Madhu’s Wish tells the story of Madhu, a boy who loved eating snacks and shared his lunch with a hungry old man under a banyan tree. Granted a wish by the magical tree, Madhu hastily asks for ‘different types of food and nothing else’—only to get terrible hiccups after eating laddoos, fruits and savouries and realise that without water, all the food in the world is not enough!
What Class 3 English Chapter 9 Covers
Kindness and Forethought: How Madhu’s kindness earned a boon, and why thinking carefully before wishing matters
Importance of Water: Why Madhu begged the tree to replace endless food with water when he got hiccups
Joining Sentences with ‘and’ and ‘but’: Using ‘and’ for similar ideas and ‘but’ for contrasting ideas
Countable and Uncountable Food Words: Grouping laddoos, fruits, savouries (matri, samosa, kachori, vada) and water
Exercises in Chapter 9
- Let us think & Let us learn (Pages 93–96): Answer questions on Madhu’s wish and join sentences using ‘and’ and ‘but’.
- Let us write & Let us do (Pages 98–101): Frame questions with What, Who and Where, solve food riddles and weave a paper table mat.
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FAQ
Why did the old man grant Madhu a wish?
Because Madhu kindly shared his lunch with the hungry old man under the banyan tree.
What problem did Madhu face after eating laddoos, fruits and savouries?
He got hiccups and needed water desperately, but since he had wished for ‘food and nothing else’, the tree would not give him water at first.