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the mitten became bigger and bigger
as the three animals became comfortable a bear came by he said can i come in
you can come in if you can fit in said the owl the rabbit and the fox
when the bear got inside the mitten became bigger and bigger and bigger and then
a mouse came by
the mouse said can i come in
the fox said if i can fit the mouse can too
the mouse settled comfortably and suddenly the bear sneezed achhooooo
the mitten split into many pieces and the animals went flying
the bear landed in a cave where he went to sleep the fox landed in a den and went
to sleep the rabbit landed in a hole in the ground and went to sleep the owl landed
in a hole in a tree and went to sleep
the little mouse shared his home with the rabbit
C. There is an error in every line. Put a / where the punctuation mark is missing or
incorrect, or if capitalisation is required. Then, write the correct punctuation
mark or the capital letter in the blank provided.
1. There was a big banyan tree where two i.
2. crows-husband and wife—had prepared a nice nest ii.
3. and made it their home. in the hollow of the iii.
4. same tree lived a black cobra. iv.
5. whenever the female crow hatched her eggs, v.
6. the black cobra would eat them up vi.
7. The crows had a good friend a jackal. vii.
8. They said, ‘o Friend, please tell us how we can protect viii.
9. our children from the wicked black cobra. ix.
10. The jackal said, ‘Please dont give up. We can overcome x.
11. the cobra with the use of wit. xi.
12. On hearing this the crows said, ‘Please tell us how we xii.
13. can destroy this wicked cobra?’ xiii.
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