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Read the Lines Given Above and Answer the Question that Follow. Did the Children Wonder About the Reason for the War? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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प्रश्न

"Now tell us what 'twas all about,"
Young Peterkin, he cries;
And little wilhelmine looks up
with wonder-waiting eyes;
"Now tell us all about the war,
And what they fought each other for."
"It was the English," Kaspar cried,
"Who put the French to rout;
But what they fought each other for,
I could not well make out;
But everybody said,"quoth he,
"That 'twas a famous victory.

Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.

Did the children wonder about the reason for the war?

टीपा लिहा

उत्तर

The children asked Kasper as to why was the battle fought. They asked:

“Now tell us all about the war,
And what they fought each other for.”

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