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Umbrella
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Man
Man
Be Ready!
One should not underestimate the intelligence of others or resort to dishonesty
to achieve personal gains. It is a cautionary tale about the futility of dishonesty
and the virtue of acting with transparency and sincerity.
CHILDHOOD
UNIT-4 THEME : SCENES FROM
Read and Understand
I’M GOING TO TELL YOU about a funny thing that happened to my mother and
me yesterday evening. I am twelve years old and I’m a girl. My mother is thirty-
four but I am nearly as tall as her already.
Yesterday afternoon, my mother took me up to London
What y
tooth and he filled it without hurting me too much. What you Think?ou Think?
to see the dentist. He found one hole. It was in a back
Where did the
After that, we went to a cafe. I had a banana split and narrator go and
my mother had a cup of coffee. By the time we got why ?
up to leave, it was about six o’clock.
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