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The wicked farmer wanted to be rich like his neighbour. What happened every time when he tried to do so?

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The wicked farmer wanted to be rich like his neighbour. What happened every time when he tried to do so?

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First time when the neighbour tried to be rich, all he got was a foul smelling dead kitten.
In their second attempt the old couple got heap of worms from the dough of rice pastry and the bean sauce. In the third attempt the old man failed to create magic with the ashes. He spoiled daimio’s procession and was killed by his men as a punishment.

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पाठ 4.1 The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom
Extra Questions | Q 13

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3. migrating to the U.S.A      
4. playing at temples      
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For all he saw in his stick of wood
Was a chance to spite the white.

The last man of this forlorn group
Did nought except for gain.
Giving only to those who gave
Was how he played the game.

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Was proof of human sin.
They didn't die from the cold without
They died from the cold within.

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Its a cruel thing to leave her so.”

“Then take her to the poorhouse: she’ll have to go there,” answered the blacksmith’s wife, springing away, and leaving Joe behind.

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“O, Mr. Thompson!” she cried out, catching her suspended breath, “don’t leave me here all alone!”           ,

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“No, dear,” he answered, in a kind voice, going to the bed, and stooping down over the child, “You she’n’t be left here alone.” Then he wrapped her with the gentleness almost of a woman, in the clean bedclothes which some neighbor had brought; and, lifting her in his strong arms, bore her out into the air and across the field that lay between the hovel and his home.

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