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प्रश्न
Why didn’t the boys disclose their problem to the author?
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उत्तर
The little boys did not want sympathy but any work which would fetch them money. So, they did not disclose their problem to the author.
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cut, no more ridges to traverse, and no
more humps to tantalize us with hopes
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