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Question
The boys did not spend much on clothes and food. Why?
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Solution
The boys had to save every penny towards the weekly medical bill of their sister Lucia. So, they did not spend much on clothes and food.
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My first feelings were of relief–
relief that there were no more steps to
cut, no more ridges to traverse, and no
more humps to tantalize us with hopes
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the balaclava helmet, goggles, and oxygen
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