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प्रश्न
Imagine you are going on a journey to the centre of the earth. What do you think you will see? What would you feel?
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उत्तर
If I were going on a journey to the centre of the earth, I would see millions of buildings in small size and water everywhere. I would feel very excited and scared at the same time.
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