Std 10th English 3.2 A Lesson in Life from a Beggar

Std 10th English 3.2 A Lesson in Life from a Beggar 

3.2 A Lesson in Life from a Beggar 

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3.2 A Lesson in Life from a Beggar

Sudha Murthy

Q.1] Read the following passage carefully and do the activities as per given instructions.

I couldn't believe it. Was this really Meena? I pinched myself hard to be sure it wasn't a dream. But Meena was really standing there, right in front of me, squeezing my hand, smiling, and yes, she did look happy. In the three years she had been in Bangalore, I had never once seen her smiling like that. 

A few strands of grey in her hair reminded me that years had passed. There were a few wrinkles in her face, but the truth was that she looked more attractive than ever before.

Finally, I managed to say, 'No Meena, I can't stay with you tonight. I have to attend a dinner. Give me your card and I'll keep in touch with you, I promise."

For a moment, Meena looked disappointed, 'Let's go and have tea at least, she insisted.

'But Meena, it's pouring."

'So what? We'll buy an umbrella and then go to the Grand Hotel," she said.

'We won't get a taxi in this rain, I grumbled.

'So what? We'll walk'.

I was very surprised. This wasn't the same Meena I had known. Today, she seemed ready to make any number of adjustments.

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