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What is the mystery about the child’s school teacher? How does it plan to discover the truth?
Solution
For a little kid, his teacher is an ideal and mysterious person. He compares his own way of living with that of the teacher. He wants to know whether the teachers too live in houses, wash their socks, and watch TV. Further if the teacher too used to make spelling mistakes, do mischief, and was punished at school. The wondering child decides to go to the teacher’s home to discover how he lives. Then he plans to put all his information in a poem.
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