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प्रश्न
Walking towards the kitchen with Mridu and Meena, RukkuManni began to laugh. What made her laugh?
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उत्तर
Walking towards the kitchen with Mridu and Meena, Rukku Manni remembered that Gopu Mama was always in a hurry to throw off his shoes and socks, and get into his slippers as soon as he came home. She wondered what he would say that evening when she would tell him that she had given his slippers to the music-master. Thinking of this, she began to laugh.
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