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प्रश्न
Mention three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.
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उत्तर
As the author grew older, his grandmother spent her days spinning a spinning wheel, chanting prayers, and feeding sparrows. She would spin yarn for hours from morning to evening, and in the afternoon, she would feed the sparrows in the courtyard. She also continued to recite prayers and count the beads of her rosary.
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