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प्रश्न
In answer to the second question, whose advice did the people say would be important to the king?
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उत्तर
The second question also got varied responses. As answers to this question, some said that the people most necessary to the king were his councilors. Hence, their advice would be the most important. Others said that the priests were the most important. A few others chose the doctors. And yet others said that his soldiers were the most important.
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ind the word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass.
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