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c. disappeared
d. died

e. attention
f. held each other tightly
g. afraid
ii. Prepare a list of words from the story that are unfamiliar to you. Look
up their meanings in the dictionary, and use them in meaningful
sentences of your own.
Example:

perplexed: confused = I was perplexed when I saw my old friend in Dolpa.

2. Reading comprehension

i. Read the story again, and answer these questions.
a. Who was leaving the house?
b. How many members were there in Jayaram’s family and who were
they?
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c. When did Dinesh’s parents realise that their son was not happy at all?
d. Do you have a housekeeper like Naani at your home? If yes, how do you
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behave towards her?
e. Why did Pabitra leave the house?
f. Why were Naani, Jayaram and Junakiri’s eyes ¿lled with the tears of

happiness?
g. How was Dinesh able to unite his family?
h. What message did you get from this story?
ii. Read the story, and put the following sentences in the correct order.

a. There was a tablet on the table in his room.
b. Jayaram congratulated his son for being the second in the class.
c. Pabitra continued packing her things.
d. She would quickly change the topic and start talking about something
else.

e. Junakiri took a half day leave from her of¿ce to welcome her
mother-in-law at home.
f. As he talked about Kanchhu, she hurried to come home back.
g. Dinesh asked his grandma where she was going.
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