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Question
Is Velu happy or unhappy to find work? Give a reason for your answer.
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Solution
Velu was unhappy to find work because he had not run away from home to dig through garbage bins. The only work he had ever done was weeding and taking cows out to graze. However, since he did not know Chennai too well, he decided to work as a ragpicker till the time he found a better job.
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