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What were the children doing beside the stone wall?

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What were the children doing beside the stone wall?

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The children were spreading the clothes out to dry beside the stone wall.

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Chapter 2.1: The Wind on Haunted Hill - Reading - Section I [Page 112]

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Samacheer Kalvi English - Term 1 Class 7 TN Board
Chapter 2.1 The Wind on Haunted Hill
Reading - Section I | Q 1. | Page 112

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