question_answer 4)

 (i) What did the oldest coin tell him? (ii) Did he follow his advice? If not, why not?  

Answer:

 (i) The oldest coin said to him that they were trying to tell him something for his own good and he was trying to strangle them instead. He also said that he could pay his fees with his scholarship money. So he should enjoy sweets.   (ii) No, he did not follow the advice of the coin because he was not a common sort of boy.