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How did the grandmother spend the last few hours of her life? - English

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How did the grandmother spend the last few hours of her life?

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She suspended her prayer for a while. She called the women from the neighborhood, sang, and played the drum along with them. The next morning she had a fever. She told the family that she was about to die! She died in bed telling her beads and lisping her last prayer.

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पाठ 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Exercises [पृष्ठ ५]

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पाठ 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Exercises | Q 2. f. | पृष्ठ ५

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