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One whole moon, twelve stars
Textbook: Part 4, pp. 4–9
GoalUnderstand that an entrusted task must be treated responsibly; understand a riddle-like expression.
New words
something entrusted · omonattask, assignment · topshiriqtrust · ishonchriddle · topishmoq
Explanation
If something is entrusted to you, you must deliver it whole to its owner. The textbook has the verse tale “Bir butun oy, o‘n ikki yulduz” (One whole moon, twelve stars) by Jo‘ra Rahim, a children’s poet with more than ten published books. In the tale an old woman gives a boy a task and says a riddle-like phrase; the tale calls us to be truthful. We do not retell it; we read our own text. In a riddle the name of a thing is not said; its signs are listed.
Worked examples
“The change”. Mother gave Zafar some money: “Buy a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk at the shop.” The shopkeeper gave Zafar the bread, the milk and the change. On the way Zafar saw an ice-cream stall and wanted to buy ice cream with the change. But he thought: “This money is something mother entrusted to me,” and walked on. At home he gave all the change back to his mother. “You are a trustworthy boy,” said mother, and in the evening she took him for ice cream herself.
Riddle: Round, soft, baked in the tandir, the centre of the tablecloth. What is it? (Bread)
Class activity
“Entrusted”: children entrust small items to one another and discuss the responsibility of returning them whole.
Practice
1
What did mother ask Zafar to buy?
A loaf of bread and a bottle of milk
2
What did the shopkeeper give Zafar?
The bread, the milk and the change
3
What did Zafar want to do on the way?
Buy ice cream with the change.
4
Why did he not do it?
He saw the money as something his mother had entrusted to him.
5
What kind of boy did mother call Zafar?
A trustworthy boy