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Read the extract carefully and answer the following questions :It was an early Easter. Sliding was only just over; still lay in the yards; and water ran in streams down the village street.Two little girls from different houses happened to meet in a lane between two homesteads, where the dirty water after running through the farmyards had formed a large puddle. One girl was very small, the other a little bigger. Their mothers had dressed them both in new frocks. The little one wore a blue frock the other a yellow print and both had red handkerchief's on their heads. They had just come from church when they met, and first they showed each other their finery, and then they began to play. Soon the fancy took them to splash about in the water, and the smaller on was going step into the puddle, shoes and all, when the elder checked her: 'Don't go in so, Malasha,' said she, 'your mother will scold you. I will take off my shoes and stocking, and you take of yours. (i) From where were the two girls returning? (ii) Who was Malasha? (iii) Name the topic and the author. (iv) Why did the little bigger girl stopped Malasha? (v) Why the two little girls were well dressed today? What type of clothes were they wearing? 

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(i) The two girls were returning from the church. 

(ii) Malasha was a little girl. She was also little naughty. 

(iii) The topic is 'Little Girls wiser than man' and the author is 'Leo Tolstoy'. 

(iv) The little bigger girl stopped Malasha because she was going to step into the puddle. 

(v) It was Easter, so both the little girls were well dressed today. They were meaning new frocks. 



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