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Bholi Had Many Apprehensions About Going to School. What Made Her Feel that She Was Going to a Better Place than Her Home? - English - Language and Literature

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Bholi had many apprehensions about going to school. What made her feel that she was going to a better place than her home?

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Bholi felt that she was going to a better place than her home when she got the treatment that she had never got before. New clothes had never been made for Bholi. The old dresses of her sisters were passed on to her. No one cared to mend or wash her clothes. However, before being sent off to the school, she received a clean dress. She was even bathed, and oil was rubbed into her dry and matted hair. It was then that she began to believe that she was being taken to a place better than her home.

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Chapter 9: Bholi - Think about it [Page 62]

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NCERT English - Footprints Without Feet Class 10
Chapter 9 Bholi
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