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Jaya went around to one of the huts and dumped her sack outside. Then she picked up an empty one.
She turned to Velu and gave him a shove. “At least help me now. Here, wear these and come with me.”
She threw him a pair of old shoes without laces and pushed a sack and a stick into his hands. Velu was confused. What work did she want him to do with these things? The only work he had ever done was on the landowner’s farm, weeding and taking cows out to graze.
“Let’s go.”
She turned to Velu and gave him a shove. “At least help me now. Here, wear these and come with me.”
She threw him a pair of old shoes without laces and pushed a sack and a stick into his hands. Velu was confused. What work did she want him to do with these things? The only work he had ever done was on the landowner’s farm, weeding and taking cows out to graze.
Explanation:
There were many huts nearby the canal. Jaya went inside one of the huts, and she took an empty bag. Jaya asked Velu to come along with her.
Jaya threw him a pair of old shoes without laces. Later on, she pushed an old sack and a stick into his hands. Velu was very confused, and he did not know what work he wanted to do by wearing old shoes. The only job he had done on his land owner's farm was grazing cows and removing unwanted plants from the ground. 
Jaya threw him a pair of old shoes without laces. Later on, she pushed an old sack and a stick into his hands. Velu was very confused, and he did not know what work he wanted to do by wearing old shoes. The only job he had done on his land owner's farm was grazing cows and removing unwanted plants from the ground.
Pair of old shoes
Meanings of the difficult words:
| S.No | Words | Meanings |
1 | Dumped | Deposit or dispose of rubbish, waste, or unwanted material, typically in a careless or hurried way |
2 | Farmland | Land used for farming |
3 | Shove | Push someone or something roughly |
4 | Weeding | Remove unwanted plants from an area of ground |
Reference:
National Council of Educational Research and Training (2008). It so happened. Children at work- Gita Wolf, Anushka Ravishankar and Orijit Sen (pp. 7-16). Published at the Publication Division by the Secretary, National Council of Educational Research and Training, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi.
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