Activity In this activity, you will read two excerpts from The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Power os
then rewrite each excerpt mo the first persa set of ben hat, what you have learned run the anawe dement
Part A
Read the following, encers from The Skory of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Power" Then renite the
excerpt from the point of view of the old man
One day Shiro was heard barking for a long time in the field at the back of his master's home. The old man, thon
that perhaps some birds were attacking the com, burned out to see what was the matter Sms Sko Santis
master he ran to meet hun, waging is tal, and, selling the end of his kimco, draged him under a large yendo
tree Here he began to dry, very industriousy with his pars, yelping, with all the time. The old man, whate to
understand what it all meant, stod locking on in bewilderment. But Skuro went on bertory, and ongine, with all this
The thought that something met be hidden beneath the tree, and that the dahad sented it, at last struck the do
man. He ran back to the house, fetched his spade and began to on, the yound at that so What wastis
astonishment when, after digging for some time, he came upon a heap of old and valuable coins, and the deeper he
due, the more yd coins did he find. So intent was the old man on his work that he never saw the cross face of his
nevhbor peerin, at him throu the bamboo hedge. At last all the gold coinys lay shining on the ground, Shiro sat by
erect with pride and looking fondly at his master as if to say, "You see, though only a dor, I can make some return for
all the kindness you show me
The old man ran in to call his wife, and together they carried home the treasure. Thus in one day the poor old man
became rich. His atitude to the faithful doi, knew no bounds, and he loved and petted him more than ever, if that
were possible