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What went wrong when the tortoises, snakes and lizards left the forest?

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What went wrong when the tortoises, snakes and lizards left the forest?

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When the tortoises, snakes and lizards left the forest, everything went wrong. Awful things began to happen. The dead bodies of animals started rotting, and the smell of rot spread all over the forest. The rats grew bolder by the day. The frogs grew bigger and started eating the baby crocodiles. The insects were there in millions, and they were growing bigger and nastier by the day.

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Chapter 9: What Happened to the Reptiles - Questions [Page 42]

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NCERT English - A Pact With The Sun Class 6
Chapter 9 What Happened to the Reptiles
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