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Question
Have you ever seen a plant growing from a crack in a wall?
- Where was it?
- Did you have any questions when you saw it?
- What were some of your questions? Ask elders and find the answers.
- Find out the name of the plant you saw.
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Solution
Yes, I saw a plant that grew over the wall of my school.
- That was at the back of the wall of my school.
- Yes, I have one question in my mind.
- From where does the seed of that plant come on the wall?
Answer: The seed of that very tree was carried by a bird to the wall. - That was a banyan plant.
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