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I took out a bank-note and gave it to him, saying: “Go back to your own daughter,

Rahmun, in your own country and may the happiness of your meeting bring good fortune to
my child!”

Having made this present, I had to curtail some of the festivities. I could not have the
electric lights I had intended, nor the military band, and the ladies of the house were
despondent at it. But to me the wedding-feast was all the brighter for the thought that in a
distant land a long-lost father met again with his only child.

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Both the narrator and the Kabuliwala are doting fathers to their daughters. Both of them,
also suffer the pangs of separation from their daughters: the Kabuliwala got separated from
his daughter when he was imprisoned eight years ago, whereas the narrator was about to
be separated from his daughter because she was getting married.
Do you love your father? How do you feel when your father loves you and embrace you?

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We meet many different people in our life. Some of them become our good friends, but
with time we forget them. Do you think ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’ saying is correct for
the people?

A. Tick ( ) the correct option.3

1. The Kabuliwala belonged to ______________________ .
a) Kabul b) Pakistan c) India

2. The Kabuliwala was imprisoned for _________________________ .
a) road rage b) murderous attack on someone

c) stealing things from a shop

3. When Kabuliwala came to meet Mini after his release from jail, Mini was going to ______ .
a) get married the same day b) hostel for her studies

c) market to shop for her marriage

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