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प्रश्न
Why does the poet say the squirrel “wore a question mark for tail”? Draw a squirrel, or find a picture of a squirrel sitting on the ground. How would you describe its tail?
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उत्तर
The poet says that the squirrel wore a question mark for its tail because the shape of a squirrel’s tail resembles a question mark.
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