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Question
“Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful...” Why?
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Solution
Tickling always works on people, who are a little softer. So, Belinda tickled the dragon unmerciful as it worked a lot on him. Despite being a dragon, a tickling could disturb him and this showed his cowardice on which everyone laughed.
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