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Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions :

I have several pet animals and birds and all of them are quite fond of me, but I don't remember any of them daring to eat from my plate.

Gillu as an exception. The moment I would reach the dining room, he would emerge from the window, cross over the courtyard wall and the verandah, reach the table and would want to sit in my plate. With great difficulty, I taught him to sit close to my plate. His favourite food was Kaju and when not available for several days, he would refuse other food items and threw down from the swing.

(i) Who is the narrator of this passage?

(ii) What does the narrator say about her pet animals and birds?

(iii) What would Gillu do when the narrator would enter the dining room?

(iv) What lesson did the narrator teach Gillu?

(v) Find a word in the passage, which means 'skillfully'.

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(i) Mahadevi Verma is the narrator of this passage.

(ii) The narrator says about her pet animals and birds that they are quite fond of her and they do not dare to eat from her plate.

(iii) The moment the narrator would enter the dining room, Gillu would emerge from the window, cross over the courtyard wall and the verandah, reach the table and would want to sit in my plate.

(iv) Gillu wanted to sit in the narrator's plate. So, she tought Gillu to sit close to her plate.

(v) 'With great difficulty' means 'Skillfully'.

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