āĻ¨āĻŖā§āĻ¯, āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°, āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ Only, exclusive Common, ordinary
Used to (V. phr) āĻ¸āĻšāĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ Usually in the past, would Used not to, usedn’t to
Villager (n) āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€ A person who lives in a village, resident Foreigner, outsider
Regularly (adv) āĻ¨āĻŋā§ŸāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋā§ŸāĻ¤ Frequently, usually Irregularly, unusually
Concentration (n) āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— Alternativeness, focus Distraction, inattention
Scatter (v) āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž Disperse Gather, collect
Cattle (n) āĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻļā§ Cows, kine  
Explain (v) āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ Describe, clarify Confuse, conceal
Lead āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž Guide, conduct, show Follow, lag, go after