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प्रश्न
Why were the sunrays keen to go down to the earth the next day?
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उत्तर
The sunrays were keen to go down to the earth the next day because they had given their word to Saeeda, whose mother was ill and needed their help. They felt that if they did not go, the people of earth would call them liars.
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ind the word that refers to the snake’s movements in the grass.
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