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Write 3 sentences on what comes to your mind when you chance to see the following.
A cow eating a polythene bag.
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Solution
- Cow is exposed to unsafe things.
- It’s possible that it’ll choke on the plastic bag.
- The polythene bag might also get stuck in its gut leading to the cow’s death.
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