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प्रश्न
How did the old woman’s little gifts help Vijay Singh in vanquishing the ghost?
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उत्तर
Vijay Singh was born and unbeatable wrestler. But his one great weakness 1 was his boastfulness. Once he was called upon to prove his power and fearlessness. He went through a haunted desert to fight the ghost. An old woman’s gift of an egg and a piece of salt helped him befool and outwit the ghost. He squeezed the egg as well as the salt to prove his prowess. In the ghost’s cottage too he acted wisely and saved his life.
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