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instead showered upon the elder brother hundreds upon

hundreds of tiny needles. The elder brother lay on the ground

crying in pain as the sun began to lower down the horizon.

The younger brother grew worried and went in search of his

elder brother. He found him with hundreds of needles on his

skin. He rushed to his brother and removed each needle with

painstaking love. After he finished, the elder brother apologized

for treating him badly and promised to be better. The tree saw

the change in the elder brother’s heart and gave them all the

golden apples they could ever need.

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9.1. Arrange the following set of words in the correct

alphabetical order.

a. branch begin promised change

b. after elder agree spare

c. greed better apple brother

d. tree magical number entire

e. skin ground remove need

9.2. Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order.

a. He started to cut down the branches.

b. One day the elder brother went to the forest.

c. The boy agreed but demanded more apples.

d. The tree dropped needles to prick and punish the

greedy boy.

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