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Question
Rewrite in your own words.
One event from the story.
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Solution
When Aunt Mabel paid the author a visit, Caesar impressed by her 'so-called 'friendly' behaviour, at first, landed on her arm and demanded a kiss. As Soon as Aunt Mabel (all delighted) put her cheeks forward, her spectacles grabbed his attention and he was so mesmerized by the glasses, that he clung to them. Aunt Mabel shouted, "Help!" But by then Caesar had already knocked the spectacles off her nose while she was left crying in pain due to her scratched bleeding nose.
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