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प्रश्न
"The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again:"
Why was the spider sure that the fly would come back again?
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उत्तर
The fly was silly and ignorant. So the spider was sure that the fly would come back again.
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