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What does a little child think of his/her teacher? What does the child decide to explore?
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Solution
For a child a teacher is some important or special person. He cannot think of his/her teacher as an ordinary being. He becomes curious to know how his teacher lives in his house or spends his time or wears casual dress. He wonders whether the teacher has his parents or he too was once a school going child. He also wants to know whether the teacher was also naughty who made mistakes and was punished. He decides to find out the truth by going to the teacher’s home.
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