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Thinking About the Poemdo You Think that the Old Lady Would Have Been So Ungenerous If She Had Known Who Saint Peter Really Was? What Would She Have Done Then?

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Thinking about the Poem

Do you think that the old lady would have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was? What would she have done then?

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No, the old lady would not have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was. Instead, she would have tried to please him with her cakes for the fulfilment of her greedy desires.

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पाठ 5.2: A Legend of the Northland (poem) - Thinking about the Poem [पृष्ठ ६७]

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पाठ 5.2 A Legend of the Northland (poem)
Thinking about the Poem | Q 1.5 | पृष्ठ ६७

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