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प्रश्न
Why did Tilloo’s father advise him not to try to reach the surface of the planet?
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उत्तर
Tilloo’s father advised him not to reach the surface of the planet as an ordinary person could not survive there. The reason for this was that the air at the surface was too thin to breathe and the temperature was so low that one could freeze to death.
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