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What inference can you draw from the action of the female gorilla described in para 2 ?
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Solution
Female gorilla was smart that she first checked the depth of the water if she could walk or not an when she felt she could she started walking using the same stick.
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As Frank motioned me into place to take my picture, I took one last look at Lincoln’s face. He seemed alive and so terribly sad.
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If you do not get lowered in your own eyes
While you raise yourself in those of others,
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