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Read the Extract Given Below and Answer the Question that Follow. Why is the Old Man Not Worried About the Birds? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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He looked at me very blankly and tiredly, and then said, having to share his worry with someone, “The cat will be all right, I am sure. There is no need to be unquiet about the cat. But the others. Now what do you think about the others?”
“Why they’ll probably come through it all right.”
“You think so?”
“Why not,” I said, watching the far bank where now there were no carts.
“But what will they do under the artillery when I was told to leave because of the artillery?”
“Did you leave the dove cage unlocked?” I asked.
“Yes.”
“Then they’ll fly.”
“Yes, certainly they’ll fly. But the others. It’s better not to think about the others,” he said.

Read the extract given below and answer the question that follow.

Why is the old man not worried about the birds?

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उत्तर

He is not worried about the birds as he had left the cage door open and they would fly off.

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पाठ 2.02: Old Man at the Bridge - Passage 4

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