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Question
Why (D.5) do you think Pen Pal’s government warned him against continuing the Correspondence ?
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Solution
Pen Pal's government was afraid that if he continued the correspondence any longer, something dangerous might happen, eg some epidemic might come. Or because of 'spying', some other problem may come to the Earth from some other planet in the galaxy.
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