Health is Wealth - Reading II, Grade Nine - Exercise

Reading II Look at the picture and answer these questions. a. Who do you think is the person in the picture a king or a wrestler? Why? b. How has he put on so much weight? c. Do you think he is healthy? Health is Wealth Once upon a time, there lived a benevolent and kind-hearted king. But, the people weren’t happy with their king because he was very lazy and would not do anything other than eat and sleeping. He spent days and weeks and months in his bed either eating something or sleeping. The king became a couch potato and the people started to worry about him.  One day, the king realized that he couldn’t move his body, not even his foot. He became very fat and his obesity became a matter of fun, calling him ‘fatty king’, ‘bulky king’ etc. The king invited expert doctors from various parts of his country and offered them generous rewards to make him fit. Unfortunately, none could help him gain his health and fitness. The king spent enormous amounts of money but everything went in vain.  One …