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प्रश्न
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
उत्तर
Toto was pretty in its features. Its bright eyes sparkled with mischief beneath deep-set eyebrows. Its teeth, which were pearl white, were very often displayed in a smile that frightened the life out of elderly Anglo-Indian ladies. Its fingers were quick and wicked and its tail, while adding to its good looks, served as a third hand.
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"My father lived at Blenheim then,
Yon little stream hard by;
They burnt his dwelling to the ground,
And he was forced to fly;
So with his wife and child he fled,
Nor had he where to rest his head.
"With fire and sword the country round
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And many a childing mother then,
And new-born baby died;
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Was wasted far and wide,’
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After the field was won;
For many thousand bodies here
Lay rotting in the sun;
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And our good Prince Eugene."
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Said little Wilhelmine.
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"It was a famous victory.
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Who this great fight did win."
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