How did Tom convince Ben that whitewashing was a great work?

1.	How did Tom convince Ben that whitewashing was a great work?
Answer» Tom was a clever boy. His aunt wanted to punish him for stealing jam. So she asked him to whitewash the fence on a holiday. Tom did not want to do so. He thought of a plan. He began to whitewash showing great interest in his work. He saw a boy named Ben Rogers coming towards him. Tom ignored him. Ben asked Tom why he was working on a holiday. Tom said that whitewashing was not a work. It was fun. Ben did not believe him first. Yet, after sometimes, he begged Tom for a chance to whitewash a little. Tom took his apple in return. Then other boys came one after the other. They came to laugh at him. Yet like Ben, all of them stayed and whitewashed the fence.

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Tom was a clever boy. His aunt wanted to punish him for stealing jam. So she asked him to whitewash the fence on a holiday. Tom did not want to do so. He thought of a plan. He began to whitewash showing great interest in his work.

He saw a boy named Ben Rogers coming towards him. Tom ignored him.

Ben asked Tom why he was working on a holiday. Tom said that whitewashing was not a work. It was fun. Ben did not believe him first. Yet, after sometimes, he begged Tom for a chance to whitewash a little. Tom took his apple in return.

Then other boys came one after the other. They came to laugh at him. Yet like Ben, all of them stayed and whitewashed the fence.

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