Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
One evening as the Guru was meditating a thief with a sharp sword entered,
demanding either his money or his life, the Guru told him: 'Do not disturb
me. You can find the money in that drawer.' Then he resumed his meditation.
A little while afterwards he stopped and called: 'Don't take it all. I need
some to pay taxes tomorrow.' The intruder gathered up most of the money
and started to leave. 'Thank a person when you receive a gift,' the Guru
added. The man thanked him and went off. A few days afterwards the fellow
was caught and confessed, among others, the offence against the Guru. When
the Guru was called as a witness he said: 'This man is no thief, at least as far
as I am concerned. I gave him the money and he thanked me for it.' After he
had finished his prison term, the men went to the Guru and became his
disciple.
1. What did the thief want from the Guru?
2. How did the Guru react against the threat from the thief?
3. Why did the Guru ask the thief not to take all the money?
4. Give a suitable title to the story.
5. What, in your opinion, made the thief become the disciple of the Guru?
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