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Read the lines and answer the question given below. Faster than fairies, faster than witches, Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches; What is faster than fairies and witches? Why does the poet - English

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Read the lines and answer the question given below.

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,

Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;

  1. What is faster than fairies and witches?
  2. Why does the poet mention ‘bridges and houses, hedges and ditches’? Where are the
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  1. The train runs faster than fairies and witches.
  2. The poet mentions them because we can see them while travelling in a train.
    They are on the way of the train journey.
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Chapter 2.2: From a Railway Carriage - Read and Understand [Page 129]

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Samacheer Kalvi English - Term 2 Class 6 TN Board
Chapter 2.2 From a Railway Carriage
Read and Understand | Q A. 1. | Page 129

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