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QualiTY of MERcY

ila Your teacher reads a passage. listen to it. Then answer the
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following questions.
1. What did each woman claim?

2. What did the minister suggest?
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3. Why do you think the second woman offered the baby to the
first woman, after she heard the minister?

4. How did the minister come to the correct conclusion? What was
the reason for his judgement?
PRosE

ThE sWan and ThE PRincEs

- A folk play

[Who owns a bird or an animal – the one who catches it or the one
who looks after it? To understand this, read the following play which
deals with an incident in the life of Siddhartha.]

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