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Plan C was success. What went wrong then?

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Even though Plan C was a success, it did not work out as planned. The moment the father reached the tree top, the cat jumped and touched the ground and was again out of father’s reach.

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पाठ 7.2: Dad and the Cat and the Tree - Working with the Poem [पृष्ठ ११०]

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एनसीईआरटी English - Honeycomb Class 7
पाठ 7.2 Dad and the Cat and the Tree
Working with the Poem | Q 4 | पृष्ठ ११०

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