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Question
The summary of the poem is given.But there are some words missing. Fill in the blanks with the help of the box given below.
| faithfully | change | pigtail | round | sage | down | slack |
| out | hung | place | behind | vain | face |
Once upon a time there lived a______. He had a handsome______. He was worried and pondered over his pigtail's______. He wanted to______ it's place. He wanted it hanging at his______ He didn’t like it hanging there______ him. So he turned right and left and ______about, up and______, and in and______ but it still______ behind him. However he tried, his efforts were in______. But he didn’t______ in his efforts. Nevertheless his pigtail hung ______behind him.
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Solution
Once upon a time there lived a sage. He had a handsome pigtail. He was worried and pondered over his pigtail’s place. He wanted to change its place. He wanted it hanging at his face. He didn’t like it hanging there behind him. So he turned right and left and round about, up and down, and in and out but it still hung behind him. However he tried, his efforts were in vain. But he didn’t slack in his efforts. Nevertheless his pigtail hung faithfully behind him.
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