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“But mother says that kind is good…” What is mother referring to?

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The mother is referring to the garden snake.

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अध्याय 9.2: Garden Snake - Working with the Poem [पृष्ठ १३८]

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अध्याय 9.2 Garden Snake
Working with the Poem | Q 1.3 | पृष्ठ १३८

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Each one possessed a stick of wood,
Or so the story's told.
Their dying fire in need of logs;
The first man held his back.
For on the faces around the fire,
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Your dead cease to love you and the land of their nativity as soon as they pass the portals of the tomb and wander away beyond the stars. They are soon forgotten and never return. Our dead never forget this beautiful world that gave them being. They still love its verdant valleys, its murmuring rivers, its magnificent mountains, sequestered vales and verdant lined lakes and bays, and ever yearn in tender fond affection over the lonely hearted living, and often return from the happy hunting ground to visit, guide, console, and comfort them.

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