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प्रश्न
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.
The worst thing is that if anyone stays
Among them too long, he will learn their ways;
- What is the worst thing that can happen if anyone stays with them?
- What are the ways of the Grumble family?
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उत्तर
- If anyone stays with them for a long time, he or she will learn their ways. This is the worst that can happen to anyone.
- The ways of the grumble family are that they are never satisfied with anything and they are always complaining and finding fault in everything.
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