You have already been answered — Who said this and to whom | How had the person referred to been answered

“You have already been answered” — Who said this and to whom? How had the person referred to been answered? Class 12 | English (Three Questions) 6 Marks

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The hermit said this to the Tsar in the story ‘Three Questions’.

The Tsar requested the hermit to answer his questions several times but the hermit believed that experience is the best teacher. So, the Tsar was answered by his real life experiences. The hermit told the Tsar that if he had not dug the seed beds for the hermit out of pity on account of his weakness, then the Tsar would have gone his way and would have been attacked by the man and would have regretted the fact of not staying with the hermit. So, when the Tsar was digging the beds, was the most important time, and for whom he was digging the beds was the most important person and to do good to the hermit was his most important business. The hermit also told the Tsar that later when he was attending the wounded man then that time was the most important time, the wounded man was the most important person and tending the wounded man was the Tsar’s most important business. If the Tsar had not saved the wounded man, then he would not have become friends with his former enemy so easily. In the light of the above examples, the hermit made the Tsar realise the true purpose of life, which is to help others.