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13. Guidlng
13. Guidlng
Lights
Lights
Be Ready!
It is a cautionary tale about the importance of ethical decision-making and
the dangers of succumbing to one’s desires without considering the potential
UNIT-7 THEME : GUIDING LIGHTS
consequences. The characters’ relentless pursuit of the treasure leads to their
downfall, as they are ultimately betrayed by their own greed.
Read and Understand
The canoe was now approaching the land. The bay opened out, and a gap in the
white surf of the reef marked where the little river ran out to the sea; the thicker
and deeper green of the virgin forest showed its course down the distant hill slope.
The forest here came close to the beach. Far beyond, dim and almost cloudlike in
texture, rose the mountains, like suddenly frozen waves. The sea was still save
for an almost imperceptible swell. The sky blazed.
The man with the carved paddle stopped. “It should be somewhere here,” he said.
He shipped the paddle and held his arms out straight before him.
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