Gold coins and Selfish Man

Words to ponder: 1. Greed - n. / Greed.y - adj. intense and selfish desire for something esp. wealth, power, or food 2. Desire.d - n. a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen 3. Vain - adj. self - loving / self admiring 4. Exultant - adj. triumphant/ delighted 5. Plead - v. /Pleaded - (past tense) beg 6. Innocent - adj. /Innocence - n. not guilty/clean hands 7. Vigorously - adv. with force/with great effort

READING COMPREHENSION Questions : 1. How do you understand the story? Who were the characters in the story? 2. What kind of person was Sam? 3. What did Sam learn from his action? 4. In the story who was rewarded and who was punished?